Things I was confused by, probably not because the show fails to make them clear but rather because the show fails to hold my close attention and I clearly missed a bunch of stuff:

Also, question: am I alone in having immediately pegged the hooded guy as the killer? The gloves were a giveaway, plus there was a general "here's a very mystical-looking knife and there are two notable mystical-ish characters in this show" vibe to the whole thing.

Gotta diverge entirely on the idea that this episode looked good… I got used to it after a while but at first I thought it was hideous. The opening scene followed Vikings' opening scene almost beat-for-beat (the dregs of a battle, a vision of a god) but with two notable differences: 1) it was a defeat for our hero,…

Heh and yet, perversely, it's not a particularly great example of deus ex machina as a literary device - it's not random or unexpected, but a fairly natural culmination of the plot that created the situation in the first place.

Yeah but that still means everything we saw on screen with the exception of that ONE episode happened in four weeks. I really, really want someone to make this timeline :)

Yup. ALL of it. Everything prior to "The Collective" took 18 days, and everything since took 10 (based on the army guy's summary in this episode). Angie, and Norrie's first mom, both died about two weeks ago, around the same time Julia was the Monarch. And back when Big Jim was in a constant cycle of "everyone hates…

And now, the critical question:

Also worth noting: the knife for sale has the same price and product number as this famous infomercial fail - https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I call you a libertarian as a description of your political theories, not a capital-L Libertarian as your party affiliation. I don't give a damn about your party affiliation - but we can drop the term if you prefer.

Yeah I got a strong Tyrell vibe from that too. I think they initiated the hack together, then something else happened (not sure what), then Elliot blacked out the whole event. Or maybe Tyrell decided to initiate and Elliot tried to *stop* him.

This also had one of Futurama's better stereotypical-gender-jokes (or really half that, half Three Stooges joke):

I don't care about party affiliation - honestly that hadn't even entered my head until you said it just now. I care about what you are STILL doing: presenting a not-at-all-obviously-true opinion as a simple fact or, with your new word choice, an "observation".

In the first couple seconds of the telemarketer sketch, I thought it was going to go in an entirely different direction. Peele hung up on Key mid-sentence, right after "I'd love to" and before "but…" — and in that moment, I thought the next beat was going to be something along the lines of a bunch of black SUVs…

You're trying to talk your way around admitting that a lot of this is your personal opinion about politics and society.

Am I wrong about your politics then? Do you believe government has a role in society? Or is my interpretation of your multiple snide lines about how stupid people are to consider government as a solution for anything correct?

Let's not say "sadly" just yet. Go watch Flash Forward, which famously hit the air with a massive plot bible that pre-planned every single twist and turn, and see just how much "preparedness" helps a series.

Hmm. Definitely interesting, might mean something. Is it perhaps to signify that we're now seeing some of this story through Angela's eyes, and Angela is getting drawn in to Evil Corp?

You keep claiming you haven't stated your personal political opinion, but that's disingenuous nonsense and you know it. You've made it *abundantly* clear that you are a libertarian with a deep distrust of government and an overall belief that it can't solve anything and perhaps shouldn't exist.

My guess is that White Rose isn't trying to erase the world's capital - just *America's* capital. Her/his objectives may have more to do with global politics and economics than a people's revolution.

It was actually scarier than Hannibal's "every moment since is borrowed" speech the night before.