Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but this was one of my favorites episodes of the series thus far. Does it match the one-shot of organized chaos of 'Review', the absolute gorgeous insanity of 'Fishes', or the masterpiece that was 'Forks'? It's close.
Many will say (or already have said) this episode was boring, slow, lacked dialogue, etc. For me, it was a nice change of pace from many we've gotten already and will continue to get. I believe the tempo and general feel of this episode is more or less the visual representation of a quote from Carmy's monologue in the S1 finale: "And the more people I cut out, the quieter my life got. And the routine of the kitchen was so consistent, and exacting, and busy, and hard, and alive, and I lost track of time and he died."
Sometimes, you don't need paragraphs and pages of dialogue to tell a meaningful story. Especially one like this related to getting so caught up in the rat race of life that you miss out on what truly matters.
This one gets high praise from me.
