The whole "shoot me or save Bob" choice was fantastic writing. And devious as hell on Boyd's part.

Avery's a practical man, and that's going to be his downfall, because no one in Harlan is practical. It's a county full of Earls—they'd rather kill you on principle than do something that'd make sense—who happily carry grudges over your great-great-grandfather doing something to their great-great-grandfather.

Hadn't noticed that. Nice catch.

Gut-wrenching on just about every level, but amazingly so.

She's always been the one so ready to kill or die for the cause. Seeing her waver for the first time onscreen was definitely powerful.

Just like Justified: just when Boyd's inner Scott Evil finally wins out and he decides to dispense with all the elegant, elaborate plans and take the simplest route to the $10 million—BOOM. All he ends up getting for his troubles is an extra breathing hole.

There were definitely funnier moments in earlier seasons—Martha telling Elizabeth (in disguise, of course) about what an animal Clark was in the sack, and Elizabeth's weird mix of disbelief and curiosity, not to mention the comedic genius that is Mail Robot—but the stakes are higher this season, and there doesn't seem…

That's a fair point. This show doesn't underestimate its audience, which is probably why the ratings are where they are.

So many things.

I came in halfway through the episode. Was that Impossibly Handsome Henchman who Zachariah threw down the mineshaft?

They'd blow Ava's cover if Tim kicked the door down and arrested Wynn and Mikey, and Rachel knew that.

Highlights from one of the best episodes of the series:

Loved one of the players (I can't remember which one) contrasting Tarasov and Tikhonov by saying that Tarasov was an artist and that Tikhonov was "a hockey accountant."

Boyd's always at his best when cornered or when he's the underdog. Whenever he's in a position of real authority—where he's Prince John instead of Robin Hood—he struggles, but make him think on his feet and watch him shine.

Part of the greatness of the writing. Every time we start to see Philip as the unquestioned hero of the piece, something like that comes along to remind us that oh, yeah—he's a cold-blooded opportunistic killer who'll take advantage of anything as long as it helps him get over on 'Merica.

Missed this show so much.

Felt like the show took a while to find its feet, but the last twenty minutes—whoa, the last twenty minutes.

Briefs. It's a hilarious tragedy that some marketing strategist wrote that for him and thought, in a fatal moment of severe naiveté, that he'd take it seriously.

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Thanks, Sonia.