Good point. Maybe Fuches is just maimed? Spends the rest of his life unable to talk? I hope he doesn’t just get away.

Oh God -- that whole episode was gut-wrenching. Nothing that bad so far. But I’m not sure if that means we’re skipping the visceral deaths this season or that we’re ramping up to them. Hopefully the former so our friends can go out with some dignity.

Barry is the ultimate survivor/badass, so if he’s coming after Hank — and Fuches, who has forced an alliance with Hank — then they’re going to die. Hank will be mad but ultimately welcome it; Fuches will die pleading and manipulating once his men are dispatched.

That’s excellent. I would fully watch that, feel horrible, then watch it again.

Good call. I’d forgotten the earlier Mom-shoots-son scene. What a fucking mess. I really, really hope John isn’t killed. I feel for the little guy.

I enjoy this season’s longer run time mainly because I like to hang out with these characters. The show is warm and comforting even if it meanders and rambles a little bit. I wasn’t a big fan of last season’s fully stand-alone episodes, but I can handle separate ongoing storylines since I know they’ll all converge even…

Superb comment. I especially like the point about the show expecting emotional intelligence from its audience. And I personally don’t mind the gaps in storytelling. It’s enough to watch Nick Mohammed’s acting change from episode to episode. No one portrays “wound tight” quite like him.

Clearly not enough people are watching this show since the review was on the A.V. Club homepage for all of 30 seconds before it disappeared. I’m actually surprised and grateful the AVC is covering it at all.

Barry, since the beginning, has been split between serious drama and absurd comedy.

I really liked the pace of this episode. After the lull of the previous two, it almost felt like time itself was speeding up, like we’re careening toward the inevitable terrible conclusion.

Wait — so a rich, entitled white woman is dating a rich, entitled racist guy? I’ve never heard of such a thing. We have to warn her!

Sam Richardson as Edwin Akufo is one of my favorite things about Ted Lasso. He’s the perfect embodiment of the “spoiled rich brat” type that abounds in the series (see also: Rupert, Jack). Obviously, it wasn’t a “food fight” that occurred in the Super League meeting; it was a “food tantrum” on the part of Mr. Akufo.…

I originally thought Sally was just annoying, but it turns out that she’s probably the most relatable character on a show with fewer and fewer relatable characters. I’m obsessed with her transformation into “Emily,” her pain and rage and depression. She’s everything Barry can’t be because, as awful as she sometimes is,…

The more exposure we get to the future, the more I like it. NO ONE HAS DIED in the past two episodes, which has ratcheted the tension way up. Even when “The Raven” challenges Hank no one moves to hurt him, which is not how things would have gone down in the past. I’m so excited to see the last two episodes. The end is…

Here’s a thought: that scene was supposed to be confusing because Sally lives in a haze of alcoholic despair and PTSD. So writing and directing a scene where the audience is as disoriented and scared as Sally immerses us in the world of the show more fully and gives us more empathy for the characters of Sally and…

The point isn’t that straight men don’t have to say “I love you” to their gay friends, it’s that Isaac has difficulty being vulnerable and expressing his feelings to the people he loves; that’s literally the entire crux of his arc this episode

I had no idea they were going to devote an entire episode to Colin coming out to the team. And it managed to go farther (“we don’t not care”) and affect more people (even Roy) than expected. I’m glad Kola Bokinni (Isaac) got so much to do — I was genuinely surprised he’s such a good actor just because he’s never been…

It was definitely subtle, but Sally goads him with the “bad boy god” line, feeds into his ego by claiming his junk is “impressive,” and then strokes his shoulder as she’s leaving for the bathroom.

Wow — absolutely everything is tainted with Barry’s past no matter what he tries. Following his dreams, finding a father figure, having a family with Sally, catching up with friends. Everyone around him suffers while he frantically tries to hold things together. So relatable on one level, and so distant and…

At least it’s a new(ish) flavor of bleak. And it might be the first episode of Barry where no one died, so...yay?