My guess is that although the DA is prosecuting murder, Forrest's attorney will push for self-defense. Where the dominoes fall then is anyone's guess.

To me, the only thing obvious was that it was going to be disastrous. I didn't know exactly how.

Oh, man. As soon as you think there's nothing more for Forrest to lose, he truly seems to now be (very slowly) losing his mind. And who can blame him?

AJ off-set? My head may explode.

Interesting about face from AJ on the vetoes. She's incredibly enthusiastic when Forrest executes each of them, and clearly she's been looking forward to them all season.

Well, interestingly, in the next episode (SPOILERS FOR EPISODES PAST THIS ONE), the episode used a variation on this. Not "Using a veto" (probably too show-specific anyway), but its show reverse-equivalent in some ways, Procrastination.

Here's the working link:

Makes you wonder if he thought to ask the opposite question, "Should I stay here?" and was still foiled.

On rewatch, it was fun to see AJ flinch at the first glass-breaking, and then look underwhelmed by the tape-ripping.

Forrest: "So you… you never killed anyone?"
Dad: "As a nurse, you mean?"
Forrest: "No, in war."
Dad: "Oh! No, no."

I like that AJ is never seen outside the studio. It adds to her mystery.

I guess don't share the sentiment that a number of folks evidently had that Forrest would ever consider killing his Dad.

This episode had one of the best musical cues in the series so far:

As Emily points out, it was a great bit of cleverness to have Forrest carrying his gun in the same fanny pack as the 8-ball. I really thought THAT was what Ray was going to discover, not the microphone.

Very clever and true, at least to us. I doubt whether Forrest would be able to admit to his own indirect culpability in the coma victim's death, though.

Much like the unbelievable "coincidence" of the 30 pancakes request.

I suspect many, like myself, are also just discovering the show in Season 2, then going to the website and watching all of Season 1 there. If those numbers are significant, there may be hope.

Also, have you noticed that the "unseen" reviews were largely positive experiences in Season 1, versus mostly bad/low reviews in Season 2?

Well, I'm not saying the show is in Forrest's head, though I know that theory has been floated. I'm just saying that in terms of theme, Grant has always felt a bit like Mephistopheles and Forrest a bit like Faust.

It's funny how poignant and dark that tagline has become in the face of where Forrest's life has gone. Every new episode, even though it's an identical clip, it feels a little sadder.