Icebreaker

As usual in less than 3 minutes. Malkovich steals the entire episode. It makes every other actor look like amateur hour. It makes for many beautiful exchanges between Damien Lewis and john.

I just got into this show and loved the first two seasons. Heck I even enjoyed the first part of this season. But the reviews in season 6 say it turns to absolute leftist garbage, and this episode sure showed signs of that and cracks in the foundation. I think might be done with it after this one, which took its pot shots at anyone who dares to be right of center.

If you deeply enjoyed season 1/2, stop at season 3, episode 7. Everything that comes after is a disaster.

TL;DR Writers turned the show into a cliched wokescold delusional parallel universe reboot. Watching the show now is like listening to a drunk armchair quarterback rant about everything he hates about politics at a birthday party.

Longer version:

The earlier seasons started off very strong. There was many deep physiological debates on morality, white collar crimes, the effects of prosecuting desperate criminals, the corruption of money, and political corruption. The first 2 seasons were some of the very best political/business drama on television. But the golden years are far gone now. The subtle political jabs in the first 2 seasons felt more like a drive by, now it is like a flood. Entire episodes are dedicated to venting the writer's personal hatred for Trump and Texans in the least subtle way possible.

Even the beloved characters from season 1 and 2 are less compelling now. The only person I ended up rooting for throughout the latter half of season 3 was Bryan Connerty. Axe, Wendy, Chuck, Taylor, Lara, Sacker, all the characters I found compelling in the first 2 seasons became boring, predictable and in many cases even unlikable. Sadly, their entire personality changed for no other reason than to further the plot of a show running on fumes.