oh come on, there’s gotta be married couples who practice different kinds of law and have to occasionally work opposite each other, right?

that’s part of it, for sure. her paying out of her own pocket horrified him.

there’s a side to Jimmy that cares only about self-preservation and lies to himself about his ‘moral obligations, and there’s the other side that genuinely does want to help the little guy, because he’s BEEN that little guy all his life.

they both believe in right and wrong, but Jimmy thinks the ends justify any means.

right? i mean, maybe it could work, but he’s definitely not the kind of person who should have a child (no judgment, a lot of people who’ve had kids and who haven’t shouldn’t have kids). he’s the wrong personality for settling down.

Kim belongs in Jimmy’s world, but who’s to say that what Jimmy loves and protects about Kim is that she nominally belongs to the ‘other’ world? Maybe he can’t drag her fully into his schemes because it’d ruin his image of her, somehow?

I think she feels, deep inside, that she’d be more embarrassed by it not working out with Jimmy than sticking by him. She’s trying to ‘show’ the snooty fucks she works with that he’s worth something.

Again, deep inside, Kim isn’t one of them. She’s more like Jimmy than them.

i honestly don’t think he can help himself. it’s a compulsion. doesn’t make it excusable, but understandable. i don’t think he ever sets out to hurt anyone. he’s just addicted to the con like some people are to gambling.

She either needs to be all-in on life with Jimmy at this point, or get out and be the responsible corporate lawyer she’s still pretending she wants to be.

I’m pleasantly surprised. I thought she’d just walk away from the relationship at the end of this episode. It’d be entirely understandable. But inside, there’s something about Kim that she knows is just as reckless and desperate, despite her well-acted role as the more ‘adult, responsible’ one, the lawyer who plays…

christ, did you ever fucking say it. arguably worse than eugene!

So happy to see Breeda Wool here, even if it likely means Mr. Mercedes is done (she was fucking terrific on that show).

Lionel’s just as heartbroken :( His note is a tough read.

Dolly’s a patron saint here in TN. All-around good-hearted person who’s given so, so much to this state. Wish she was our governor instead of fucking BILL LEE. 

Electioneering.

I said it.

that whole time period was so weird for like, lite-FM techno pop. Snap, Crystal Waters, The Real McCoy, White Town, 2 Unlimited...

i never got the vibe you were supposed to like, deeply enjoy something like ‘Oh Comely’. it’s beyond all that.

nah fam, ‘Comfort Eagle’ is fucking great

Townes Van Zandt used to do a lovely cover while he was alive.

‘Love Song’ is infinitely worse.