307 - The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)

Director: Craig Zobel
Writer: Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof
Writer: Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof
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Got a feeling this will be one of my favorites.
My friend said the episode was kind of boring, to me this episode was anything but that. I was riveted from the beginning. I am anxious, happy and sad that next week will be the final episode.
Oh and the dick sensor was hilarious.
If next week is even just good, this will have sealed the deal as one of the best drama series ever. Seeing as it's Nora based, I'm thinking it will work.
Max points to Lindelhof for the part on the afterlife island... You can't actually prove he was referencing Lost. They have to be giggling about that one.
Of course, if we really want to dig some heels in, there's always the chanve that Kevin was laying around asleep the entire time and they forgot to check his pulse of for signs of breathing.
It's senseless, much like real suicide I guess. But somehow a television character committing suicide, complete with a capricious flashback to an unknown suicide attempt, doesn't feel right at all. It's like a big wand the writers can wave over any situation, doesn't matter how smart of rational the character is supposed to be, they can just pull that card whenever. Maybe that's why it doesn't feel right. That's not really the Laurie I've seen for 25 episodes, and that one scene is just supposed to make it work.
Also... no, I don't think 'nothing happening' on the 7th anniversary would at all change things for her. She saw the truth. She saw even the most sane people bend to the power of superstition and fear. You think this won't happen again on the 10th anniversary? The 13th? The 15th? The 20th? Motherfucker, I'd want out of that.
I think it's just not your bag. These hotel episodes aren't really mine either, but I think they make the stuff I do like stronger. The show writers have an incredible commitment to character integrity, and hey, sometimes that means a "senseless" suicide.
Edit: I want to add, Laurie fucking CLICKED for me with that flashback. I went from not really understanding her to suddenly seeing myself. (And I could add emo shit like "oh everyone thinks they know me, but they're just projecting themselves onto me" to theorize why you thought you knew her, but that's weird, let's keep that confined to a parenthetical and unsaid.)
Presumably Kevin Sr. showed him a picture.