The first season ended in May with a cliffhanger about an assassination attempt, returned in the fall with a delicious, witty episode that flashed back to the characters' previous careers, and hasn't slowed down yet.
"I thought it was just a great, fun, funny, witty episode.
Who knows whether Mr. Gore's guest spot will endear him to voters besotted with pop culture, but his presence has inspired one of the wittiest episodes that this uneven year-old series has done.
The strong suit is in the tale-telling, which takes the form of witty colorful episodes, often introduced by Ms. Parson's choreography, formal dances with distilled gesture.
In his review of "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" the TV Critic called the writing in the episode wittier than in previous ones.
Tonight's episode is witty, enthralling, provocative and occasionally preposterous: it's an Adam Curtis programme after all.
Rachel Tarley, writing for Metro, praising the "gripping race" against time and noting that the script was "snappy and witty throughout, but the episode had its eerie and touching moments where necessary, too".
His best Sopranos episodes, the witty Pine Barrens (directed by Buscemi) or the emotional Long Term Parking, are not merely quotable; they also fashion something new out of straightforward material.
Many of its standout episodes have flashed back to events like the gang's worst Thanksgivings; one witty alternate-future flash-forward episode went so far as to include a goofy new title sequence.
A switch flipped in the sixth episode, a wrenching, witty gem called "Guest," which focussed on Nora (played by Carrie Coon), a woman who lost her entire family in the Departure.
In a 2008 review of the Revelations DVD, which contained "Bad Blood", Erik Henriksen of The Portland Mercury praised the way the writers "managed to tweak their genre formulas" and said of the episode, "It's witty and quick and features a great performance from Luke Wilson".
