There was that aunt with dementia, Paige tracked her down last year or the year before. So they seem to have contingency plans, even though they don't have regular relatives in their lives. Maybe fewer people means fewer variables and fewer chances for mistakes?

The response was interesting to me though: "Sometimes" seemed the first time Elizabeth has tried to distance herself from her job, like it is what she does, instead of what/who she is.

Possibly - I do like that read on it much better, gives her a bit more agency and a sense of self-preservation. It just came across as so so sad to me.

Great work by Alison Wright tonight. It was so sad to see her cave to everything just to keep Clark around. You could almost hear the decision to go "all in" to whatever is going on with Clark: not ready to leave, not ready to admit her marriage is a sham, might as well play along.

This is really the watershed episode, storyline wise. I think Robert's death is the catalyst that ignites all the major plot-points, and the motivations of his kids, through to the end.

I can definitely understand Danny feeling betrayed and maybe not being well-equipped emotionally to deal with the info in the taped interviews in a rational way. But yeah, they were ALL kids, it's ridiculous to blame them for lying so their parent(s) wouldn't go to jail - as ridiculous as punishing/ostracizing Danny…

I think it was just the storyline. Also, his IMDB entry has a couple things in the pipe, so maybe they could only get him for a limited time.

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It's a real credit to the show they way it develops real discomfort and tension in the people watching - between genuinely empathizing with Danny but also getting increasingly uncomfortable with his actions. It's the epitome of "it can be two things".

Yes I'd agree. I'd also argue that Rectify is the better of the two, but both are worth it if you're into the slow burn.

If you like Rectify there's a good chance you will like this too. They are more similar in tone and themes than in subject matter. I'd recommend watching the first 4-5 and if it hasn't hooked you by then it likely won't.

I really think at some point the entire family is going to do him in - maybe even Emma and Romero too. A couple of them will do it and they'll all help hide the evidence as some sort of perverse Bates family bonding ritual.

It made more sense to me last year, as the Norma in his head seemed to be where the prude aspect of "Mother" comes from. Now I'm not so sure. There definitely seems to be times when he IS her, as opposed to just communicating with her.

I think there are 3 Normas: the real one, the one in his head who he talks to & who seems to be a problem solver, and uber nag.

At one point, I thought the pot wars may be an attempt to explain why Dylan is a forgotten entity by the time Psycho rolls around.

Yeah, I remembered the eye vividly - just couldn't remember who actually shot him, but the fan wiki reveals all.

My memory is hazy but who killed Deputy DylanDoppelganger? I think it was Norman?

That's my reservation as well, but let's face it: I don't think anyone's getting out of this story in one piece. They are all doomed.

Flopping the bed up-and-down like a rag doll rivaled Norman's "I NEED SOCKS!!!" tantrum from last season. Highmore is the best

I want to see where it goes, but am sort of dreading it too. As a few people mentioned last week, we already had a secret sex ring mystery in S1 - a storyline that was not really resolved satisfactorily.