Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
It wasn't just the question of whether or not the late Patti Levin is real - operating in some alternate ghostly realm that only Kevin can see - that was addressed this week. No, not only did Kevin question his cognitive abilities on a sane versus insane level, but - going even deeper down the rabbit hole - he began to question Patti's motives. Her reliability. Her alignment. All while also having to half-admit that there was a better-than-average chance that he was just flat-out having a psychotic break.
"A Most Powerful Adversary" was amazing. Honestly, as much as I love this show, sometimes the Kevin end of things don't make for the strongest stories. Sometimes Kevin's own weird self-desturctive drama gets overshadowed and outclassed by excellent detour-y Nora and Matt arcs. Or even by new characters like the Murphys. But this was Kevin's best through line to date. Even topping Justin Theroux's work back in the Season 1 finale. Here we saw Kevin wrestling with so much, that one could hardly believe he'd still be resolute enough to figure out what his next steps might be. This was a cerebral pretzel from the moment Patti (who was real enough in Kevin's mind to physically block a note left by Nora on a chair) warned him about the hard day he was about to face.
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It wasn't just the question of whether or not the late Patti Levin is real - operating in some alternate ghostly realm that only Kevin can see - that was addressed this week. No, not only did Kevin question his cognitive abilities on a sane versus insane level, but - going even deeper down the rabbit hole - he began to question Patti's motives. Her reliability. Her alignment. All while also having to half-admit that there was a better-than-average chance that he was just flat-out having a psychotic break.
"A Most Powerful Adversary" was amazing. Honestly, as much as I love this show, sometimes the Kevin end of things don't make for the strongest stories. Sometimes Kevin's own weird self-desturctive drama gets overshadowed and outclassed by excellent detour-y Nora and Matt arcs. Or even by new characters like the Murphys. But this was Kevin's best through line to date. Even topping Justin Theroux's work back in the Season 1 finale. Here we saw Kevin wrestling with so much, that one could hardly believe he'd still be resolute enough to figure out what his next steps might be. This was a cerebral pretzel from the moment Patti (who was real enough in Kevin's mind to physically block a note left by Nora on a chair) warned him about the hard day he was about to face.
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