felt imported from a different show at times. didn't feel one moment of unintentional comedy and it kept me on my toes the whole time, I really wasn't sure if Ray or Frank weren't going to make it until Ray made that phone call from the highway. Wasn't sure Frank was dead until he got shanked, honestly. Loved all his final scenes. Was legitimately nervous as hell for Ray when his car got tagged.

Episode felt the most like something helicopter'd in from last season, which is maybe why I'm shocked to see such negative (if limited) response to this episode on these boards so far. I'm fully pleased with this season. It made me laugh for the wrong reasons and it was much sloppier than last year, but I dug the world and the performances and have left the season much more positive about it than I was after the first two episodes.

I didn't watch the whole season due to any prestige factor, it was legitimately entertaining. I bowed out of The Leftovers after four episodes because I was bored. I'm not sure why anyone who felt that way about this season stuck around through the whole thing, it was pretty obvious what this season was going to be from the jump. That it got better with each episode is a bit of a miracle, but maybe that's the trouble with essentially rebooting a known quality each time around.

Definitely excited to see what gets remixed for season 3.

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