>It was definitely twisted. I was sort of bothered by that too
>early on. It all felt so ... soulless and gross. Which it is.
>But the more I think/thought about it the more I appreciated
>the way her arc was written this season because I feel like it
>was all a defense mechanism to try and suppress the way she
>really feels about what they did. And I feel like that notion
>was further cemented by the fact that Helen and Marty's
>disconnect this season was so obvious. Ben wasn't his brother
>and they clearly never had a super close relationship; plus,
>Marty's general disposition is practicality and calmness in
>regard to literally anything, so as appalling as it was, I
>thought Helen's arc actually made a lot of sense. Fight or
>flight.

but yeah, well said. She's this combo of cold/calculating yet very emotional/feeling. In contrast to Marty both in the level of Marty's calmness but also Wendy's ruthlessness.
She straight pulled a Walter White when Darlene had a heart attack, then going back to antagonize her more.

Also as mentioned above Charlotte proved she was just like her mom in that moment with Helen's daughter.


>>That investigator guy is annoying as hell
>
>Annoying for sure if you're looking at it from the family's
>perspective but that dude was hilarious and a great addition
>to the season IMO. Just such a headache of a presence and the
>actor played that part perfectly. I laughed out loud at like
>70% of his scenes. His understated, subtle annoyance just hit
>me in the funny bone for some reason.

lol no doubt it was his desired effect


>>Javi was a great addition as this season's big bad. I was
>>never crazy about the Omar casting. The whole "deal" felt
>kind
>>of abrupt tho
>
>Agreed. Whenever we first saw Omar on the show I was like,
>wait, this is Mexico's top drug kingpin ?! I never bought that
>casting. I think he was way more compelling this season, but
>agree that Javi was a far better villain and was cast way
>better.

agreed