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Karen, please rewrite those 2,000 words ASAP.

The second Elektra got that 'chosen one' backstory it kind of took away her agency and most of the fun of her character, at least for me. Episode 5 Elektra would have just said "fuck all this, I'm out."

Eh, Elektra got steadily less fun this season once they started filling out her backstory. Elodie Yung's a really captivating performer, especially in devil may care assassin mode, so I hope they don't lose that fun side of the character.

The Elektra/Black Sky thing really annoyed me. As a reveal, it's meaningless, because at this points nothing's been revealed about what it actually IS. I know the show wants to keep the mysticism vague, but we have to be given some idea of what the stakes are if Elektra decides to switch sides.

It's a pleasure to watch Fisk work now that he's abandoned any pretense of the greater good. I have a feeling that punch Matt threw in the heat of the moment may come back to haunt him.

Chopper is a dangerous, grumpy, miserable prick. This makes him the only character in Rebels who actually has a personality. And the hate he gets for it…

Mike's little grimace and hand clench at the end - Jonathan Banks is a master of those subtle little tics. Does so much by doing so little. I always remember the look on his face when he left the interrogation room after finding out Hank and the DEA had got their hands on his nest egg.

The guy who plays Nacho is a really interesting screen presence, and I like the character a lot. Intense, calculating. He's nowhere near Fring's level of course (as shown by the hasty assassination plan), but there's a certain similarity there. Looking forward to him working with Mike again.

This was the first of this season's showpiece episodes that felt like classic Sunny to me. I think because it comes right back around to the core of the characters, rather than going for broad parody the way something like the skiing episode did.

"I heard what Felicity said to you. Owl ears."

From the opening couple of minutes (I love it any time Dennis attempts to corral the rest of the gang) I knew this was going to be a classic. So many great lines packed into 20 minutes that it's hard to know what to pick out.

I worry about Zoom, the poor guy. He's been this intimidating presence all season, but now he's being played by a man slightly less charismatic than the 1975 edition of the Account Co-Ordinator's Almanac.