AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET
Did you see last week’s episode? The one directed by series co-creator Vince Gilligan? Well, I did, and I’m still reeling about it. How astounding. The action sequences, the photography, the writing, the acting… every element unsurpassable, and I still have no idea what’s going to happen this week. Consider that episode the Better Call Saul equivalent of the “Pine Barrens” episode of The Sopranos – and then some. And now, whatever comes next…
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
This is Episode 5 of this David Simon and Ed Gross miniseries. And if you’ve felt like every time you’ve tuned in, things have gotten a little more bleak, you’re right. Even with a wedding on the horizon, it’s the Philip Roth-based fictional equivalent of watching the news today. Nothing but bad news, wherever you turn. But I digress.
AMC, 10:25 p.m. ET
Many of the secrets behind the organization behind the game that is at the heart of Dispatches from Elsewhere were revealed last week. And yet, there remain many, many mysteries – including whether the four key players will keep playing, and growing, separately or especially together. My dispatch, from here, predicts yes.