Lynch is polarizing as hell, and this season is picking up after a 25 year long cliffhanger. Makes sense to me that they didn't want a bunch of spoilers and opinions out there. If this is truly "a heroine shot of Lynch" like Mark Frost has said, I'm thinking a lot of mainstream critics are going to hate it.

I could have sworn he would give a little speech to her to that extent. "You haven't been here, dealing with his shit all day every day for years," that sort of thing.

Howard has given Chuck a LOT of leeway. It's frankly not the direction I was expecting after last week's episode, but I think the more we learn about him the more we find out…he's mostly a solid dude with douchey tendencies and not the other way around.

It's difficult to imagine a show I'd enjoy watching less. Seth Macfarlane as a show runner is questionable enough these days. Now he feels the need to constantly show us what a PERFORMER he is.

(I liked Prometheus)

GOOD

I just started rewatching the show yesterday, and man, I forgot how *unique* the atmosphere is. The music is so cheesy, the visuals are so dark, the acting is so campy, but it all coalesces in a way that's perfectly unsettling. Can't wait for the new episodes.

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The thing that really made it powerful was that Jimmy didn't take any pleasure in it. He really did do it out of love, in a way (remember: Jimmy was willing to quit the law for Kim. He doesn't give a shit about the legal system). But there's an irony that both he and Chuck keep destroying each other in an attempt to…

It's complicated because as an adult, all Jimmy ever wanted was to turn his life around and get validation from Chuck. But Jimmy was unabashedly criminal for a long time as a kid (in the early flashback where we see Chuck get Jimmy out of prison for the Chicago Sun Roof incident, Jimmy's a huge dick. He's using Chuck…

Reminded me quite a bit of the end of "Fly." Strong, evocative image opening and closing the episode. For this episode it seemed less ambiguous though. A giant flashing electrical sign that says Exit? Chuck's on his way out.

This makes sense. Even if Chuck figures out that Jimmy didn't take the pictures, there's no way to know Chuck didn't take the pictures, particularly now that his illness is called into question. There's no way to prove that Chuck himself didn't install the door. But it will absoLUTELY be another thing that drives…

That's pretty reductive. His plan was exposing undoubtedly that Chuck's illness is psychosomatic. And while there's nothing inherently wrong with having a psychosomatic illness, it is REALLY bad for HHM. For years (?) now the company has been making all these accommodations and extra expenditures for Chuck. He gets…

Dang, I'm not sure I wanted to know that episode title. I think you're right though, it's probably just foreshadowing the house actually burning down. That's the kind of metaphorical stuff I live for.

Ah shit, I keep forgetting about the period piece aspect of this show.

I think it's more about his ability to be stable and competent. And Jimmy showed that Chuck can't maintain those things even in a courtroom setting. As someone who suffers from mental illness, even I have to admit it wouldn't be super appropriate for me to be a lawyer.

I've long maintained that his illness is a manifestation of his guilt. He treats his brother like garbage, harbors all this resentment, yet never shows it. It has to come out somewhere. You'll notice in earlier seasons that Chuck can easily work up the energy to make it to a meeting at HHM to steal a client away from…

I'm just going to go full hyperbole here: this is one of the best episodes of television I've ever seen. The entire show felt like it was leading up to this episode and it did not disappoint. Every word that came out of Chuck's mouth regarding Jimmy was true. He knows him to a fault. And yet we absolutely see Chuck as…

Didn't realize she just had a kid, that makes sense

Oh I don't know if it's all on his shoulders. I just think it's obvious that Gal Gadot probably isn't DC's best bet for hosting a sketch comedy show.