Wow you're really watching closely, that's some perceptive analysis! j/k

I was thinking after this episode, that although it was certainly entertaining, the show risks dipping into "Lost" territory in this final leg, just a lot of layers of mystical nonsense seeming to be piling up. It didn't help that Carrie Coon wasn't in the episode, she's the best thing about the series imo.

I was going to mention that too, seems like some kind of inter-series meta gag. You'd think they would address and explain it at some point, but then maybe it's akin to the ufo landing at the end of last season, a random crazy element dropped into an otherwise rational, earthly story.

(Yes, there was a season 2.) But what did this mean: "Losing the broadcast-TV constraints for season two" ? The show has always/only been on Netflix.

To me, Carol Burnett Show is one of those classic comedies along with I Love Lucy and the Honeymooners that noone ever seems to acknowledge has always been completely unwatchable, not remotely funny for an instant. That might be just me, but I think it's everybody else.

The review mentioned what jumped out at me here too, namely how Carrie Coon's excellent performance both evokes memories of Frances McDormand's iconic role, and - unexpected as it is to be saying this (because McDormand is just one of the greats) - stands right up to it as she really makes it her own and, if possible,…

Okay so even though I haven't yet gotten to the latest episodes of the Americans (tonight), the Leftovers, Last Man on Earth, Brooklyn Nine Nine (tonight), or Fargo, now this has to come along and jump to the front of the line.

I liked her more very early in the series, when she wasn't some kind of wise Jedi type, always several steps ahead of everyone else, but more just straight up insane.

In the meantime you must look up and enjoy Woody Allen's classic New Yorker essay "The Gossage-Varbedian papers." Just take my word for this one.

Sounds like it was his first one/

When he's been busted for drugs and stuff, was it by the Grammer police? That's all I got.

Overall I like BCS even better than BB as well. There's more sly dark humor and you can never get too much Bob Odenkirk.

Yeah, I thought something was going on when Gus came over and seemed to be sweeping around close to the bag.

I actually misinterpreted Jimmy's behavior during the interview with the secretary. I thought he was being subtly sarcastic about the whole thing and for some reason was against the idea of bringing someone new on, or hurt by it or something, rather than being sincerely enthusiastic about wanting to find and start…

Haven't read the review yet, just watched the episode and I am aghast at the grade. A++! I was howling the whole way through, this is one of the funniest shows on TV and this premier to my amazement was funnier than ever.

I don't think either of those things were what we were to take as having occurred.

All true and that's what makes this series so unusual, so distinctively great and human and funny.

I have nothing but trust in the series and its creators; it has been uniformly excellent.

Overrated. Sure, it's always good when the characters are unabashedly, realistically terrible and miserable people, but I just don't remember this show as being funny at all, I could never sit through it.

(Full disclsure, world's biggest McCartney fan/apologist here) Hey maybe the push and focus on the great Flowers in the Dirt album, and the fact that he's using a hit making producer, can suggest that he wants to do a more FITD-like album - polished, thought-out, fully produced and arranged, with a big cast of real…