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Episode 9.19 - The Bear Mask
This should be an interesting Aram episode. Plus we will see Samar.
After this we have three more episodes.
Too early for me to even think about show snacks! If I’d been thinking I should have picked up a Butterfinger when I was at the grocery store on Wednesday! 
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Wonderful episode. Perhaps one of TBL all-time Top 3 . . . . ! ! ! !
The best part was the altered states direction from TBL show-runners. They really made up for some slip-sloppy work in past episodes.
I admit to popping hard for Samar's return . . . . but that was a given.
Great work by Spader, Lennix and particularly Aram - maybe Aram's best episode ever, particularly his alter-ego acting.
Altered state loops are almost always hard to follow - OK, impossible to follow. But somehow, being invested in the series made it pay off in the end.
The last short scene with Aram, Samar & Aram's alter-ego was funny, eerie but mostly chilling!
BIG TIME CHLLING!
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Agreed! Great episode, especially the last scene with Aram sitting at the table with both of them! HA!
On the other hand, I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that it was Kate's sister in the office window. I don't know where they are going with that story line. I hope it's not Marvin who is ultimately pulling the strings, as has been suggested around the net.
My snack was air-popped popcorn with a little melted Kerrygold butter and no added salt. I wanted a single slice of cake or pie, but there weren't any, just whole ones.
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Neglected to mention - I was happy they didn't let Weecha go!
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Aram had a violent bloody Groundhog Day going on there. But it was a pretty cool device for having him work through his anxieties about feeling like being good enough. Very nice work by Amir Arison. Bravo!
I knew it was Maureen that we saw in the window, but I wasn’t expecting her to be killed in the explosion. Morgan, too. And then we find Mrs. LeCroix assassinated with her killer being paid using Reds old bank account. IW, I hope it’s not Marvin. I just wonder why he would do all of that. To get back at Red for having Brimley torture him? No, I think it is much deeper than that. If Marvin is involved he’s working for someone else, I think, that maybe goes back to Townsend or beyond. Heck, it could still be Kate. The question is who would have the financial access? Red, Marvin, Kate, Dembe. Who else?
Aww, so nice to see Samar and Aram again. Reminds you what a good character she was.
And I had a Hershey’s milk chocolate bar for my treat. Wow, those things are paper thin these days!
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I was puzzled why Red didn't go after Maureen after she killed Morgan and nearly put Weecha down for the count. Of course, I missed something. When Red bribed the lab to get evidence from the body it pretty much cleared Maureen as a dead villain.
Don't know why Maureen wouldn't have waited to exact her revenge on Red himself? She could have offed him during their two tea parties at her villa, couldn't she? (Poison, shotgun) Also, should have snared Red in a plan where Red had to go to a particular address where she could have done him in.
Guess the old theory holds - aka The Charmed Life of the Lead Character . . . . ! ! ! !
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Someone with such knowledge may be able to answer this question -
Was that a WORLDLE art piece on the wall of Aram's hallucinogenic provider's office?
Just asking for a - R - - N -
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