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Bonus question: Who is Luther calling in the last sequence before they leave?

Ben, you were the best ghost ever. I hope the girl on the bicycle is really nice to you.

For all that, in Vanya's dream/hallucination, Five is the only one who doesn't eat the brain, and I wonder if that's an allusion to him being the only one of the siblings whom Reggie didn't brainwipe after the Jennifer incident. (I seem to remember reading this somewhere a while back.)

Five's the lunatic, and in some way, he's also the only one who's sane.

Also, Ben and Diego's reunion is so great that I don't even care how weird it is.

Oh, Sissy, leaving a note for Carl was a terrible idea. And—if Sissy and Harlan had only gone with Viktor, there would have been no kugelblitz. Granted Five didn't know that, but it's true.

(There is actually a very cool irony that it's out of human connection that Viktor goes back for Sissy and Harlan, and it's for the same reason that Sissy writes Carl. That pesky humanity thing is always getting in the way of good time travel.)

P.S. Five, you could have fought a giant sea monster if you had to. I know you could have.

The “I am a fraud” scene.  Keechie is spiritually gifted and should run the cult.

The scene with Ray and Allison in the suit store is fire.

The elevator scene—Five going from looking really scared to looking like a proud duck leading a line of ducklings.  Oh, my God.  The best. 

Diego smashing the conch.  Epic. 

Five’s preening at being offered a cognac by his father. 

Reggie providing Five with the key to the whole thing (seconds, not decades) even though Five doesn’t see it at the time. I think this is one of the points of the whole series: that we change the world in "seconds, not decades" all the time.

P.S. I am so sad about Elliott.

And, it doesn't really make sense to me that Diego would forgive Vanya so easily for killing Grace. Everything else, maybe, but not Grace.

And Five asked after Ben, and Klaus, that was unforgivable.

Any lore about the Swedes' mom? The Viking funeral was awesome.

Favorite quotes:

"My cult is gonna be so pissed. I told them we had until 2019." "We have until Monday."

"Everyone changes the world. Everyone."

The scene with little Lila kills me every time. I hate that that happened to her and her parents.

How sad Elliott’s life has been.  I'm glad he got at least a little time to hang with real aliens. He and Luther could have been good buddies.

That Five sounds so resigned as he watches Reggie drive away even after his splendid classics performance.  So sad. He probably should have yelled something about Kennedy, not spoken Greek.

Things I love:

How Five immediately believes Elliott’s conspiracy theories no matter what they are.

The scene in the liquor store with Klaus.   Not that it’s a good thing, but the music is great.

The raising-the-lake scene. Wondrous.

“No one gets to tell us how to deal with the end of the world.” 

And I do have the sense he's jealous of Sissy. Of Viktor's emotional connection to anyone but the family. I feel like Five's being a little manipulative by making Viktor hang up, and I'm mad at him. But he's so sweet when Luther gets decked. Sigh.

Also, any guesses on what the Handler said to the kid in the pet store? And is the implication that she identifies with fish? What species is she, exactly? Or does she just need the kid away from the fishtank?

Also, I love that Five doesn't want Diego to hurt Elliott and is like “no, I got him.” I think Five really has a soft spot. Like, Elliott actually _wants_ to help him.

Unlike Luther, who'd rather piss off Five than save an entire planet.

Also: Ben wants to stay in San Francisco because of Jill! I finally put that together. So sweet. Why couldn't they have a cool human-ghost romance?

Also, I hate to be the one to say it, but the more ethical thing would have been for Allison to shoot Viktor. I mean, I get it, but if she had, the world would not have been destroyed. Just saying. #practicalethicsforassassins

Is this someone's dream?

(I know other folks have asked about this scene before but it just feels so weird to me. But I do like the little container of firefly lights. It doesn't look dangerous at all.)