A review of this week's The Lowdown, "Leaving and Coming Back" — with spoilers — coming up just as soon as I have a bag of hantavirus...
Alan Sepinwall
Wow.
I actually hadn't intended to watch this episode, nor last week's, before Kathryn and I recorded our podcast discussion of the new season last month. I felt like I already had a grasp on the story of the season, its tone, and the major new characters like Ginger and Frog. And as has often been the case lately when I recap a series, I didn't want to get too far ahead of what I'd be writing about if I could avoid it. I casually mentioned this plan to a friend at FX, who gently but firmly suggested I should do everything in my power to watch all six available episodes before I offered any kind of general opinion on Season Two.
Ultimately, we didn't talk about any specifics of "Leaving and Coming Back" on the podcast, so I probably could have waited. But I'm glad I didn't, if only because I got an extra month to think about an absolutely incredible hour of television.