The world needs more Jean Ralphio!

that is one helluva cast.

I don’t know how an episode like this, so beautifully arranged and so visually inventive and surprising, with performances so heart-wrenching that kept me worried and skeptical all at the same time... gets a B?

“Lowering the steaks”????

HE IS THE ELDEST!

No, the sacrifices this time were all of his children.

Roman was obviously desperate, but I saw him appealing to her at least much as a former co-conspirator and strategic partner as a quasi-lover (and I note this season, Gerri had really kept it to the former).

I think you might be watching a different show than the rest of us. The good news is, it’s not like someone’s holding a gun to your head*—you’re totally free to just change the channel/website and watch something else.

“Boo souls” is one of the most perfect lines, and line readings, for this show. When Greg said it, I laughed a bit, yet also felt queasy. “Good” Greg fully taking off the shackles of self-righteousness, giving himself permission to roll in the mud he was already neck-deep in. The ethos of this show - horrible people…

I’ve never understood the complaints about wheel spinning. It seems quite obvious to me that the wheel spinning is the point. Both Aaronson and Matsson pointedly ask when Logan is going to die, more or less. The outsiders know and realize that until Logan sells or dies, nothing meaningful can happen. They know he’ll…

To be fair, when he was a teen he did trash Logan’s prized Ferrari.

Come on. We gotta shout out Alan Ruck. He is constantly benched on the show, and he plays that need for recognition so beautifully. It feels like we all undervalue his work on the show, and this episode gives him a great ending to his season arc.

In an episode filled with fantastic performances Culkin really stood out. His torment about what to do and who to side with throughout was conveyed perfectly and almost entirely without saying a word about it.

god, those roy siblings. the moment with kendall confessing about the manslaughter killed me but the way kendall was holding onto roman in that final scene also really got me. they really do love each other. it also really struck me how quiet kendall was in that final scene and it was mostly shiv and roman focused.…

It was nice to see all the Roy kids on the same side for once. I hope we get at least a few episodes to explore that dynamic before it all falls apart again.

Kendall’s confession broke me. Afterwards when Shiv asked him where he wanted to wait and he said “Can I be with you guys?” Reader, I wept. My god. The way this show mines genuine humanity from such utterly irredeemable characters is like nothing I’ve ever seen.

Misty setting up the whole thing for attention is too obvious, but boy she sure did spot the weird symbol in a random assortment of disorganized Polaroids fast.

Regarding scurvy, it’s a real issue unless they know about the nutritive value of pine needles. Certain common varieties of pine needles can be brewed into a tea that actually has more vitamin C than oranges (plus vitamin A). Since Akilah has demonstrated knowledge of edible plants from her scouting days, I’d wager…

I would say officially stating a central character like moiraine as queer is kind of huge, because so much fantasy has relied on either coding characters(it seems this book is guilty of that too by calling them pillow friends), or using their queerdom to say that they are dangerous or villainous. Even as a queer…

For me was their mother’s comment that she wouldn’t have dogs because she knew Logan would abuse them, but she, of course, left her children with him…