Chapter 46-1: Under Pressure

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Every moment in that episode, at least after the night scene, I was on tenterhooks that Scratch was just going to show up with akimbo guns or a rocket launcher or something. Especially when Pegs ran back to get the baby. I was waiting for her to scream and Scratch to grab her. All I can say afterwards is 'phew', because I love Pegs. That scene between her and Saul was my favorite of the episode. So well acted, and her having the guts to call him out on his blaming everyone was great. Bravo, Pegs.

I honestly get where Saul is coming from with the way he treats his mother. It's not right, definitely not, but I can understand the thought process. He needs at least one person to blame, and since she was the one most directly tied to the failed saving-of-Lizzy effort, he must find her the easiest one to whom he can allot blame. I have a feeling he's going to die on this mission or make a detrimental mistake because of his current emotional state that puts people in danger.

What a great episode. When Michael's voiceover started at the end, I felt this impending sense... Not quite of doom, per say, but of finality. The end is coming, and this was definitely a calm before storm episode. Das Ende naht.