The After Hours

Season 1 was by far much better. I was hoping this episode was going to be amazing given the last 2 slow ones but its just another slow paced episode with a bunch of filler.

We get good information but once again the story only really starts to progress in the last few minutes to lead up to the season finale. Starting to feel like the walking dead where nothing happens until the episodes cliffhanger. I still do enjoy the show but as time goes on it's leaving more and more to be desired.

No wonder the finale is going to be 70+ minutes long, it needs to be in order for us to get 15 minutes worth of actual story.

I welcome your thumbs down.

Of course, a great episode of setup is only as good as the following payoff. But this episode is superb, managing to set up a huge season finale while also progressing the plot and giving us exciting new plot points to push us forward.

The penultimate episode of season 1 had this uneasy and tense feeling, and that is dialed up to 11 here, especially with a consistently stressful score.

Milkshake finally seems to snap (Tramell Tillman is incredible), Adam Scott also gets a lot to chew on, and i think every characters plotpoint went in an extremely interesting direction. Cobel gets, ironically, more interesting things to do in this than in her own episode last week. Helly and Dylan have huge cliffhangers that i also can't wait to see resolved.

So ready for the season 2 finale. Not ready for the wait for season 3.

We finally return to catch up with our four friends in MDR, but this episode suffers from lack of major plot advancement for being so late in the season. The show has so little character development this season compared to last. We've gotten some background information, and that's fine, but I feel like the plot-driven aspect has slowed down compared to season one. If the show isn't plot-driven, and has mostly stopped being character-driven too, then what's left? The mystery? That's it? The mystery alone isn't enough to make a great show, but that's pretty much all the show has been for the majority of the last handful of episodes. It's getting frustrating.

While I enjoyed last weeks episode I was a bit annoyed of a second standalone episode away from the characters we loved and waited 3 years for. This episode brings back everything that makes this show what it is in full force at its top level. The performance were great, the jokes were funny and -as always- left us with more questions than answers. Next weeks episode being over an hour long definitely gives a lot to look forward to. Also apparently people are saying the board is made up of a bunch of goats now? I'm here for it, this is definitely the best fanbase in the world. Yes I'm rambling but I needed to reach the minimum character requirement.

Can we be Innocent Again? I think that is the question asked in The After Hours. And honestly, I don't know the answer. What an Amazing and emotional Episode. After all these characters have been through, this was a particularly low blow. After the last 2 weeks, it was nice to have the main cast back. But things aren't as life and Lumon are dragging our characters down. I won't spoil anything, but this was some amazing TV with some great performances. Honestly, it was like watching a movie between the amazing visuals and the amazing character development. Zach Cherry kills it as Dylan G. His performance was so good. Also, Tramell Tillman Needs all the awards for Mr. Milchick. It was also interesting to see Miss Huang get some character development. Adam Scott's sarcasm kills me. John Turturro and Christopher Walken are a match made in heaven, and the tension between them is so good. Brit Lower is so good as Helly R and Helena! I feel so bad for Helly and can't wait to see what happens next. I can't believe there is only one episode left this season. This entire season has been perfect, and I can't wait until next week. If only I could be severed to speed up the time. ;)