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This is an exquisite half-hour of television. Bill Hader in the director's chair has proven to be a real asset, and this episode showcases his ability to seamlessly interweave tense, often heartbreaking dramatic setpieces with his trademark comedic flavor to tremendous effect. If you were still looking for reasons to get on this show, do it for this episode's perfect, and I mean *perfect*, concluding shots.

The show's clearly going for something ambitious, probably beyond the scale of Downton when all's said and done, and it is more than worthy of anyone's time. I'm not really sure if it's at 10 star level yet, but I'm buying in early and saying that I get the sense that this is going to be right up there with the best of them when the payoffs start rolling in.

Pros: Music, Costumes, Carrie Coon (and like the entire ensemble for that matter) Cons: It's a little slow if you're only in it for the plot, but this is a television show can you not just like watch it with your entire body and appreciate the full sensory experience instead of insisting on consuming every form of media in the same easily digestible sparknote pace, yeah you're not getting red light green light level action gory death and dopamine fueled rampage episode one, but you get to listen to the funny accents and the cool music and the insane set design like ok just watch it its good.