Well for the record, just to build some bridges here, I loved the episode overall but I was annoyed by a second Jacoby rant. Not so much because I care about the character Jacoby (remember, we don't know where this is leading in terms of Jacoby's character, so we don't know what it reveals about him, and how he got where he is today, though I suspect losing his medical license made him unhinged mentally), but it felt repetitive and nothing different from what we had seen before from Jacoby in episode 5.mlsstwrt wrote:Oh God, I'm sorry. I meant informed.
Jacobi feels totally shoehorned in. It just seems sad though, reflective of the show as a whole. Jacobi, for his weirdness, was always pretty upbeat and cheery. Now he's just some vocal dullard.
I guess my other criticism of this episode was the excessive cussing and even the ranting-types on YouTube being parodied here don't cuss that much (at least from what I've seen). Maybe that bothered me because I just find cuss words work best when used sparingly and strategically. (The exceptions would be films like Full Metal Jacket and Glengarrry Glen Ross, where cuss words are used to great comic effect.)
Overall though, I did think this was a strong episode, especially since I believe Richard will end up being one of the keys to the plot resolution and we really got his 'lack of character' developed even further.