I'm pretty surprised at the negative reviews. Absolutely love the show and as far as flashback episodes go, this one was great. I actually really enjoyed the non-linear style. A+
Nice flashback to understand the begining of the end! All is based in bad choices, is the final conclusion.
I am generally a plan of flashback episodes but this one was weak. The last 5 minutes are strong but it very much felt like they had to created two or three other meaningless story lines to fill the episodes. It stuck out like a sore them in the season.
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I did not find it boring, it was just confusing.
I really enjoyed the non-linear style with this episode. It's placement in the series seemed odd at first until the very ending that explained the gift they received and all of the implications within. I am thoroughly impressed with this series and regret not seeing it sooner.
57 | Episode 8 felt like a filler to full the 10-episode quota. Marty's past was not quite worked well presented. It was even worse with the editing structure decision that did not blend smoothly. But there was a bit good thing, from this episode we know that Wendy already knows Marty's real job from the start. It proved how truly Marty loved Wendy in the first episode of season 1 in Ozark. Aside from that this episode felt boring to watch.
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Rating: 56.67
Plot
P1: 1.1
P2: 1.1
P3: 0.8
P4: 1.0
Director: Ellen Kuras
Favorite Characters
1.5: Esai Morales as Del
1.2: Jason Butler Harner as Roy Petty
1.1: Josh Randall as Bruce Liddell
1.0: Ivan Martin as Louis Zehner
0.9: Jason Bateman as Martin 'Marty' Byrde
0.8: Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde
Written by Kornelius Harda Wicaksana
I am confused by the impulse not only to bring in a flashback, but also make it nonlinear. I don't know if this series really supports that kind of storytelling, particularly if this episode was really only to explain a jar of eyeballs.
If anything I felt like this episode was kind of clunky because it doesn't seem to have the connective tissue of other nonlinear stories that make the jigsaw pieces fall together more easily--which is made only more janky when the show hasn't ever asked that much from its audience before. I don't really feel like this is a bad episode, though. By the end of it I actually felt like it was more compelling than several of the last few episodes, but it sticks out like a sore thumb. I feel as though the only thing I really learned is that I don't really like Marty (and I'm not sure if that's intentional) and that the allusions to Breaking Bad only point out that the ignition of Walter White's jump into the drug world was significantly more relatable.
I kind of just feel like it's goofy. I mean, Del referred to Jurassic Park as "that movie with the dinosaurs." I mean, sure, it was likely a copyright clearance thing, but written into the episode it seems really weird that somebody would remember the word "chaos" from the movie but not the movie title of one of the biggest blockbusters in history lol.
Wow, another pointless flashback episode. What a complete waste of time.
Great show but who needs the flashback now? XD
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I usually love flashback episodes (and I did with this one too). I just think it's wronlg placed in the episode order. It should have come one or two episodes earlier. Kinda killed the momentum of the show a bit. Otherwise I#m really loving this show.