I had the same feeling watching this as I did in season 1 of What We Do In The Shadows when the Baron (sorry, “Barren”) ate pizza and then flung himself around in the air projectile vomiting—”what does it say about me laughing my ass off at this utterly batshit thing I am watching?” Did I film that one scene on my…

I was thinking Elmore Leonard with the stupidity of criminals and violent people. (White Boy Bob, anyone?) 

I’m enough of a sap now that I’m like “Ah fuck, the hotel is still going on despite it being a sea turtle sanctuary? Those poor fuckin’ turtles. :(“

back to the future.  Biff is watching a Clint Eastwood movie in the hot tub of 1985A with a scene that Marty mimics in part 3 when fighting Mad Dog Tannen.

I think the reveal with the Lissons was kind of brilliant. It was so obvious, or at the very least extremely probable, and they’d built up all this tension around the mystery, then they steer into the skid by having him confess it in the most casual, non-villainous way possible (“Promise you won’t get mad?”). I went…

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Also, Thaniel Block killing himself by accidentally firing into a cast-iron skillet hanging on the wall of his AirBnB is a Coen Brothers worthy gag.

No mention of the final scene reveal that Zion is now a Gemstones only project? Predicting a season of headache and corruption from creating the new resort, along with some potential other Lissons with questions sniffing about.

Keefe 100% knows how it sounds.

Mentioned it up above, great interview with McBride on Vulture. He talked about he didn’t want to leave the season on a cliffhanger, but rather wants each season to stand on its own. Or how back with eastbound and down, they approached every season finale as a possible series because they didn’t know if they would get…

Young Guns. I used to love that shootout scene when I was dumb

I had to watch it a second time, but the “throw the cabinet through the window and come out of it shooting” plan they took directly from the movie they were just watching.

I wondered about the cabinet scene too. But Mr. Notorious pointed out to me the pillows they spilled out of it along with her.

Your first sentence was six lines long. Godfather length. You need an editor.

 BJ’s family glaring at him like WTF in the ending scene while BJ sings his heart out lol

“Oh god I’m gonna die!”

y’know, i initially thought i would be disappointed if it was the Lissons —- but the cold open flashback dissuaded me of that.

You be right.  I watched episode 2 again, and at the Lisson’s ranch, when Jesse asked about the kids singing in white, Lyle said he runs a group (Lisson’s Angels IIRC) made of “street kids” etc.  That’s where he got the cycle ninjas.

The reason I’m leaning toward Lissons is that they inherited everything, they didn’t make any of their fortune.  They talked about “retiring” the patriarch, and I assume they’re just as dumb as Jesse and have blown most of their fortune/aren’t making enough to replenish it and owe money to some less than savory people?

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