Michael Stuhlbarg… To think he was playing the Varga of Boardwalk Empire a couple years ago…

Oh, also it's funny how the medium of filmic story-telling has no way to perfectly portray something like Varga not being able to find information about Gloria online. That he Google'd her full name and no results came up seems impossible since there's likely dozens of other people in the world with her same name (and…

Even though it was just two shots, it was pretty cool seeing behind the scenes of the antagonists' operations and have "the henchman" speak a couple words that conveyed even just a slight sense of personality.

FX did an insane job adapting to the new era of television, with Fargo, Atlanta, Baskets, etc.

We got a Tastee-Freez and a Dairy Queen

Ah, that's right. I guess that bothers me less because it was for the sake of proving them innocent. In the moment, I did think it was a dumb idea because they wouldn't be able to present any evidence they obtained illegally anyway, but I guess it was more for the sake of getting a lead.

That eyeball acting was hilarious; I actually think it would've been better as a standalone joke not immediately followed by his attempt to play off snorting as much cocaine as possible

I don't know about #04…
Pimento snorted cocaine three times in front of three cops, they didn't do anything about it, Rosa was going to become a fugitive, Holt didn't arrest her knowing full well she would, and Terry and Boyle got hackers to illegally access bank records

Definitely thought the planning was super in-character for her, the actual decision though was surprising (perhaps because there was no time to show the decision-making on her behalf). Have always thought they've been pretty consistent with her being straight-laced to the law-well, other than threatening and beating…

The show's greatest weapon against its writing that should be fairly predictable is its hard-hitting jokes that make you totally take your mind off the story. Didn't see the Hawkins dirty copy twist coming last week and didn't see neither the bank robbery framing nor the double agent twist coming this week because I…

Loved Pimento's inclusion in this. He got the most solid laughs from me.

The show's always been very weird with time IMO. They constantly skip extended amounts of time within a single episode, to more realistically portray police work I suppose. That one time, they fast forwarded like a month just to do that bit about Terry getting fat off cacao nibs (and also to depict Jake and Holt…

And so it begins…

This episode was great on all levels …except for the actual content… for me. Was pretty entertained all throughout because of the acting, writing, direction, etc.; but literally right when the credits rolled, I thought to myself, "That… wasn't as goodd"
I loved the return of Audrey though, so that might make up for it…

Damn, no Big Head this week?!

The "work friend" thing is definitely valid, but I find it hard to imagine Terry having friends outside of work who are closer to him than the 99 crew that he also routinely calls family. His co-workers at the previous precinct he worked at were jerks to him, and he also seems like too much of a family/work man to…

I think it's fair given the locale. The "let's go deeper, away from the road" was kind of sketch, but who would expect a Yuri/Meemo-type character to show up in a place where no one locks their front doors. Varga's two henchmen are probably the only two males in the show that Nikki wouldn't be able to take in a fight…

His dialogue is thematically on point pretty much every time (although my first reaction to his balloon girl story and "A true story. These things happen all the time. Coincidence. Random life." was "actually, probably the only reason you even know that story is because it was wide-spread, because it's not something…

I didn't see it coming but was kinda glad it happened because I've be more preoccupied with any plot developments that are also flags that the show's ending soon. I don't know why they're playing with my emotions so much, first the precinct closing, then Amy taking the Sergeant's exam last week, and now this!

Oh yeah, also, the superior officer impeding Gloria's investigation is frustrating and doesn't really make a case for itself not simply being a plot (anti?) device