Over the last couple of episodes, there were so many things going on it was very hard to keep track. Who is this person? What is their role? Why are they acting that way? It was as if we had missed an episode or two where that would have been included. This episode helped patch together some of those plot pieces, either with flashbacks (I hate flashbacks) or in-the-moment explainers. It is as if the writers and producers suddenly discovered a bunch of holes left by earlier episodes and knew they needed to fill them.
Billy Crudup continues to steal every scene that he's in. Cory is such a great character, a slick lizard but here we learn he is capable of having feelings and sometimes wants to do the right thing. The connection between him and Bradley continues to get fleshed out and although I find the two of them a very strange pair of allies I suppose it is necessary for the plot to move forward. Alex... still a mystery. Totally insecure, totally oblivious to a lot of things, and seemingly with no idea how her treatment of people affects them. I find the progression of the Mitch storyline intriguing, if somewhat hard to swallow. His monologue while being interviewed shows a degree of self-awareness he now has that Alex seems to never have cultivated. I enjoyed Yanko's pushback against how he was being treated by the brass. And we are on the verge of COVID exploding too. Lots still to come! Hopefully the next few episodes will continue to be coherent, unlike the ones that preceded this.