Has anyone figured out the timeline? Approximately how much longer before Saul gets caught up in the BB web?

No, no, no. Y'all are so ready to accuse Jimmy of taking the easy way out, of slipping into what some of you think is his natural state. But I maintain he had a revelation there in the parking lot, and not one wholly related to Marco.

I'm not surprised at the disappointed and negative responses here to last night's episode. It was much more of an epilogue than a climactic finale, but I thought it worked really well as a possible ending to Jimmy's story and a stellar bridge for Saul's. There may not have been a lot of WOW factor, but it was chock…

I caught the last 15 minutes, or so, again this morning, and I think the key word to pay close attention to in Chuck's defensive response is "peer." He tells Jimmy he's incensed about his efforts to become his equal. It's not about the preservation of the law, or any future prophecy. Chuck initially says he sabotaged…

So many quotable lines in this episode (Raylan was especially silver-tongued last night), but this was my favorite:

Excellent post, Ryan. I've always found it a challenge trying to explain my devotion to this show to the uninitiated. I've been watching it weekly since its premier, and I've been trying to recommend it for as long with little success. I agree that no other show's dialog compares… it's like a stylized poetry,…

Plus, he didn't have to explain himself to Kim. When he blurts out, "Stop." and tells her to close the door, it's because he can't live with her believing this was his doing. I think there's a lot more to Hamlin than we've been shown, so far.

Or was within his realm to prevent.

Thank you for the kind words, Jordan.

There was so much brilliance in this episode, I don't know where to start. From the parallel themes of good guys/intentions faced with only bad options (Jimmy and Mike), to the depth of character insight, to the acute complexities of human psychology and relationships, this was some beautiful writing (it's also a…

I just finished reading the Yahoo interviews and the showrunner stated that he's certain they came up with a very satisfactory ending. No way Raylan dying can be construed as satisfactory, so I'm taking that off that table.

Oh, I'm definitely convinced Ava was truly over Boyd ever since he let her down with the prison thing.

I haven't found the Ava/Boyd thing much of a believable conflict since the whole prison debacle. Once she realized he wasn't going to be able to protect her in jail (never mind, he wasn't going to get her out), you could almost palpate her disgust. She didn't even want him visiting her anymore. So, I found her…

I think we all (including Boyd) underestimated how much Ava resented Boyd not getting her out of jail and making being a snitch her only out.

I think that Ava/Raylan conversation was foreshadowing.

Can we talk a little more about the reason Katherine turned the file over to Art? Besides the fact that he was the one stirring things up with Avery. I mean, why Art? I can't shake the feeling that I'm missing some glaringly obvious clue between the trifecta that is Katherine/Avery/Wynn.

1). I've been very nervous for Raylan's family since Winona returned. One of the main reasons she left Harlan was to remove that element as a weakness for Raylan. I can't shake the feeling the writers brought her back for a bigger reason than a pediatric cardiology consult or a kiss and make up with Raylan. I'm…

My bad. Still trying to figure out where to put replies in this &$%#! disqus.

I think the show's context fails if you hold it to orthodox rules that really weren't set by the show.

This would be a major TV show structural failure if it was following orthodox TV scheme, but it's not, nor is it meant to. This show is clearly adhering to literary devices, too. It's not the first time we've seen television attempt novelization, but before this the attempts were mostly via chapters-to-episodes, or…