Review by aslisonceley

The last few episodes of this season did a pleasing job at taking the genre to a new place. Psychological and sociological dynamics have always been the forte of the show but plot always led. With episodes like this I was pleased with the slow burn. Straying from high stakes, high action, high suspense. Settling in deep listening exchanged by beloved characters, getting to know each other in new light. Lingering more with the struggles that occur in safe times, the mundane, the sitting with one's self. After a decade of living with these characters, I'm so glad the writers took the risk at a much needed new kind of storytelling that is grounding, and integrative of the environment, other beings such as herbs, mushrooms, water, dog, rat playing active roles in the story.