Boukman Baptiste (No. 164)

Anyone else bothered that Ellie looked like a teenager? Isn't she meant to be 7 or 8? First seen in S3E1 in 2015 as a baby. Even if we account for a few time jumps (Agnes is also clearly not 6 or 7) why does she look like 15 or 16? And what 16 year old gets stories read to them by their mum? Sorry but totally threw me off.

This episode was better than other recent episodes this season. At least they had an Opponent to attack and a story line that kept me tuned in. You get some good background on Red and Dembe after Liz gets killed. They seem to keep going back to Coopers problem sporadically without much detail. I am assuming that is going to come to a head in the last couple of episodes. The writers also get a little lazy with the anti cop rhetoric that has absolutely nothing to do with being an international criminal but that's to be expected. Al in all I give it a 7 which is pretty good because this season has been lacking substance for the most part leading up to this episode. They need more action like they had in the first few seasons.

Always good to get some more back story and history given the supposed time since previous events transpired, particularly on a great character like Dembe. However the best thing is reading the reviews complaining about the so called political bias. All those complaining that the introduction of a discussion on the position of black people in American institutions have, more than they could ever think of saying, proved that it's a valid and necessary discussion. Obviously it also fills out the inner life of a much admired character. But then those people with those opinions won't have the wit to see that.

Why oh why does every single series have to force feed us this lefty woke BLM nonsense , it's boring and pathetic , are the writers under contract to include the " woe is me I'm a black person " in every story live , it's getting beyond a joke and needs to stop before there's nothing left to watch !!!!

Not a bad episode by any means considering some of the recent clunkers but the BLM stuff was a bit like being assaulted with a very blunt instrument in an unnecessary way. Many names are dropped and it's very on the nose. Despite the pitifully clumsy nature it does serve a purpose to the overall story in other ways. I do question one element of it, though which some people may only spot on a second viewing. Why, after the third act, has the dialogue been speeded up? Its quite jarring.