I was happy to see Michael Slovis directing—he was such a great cinematographer on Breaking Bad. I felt he added that same sense of space and place to this episode.

No, I don't think that was "kill 'em all". I think that was the patented Ned Stark "do the right thing at the worst possible time" style of ruling.

Yeah, I just re-watched this now that the season's over and it absolutely stands on its own as something dark and awesome. A or A-, for sure.

Right. Yeah, good good stuff. I had that record (back when there were records…)

I can't say I agree, and I think it does work. Or will — because this is clearly just a mile marker, and not the endpoint of the story. I agree with you about that. I'm surprised this was the season closer.

That trick never works.

Huh. IMO we just watched an entire episode explaining why Jimmy's acting this way. It's where his joy is. What we (or at least I) really want to see from him is the synthesis of Slippin' Jimmy and that guy that the old people really like and trust. You know, Saul.

What's great about that moment is watching Jimmy realize what kind of person he really is, and not denying it, and not trying to straighten up and fly right either.

That’s the Mike Bloomfield Super Session cover of Donovan’s “Season of the Witch”

Sure it was. It was one more shoutout in a movie filled with them (Hi Hector!). But MAN he got older.

Well, I have no idea if my theory is part of the writers' canon, but I am pretty sure that people don't develop such serious problems unless there is an intense mismatch/disagreement between the conscious and unconscious parts of a person. (Conflicting drives, religion, sexuality that doesn't fit one's idea of Normal…

Chuck's a monster, no doubt, an ego-driven monster who stabbed his brother in the back. Who has probably been stabbing him in the back for quite some time. But the mental illness which expressed itself as his allergy to electricity didn't come out of nowhere. And it hasn't gone away, even though that's how it looks…

Too many comments, forgive me if I'm repeating something downstream: I think it's possible that Chuck's entirely-in-his-head illness was brought on by the way he treated Jimmy. Some sort of reaction to his ruthlessly torpedoing his brother's ambitions. That's a pretty big betrayal. Perhaps getting sick is how he…

Definitely proto-Walt.

Goddamn right that's an A!

Don't be sad but it won't happen. I can't even see Mike Ehrmantraut in this show without the flood of memory for who he was in BB. By which I mean, we have no way to judge the solidity of this performance as its own disconnected thing. It's totally a shout to the character we knew elsewhere and frankly that's a…

Absolutely A-. Cannot believe this "B" crap. I seriously doubt many people watch this who weren't already fans of Breaking Bad….

No, I agree with the rating about this ep at least. It was the best one yet.

Yay! Me three. <slinks away>

Anathem was wonderful. This one, not nearly as. This gets an A- while The Peripheral gets a C-? Not remotely fair.