Palindrome
- Episode aired Dec 14, 2015
- TV-MA
- 54m
In the events following the motel massacre, Hanzee goes after Ed and Peggy.In the events following the motel massacre, Hanzee goes after Ed and Peggy.In the events following the motel massacre, Hanzee goes after Ed and Peggy.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe story Lou Patrick Wilson tells about the helicopter pilot in Vietnam actually happened and is depicted in the documentary Last Days in Vietnam (2014). The pilot was Ba Van Nguyen.
- GoofsWhen Peggy and Ed are in the meat locker, in the market, the inside latch has Canadian Robertson screws holding it in place. These screws would not be used in the US.
- Quotes
Noreen Vanderslice: Do you feel it?
Betsy Solverson: Feel what?
Noreen Vanderslice: My aunt lost her bosom to cancer. Said it felt like somebody took a hot poker and put it through her heart.
Betsy Solverson: No. Not like that. Not yet. You know how sometimes you get a peach from the bowl and one side is ripe and yellow and the other is black and moldy? That - that's the only way I can think to describe it.
Noreen Vanderslice: Camus says knowin' we're gonna die makes life absurd.
Betsy Solverson: Well, I don't know who that is. But I'm guessing he doesn't have a 6-year-old girl.
Noreen Vanderslice: He's French.
Betsy Solverson: Ugh, I don't care if he's from Mars. Nobody with any sense would say something that foolish. We're put on this earth to do a job. And each of us gets the time we get to do it. And when this life is over and you stand in front of the Lord... Well, you try tellin' him it was all some Frenchman's joke.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016)
- SoundtracksWar Pigs
(uncredited)
Written by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward
Performed by Black Sabbath
The episode prior to this had factions being wiped out, fugitives on the run and all sorts of unanswered questions lying around. And for the most part, 'Palindrome' answers those, at least where it counts; but it sure has a funny way of going about it. There really are no rug-pulls here, and everything feels like it's attended to properly. In that respect, this is a perfect ending, even with a cynical streak. I love that Mike survived the Motel massacre only to be promoted into corporate imprisonment.
Getting right down to it, this is the show's idea of a happy ending; where the resolution arrives neatly packaged without cloying sentiment. The right people survived the shootout, the bad ones are appropriately punished, and life carries on. It's appropriate for this season, which is honestly one of the finest stretches of television I've ever witnessed. The level of quality is maintained, it's honest, and worthwhile in every respect.
9/10
- Mr-Fusion
- Apr 1, 2017
Details
- Runtime54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1