Makes me wonder if Soo’s sudden surprise appearance to the chef-testants in this episode was planned all along. 

Matheson did a really poor job of ever explaining his chaos approach and that really hindered the chefs. The best creativity comes from a rigid set of rules and expectations. “Make whatever you want” does not, surprisingly allow for much creativity or chaos.

“I’m more chaotic neutral than straight chaotic.”
In the traditional nine-quadrant alignment grid, Chaotic Neutral IS “straight chaotic.” 

How has Guz Khan not done a parody of Drake?

kayfabe bump of cocaine

Next thing you know, "Gag me with a spoon" will make a comeback.

It is. I hate it almost as much as “it’s giving.”

Have Nathan return playing Asher’s older brother, Gad.

The first season was one of the best arguments for weekly drops as opposed to the “dropping it all at once” model IMO, because it not only let so many viewers get on board, I was genuinely anticipating the final episode, days out. And then for that last half of the episode to just... go there. *chef’s kiss*

Even Christopher Nolan was gagged by The Curse’s finale

a growing number of online Swifties have begun proliferating conspiracy theories regarding what one fan described as a “full on media takedown attempt.”

BobHAL “Oh my god..Dave.. I , Cant do that”

This just reinforces my desire to have a version of 2001: A Space Odyssey reissued with Benjamin dubbing the voice of HAL. (Yes, this is inspired by him doing it for a clip that went viral like a decade ago.)

Yeah, but Yabushige is a sicko about death. He seems to have lots of weird ideas about it.

So the Ninjas blew the door open and then after seeing they killed Mariko they just high tailed it out of there?

Spoken like someone who doesn’t want to see Jon Voight’s erection.

I’m bummed this is the end of the story, but also somewhat relieved. Great series, great ending.

Well, just that Yabushige had it right: Toronaga wanted to be shogun the whole time. So all his protestations that he didn’t were indeed just lies, and he wasn’t going to let anything get in his way. The “he has other sons” line seemed damn cold after Nagakado died... until Toronaga said the same thing this ep.

It’s odd to want more seasons of an adaptation of a book with no sequel. The episode ended so well with a sense of the surviving characters on the cusps of their next journeys. Toronaga with his new city and shogunate, Blackthorne in his new career as shipwright.

He just sort of predicts behavior correctly in many cases by really getting to know the people involved. What do you think?

Exactly. He does not bend the wind to his will. He only studies it.