What was Mikey Thinking?

  The Deal – Notes Oh, Wendy with hall walking behind her down a sinister basement. That can’t be good. What’s Wendy walking into? Oh… naked Damien Lewis in a hot tub. So… not sinister This joint nudity in their completely platonic friendship is a weird vibe 72 hours earlier OK, Wendy just figured out after leaving the broadway show we saw her entering that Chuck deliberately got her out of the way for the raid Wendy: Did you strike a blow for Justice this day, Mr. Rhoades? Terri: Should I go? Chuck and Wendy: YES!! Wendy’s not wrong, this is going to make her look guilty to the firm Chuck is desperate to defend himself Wendy: It’s my job. Chuck: You’re beautiful and talented, and I’m sure you’ll land on your feet Wendi: Fuck you! That evening, at the Rhoades home Wendy’s sleeping with the kids Axe rousing the troops Chuck wants to seem intimidating SO bad. Axe is doing a good job rallying This is Axe’s St. Crispin’s Day speech Dollar Bill ...

  Notes on Seven Swans a Singin Nice choice to begin with singing of Christmas carols Ben and Kristen walking into a catholic school Why are David and Kristen both distracted Bishop Marx is concerned about the school’s liability. Typical The girls can’t stop singing the same song over again. It is, admittedly, lovely. This feels like a very show choir kid problem. The girls honestly don’t know what the song is that they’re singing and can only stop for brief intervals before compulsively starting again. They sing because ‘it feels good.’ And hear the song in their heads. And they map any other songs lyrics onto the tune Stuck song syndrome? Is that a real thing? She gave them gum as a cure Bishop Marx: Kristen, was it? Kristen: It was. Marx doesn’t remember her name for certain yet? Lexi. I still can’t keep the girls straight Sami is bullying Lexi in school. And Sheryl advises revenge via brick to the face. Darkly funny So unexpected that Sheryl wo...

  The Good Life notes Is Axe really selling off everything? He’s bicycling They’re trying to sell us on the whole ‘Axe is giving up finance to relax and live life’ angle Do they really do that light test on chicken eggs Qunitillion to one. Axe is wrong, odds and statistics don’t work like that. I do enjoy a double yolker though And now Axe is trading away his very expensive bike for Tito’s junker. WTF? *** When a guy says sell everything, he gets a chance to take it back. Axe is certainly selling that he’s shutting down Wait, Dollar Bill is a volunteer fireman? How is he possibly making his call percentages? He can’t possibly live in the city then. Or maybe the writers just don’t understand how volunteer firefighting works. It’s been a week that they’ve been investigating Dollar Bill Kate: It’s an enzyme they’ve been testing out in Iowa. Genetically modifies corn so that cows can actually digest without antibiotics… Terri: It makes them shit better. Dollar...

  Exorcism part 2 notes Extreme close up of Leland A, B, C Oh, it’s the incel kid from a few episodes ago Activating incident, belief, consequences. Then destruction. He’s really indoctrinating a killer Andy doesn’t seem suspicious of David at all. He must have not seen anything Andy came home early because he missed them and was worried about Laura’s heart Is Andy going to break his promise and tell Kristen and Sheryl’s sex life? Andy seems happy that he and Sheryl found a detante Kristen: The Tibetan band can play tomorrow. It’s odd how good a husband Andy is at this point Kristen seems to really like her job. Oh right, she’s still stoned She’s very carefully calling David her coworker Kristen: Like a baby’s ass. Andy: That’s what I like. Sexy talk ***Andy: You got more demanding, Kristen: You don’t know the half of it. Interesting that Kristen was never afraid at night until Andy came home. Nice establishing of the ice pick hammer The argume...

  2 Fathers notes Nice isolation of the significant demon sygil as the opening shot Monsignor is very hesitant about them having snuck the pictures of the secret text How much of this does the monsignor already know? Kristen’s answer makes total sense David is not mentioning that the artist using the demon sygil is his father. Whoops, cat’s out of the bag. Why wouldn’t Kristen be going with him in any case? David’s dad is apparently a bad guy. That explains a lot about his outlook Ben (D’artagnion – love that) is off recording voice overs for TV Kristen is encouraging Ben to pursue the woman from that TV show – vanessa, who he’s called 3 times and she’s ghosting Ben’s doing looping Ben: This is a lie Recording guy: It’s TV. It doesn’t have to be exactly true And here’s Vanessa Also called ADR Kristen’s enjoying the nature David: Not another house for ten miles. It’s like the start of a horror movie. Kristen: Oh, well, bad cell phone coverage. Guess...

  Vatican III notes   Mr. Blueberry muffin – Ah, total incel Wow he came on way too strong. I wonder if she really is in a relationship A ‘nice guy’ who can’t distinguish between polite and interested So Leland is spending time encouraging incels to violence. That’s on brand He still has the neck wound and stitches, so it hasn’t been long Grace Ling – They’re trying to find her These must be church officials from the Vatican. Ah, they’re Italian Ben: I find it odd that there was a prophet at all. Everything after that is just gravy. Vatican Accesor: What does that mean… gravy? Ben:   It means that once something is stupid it doesn’t matter how much more stupid gets piled on top of it. David speaks Italian. Nice one upmanship The accesors are getting more and more offensive with their questions. Enrique. A boy the possessed woman claims she killed The clue is that she called the parents after which wasn’t widely known Bridget Farrell exorc...