The opening montage was just stunning, and so sad.
What a great episode! Just one thing: whyyyy couldn't Jimmy have taken his case to a rival law firm?
Pretty good episode. However, it would have been so much more effective if they hadn't made it obvious in the last one that Chuck wanted Ernie to tell Jimmy about the tape, by showing his satisfaction at Ernie's 'accidentally' hearing it.
Also, I'm not really interested in quite this much stuff about Mike – his backstory is a nice bonus if kept to he background, but not what I came to this show for!
A few wonderful episodes and runs of episodes, and one of the finest series finales I’ve seen, but I found the series overall to be plagued by a lack of planning. Too often, a major new direction was established only at the beginning of the episode that made use of it. At the same time, threads that had been on the go for some time as well as apparent turning points in the plot were suddenly dropped, only to be picked up again in a half-hearted fashion seasons later. Worse, in the later seasons there emerged a reliance on rewriting the show’s history.
But somehow it still captivated me to an extent and certainly I never seriously considered abandoning it. Would like to rewatch sometime down the track.
Oh dear me, no, this is just bad. Firstly, the idea that Stan has always been troubled by the Jennings' dedication to their job is just not the case: he has been depicted as oblivious since just after the first episode. And to go from a raised eyebrow about the latest work crisis to interrogating their son, linking 'a white man and a white woman' with them and breaking in to sniff around, all in the space of a single episode, stretches credibility too far.
This episode would have been fine if they'd put a bit of work in and built up to it over a period of time.
The scene where Lucia kills the congressional aide guy is really rather beautiful. It’s done very well.
Finally! The premise of the show is set up.
A simply exquisite ending to a bit of a hit-or-miss show.
Easily the best season of the series, but it indulged too freely in retcons.
I hate the title! The season was ok. Pretty generic, hard to follow at times and at least a couple of irritating characters (especially Alex's father and girlfriend) but it's clearly had a lot of money thrown at it and did its thing well enough. Decent final episode.
I loved the first half of this season, the best of the show so far, especially the standout episode Cloramphenicol. It tapered off after episode 7, but overall, a very strong season I thought.
I don't mind a cliffhanger, but that ending was kind of a slap in the face. The Jimmy work in the episode though was top-notch!
The episode is not bad, but the ending is exquisite.
Well I’m sorry but this is just a ridiculous episode. Doesn’t belong at all. What happened for Mad Men to become that kind of show? A thing like that!
The good news is that my previous viewing shows an immediate recovery in episode 7.
Have to agree with Bandar though that the episode title is brilliant.
It’s fun, especially in its heyday during which it’s a standout example of a network sitcom. But compared to the original it feels so synthetic, manufactured, saccharine – especially Jim and Pam’s relationship. And it feels like it exists for the sake of it rather than trying to really say something.
Having said all that, Dwight in particular is an excellent character, and Rainn Wilson never fails to fully commit.
I mean David Brent’s
spoiler for The Office UK
takedown of Chris Finch was much more satisfying.
A step-down from season 5 IMO, but still entertaining.
Andy is a fantastic addition to this show!
[Up to beginning of Season 3 at time of writing]
I mean I kind of like Jim and Pam in a way but the thing is that it’s just so manufactured and strung-out. And they’re both so pretty but made frumpy.
This was a surprisingly sweet episode.
It’s a rare 10-star episode, mainly on the basis of the exquisite last shot. But Gus’s death was flubbed IMHO. The cheesy action movie tone of his walk out of the room was all wrong.
Ok she definitely deserves to be in the Bad Place for calling it a Jif.
Coming off a second viewing of The Americans, the depressive tone fits my mood perfectly. Really well put-together first part, looking forward to the rest.
…which made me pretty flabbergasted to note the heavy involvement of Craig Zobel, whose film Compliance I caught at a film festival several years ago and didn’t care for at all – found it a nasty, creepy piece of work with unconvincing intentions.
I seem to be in the minority here but I loved the introspection of this season. I’ll admit to have been getting to the point of finding the slow pacing a bit too much by the ninth episode, but the last three pair that feeling off beautifully. The focus on feelings over action really works for me.
A truly exceptional, devastating, grimy episode of television. I love and hate it.
A really good episode of a show that isn’t called ‘Better Call Saul’.
That was a great twist!
This was an excellent season, really excellent. Still a job of work to follow, but I’m getting the gist most of the time now I think. Juliana is thankfully becoming a more interesting character, though some of the show’s slightly irritating hero worship for her remains. Smith I could watch all day. The end of the seasons, the last couple of episodes particularly felt pretty rushed; wish the season was an episode or two longer to accommodate that. Can’t wait to start Season 3 in a day or two.
I’m really struggling to keep up with this show – it genuinely is just too intelligent for me! But enjoying it nonetheless, the atmosphere and some of the characters are great. Think it’ll warrant a rewatch.
This really is a phenomenal show. Such a strong, confident vision behind each episode, and so beautifully shot.
