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This has to be the cringiest episode of the entire series. The whole episode consists of people screaming at each other. First some random lady yells at people, then Claire screams at people for 20 minutes followed by Brenda screaming at people for another 10 minutes, then David and Rico screaming at each other. That's basically the summary of the entire episode, people screaming at each other, getting into shouting matches and yelling for 55 minutes.

I don't know why anyone in their right mind would rate this episode as a 10, 9 or even 8 unless something is seriously wrong with them.

One thing this show certainly lacks is character development. None of the characters grew at all since the first episode, they all act the same way they did 62 episodes ago after all this time.

I understand the writers and cast were trying to convey the different types and process of grief. But I was so far away from empathizing anything from any character. The moment where Claire is supposed to be drunk and yet screaming at the family of a dismembered soldier (or at least multiple amputee) felt more like a lazy psychotic attempt or an Unresearched drug overdose moment. The simplest thing would have been to tell her the body is a body destroyed by war especially when she was screaming about American and Iraq soldiers being killed and physically and mentally Destroyed from War.

I found myself physically facing away from The screen, no engagement and wondering how much though he was actually put into this episode. It felt more like each actor was given a thought instead of a scene or purpose just to see how they would do it. Nothing felt like an episode or purpose. This is why there are so many hands and people involved in the process of film and tv: every moment needs to have purpose, develop story or character, be the good or the bad or supporting characters, bring the audience into the moment and not feel like you stepped into an actor class where random moments are being practiced and no big show for the performance later that night.