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Sounds like the 1998 series "Brimstone", but now with country music.

Maybe that hospital deserves a lawsuit if its legal staff is telling doctors in trouble to lie, force the underlings to lie, and blame someone else for their mistakes. Richard talked to that lawyer at least twice on camera, and she gave him the same advice both times. I'm disappointed we didn't see any consequences for her!

I'm looking forward to the "role playing" Walton Goggins mentioned might be coming. I like Belinda, but the freaking out at every animal she meets is getting ridiculous. There's wildlife in Hawaii, where she lives, does she act that way at home?

Much respect for coming up with this term!

I also vote for gaslighting, based on the hospital lawyer(or whoever she was) suggesting that there could be an "alternative" story and then Richard talking to the OR nurse. I wonder if Dr. Coleman's father is going to eventually have a good outcome from Amy's alternative treatment in the season finale. Even if he doesn't, it would have been wrong not to tell him about his options. I wouldn't have chosen that surgery either.

I think most life insurance policies do not pay off on suicides.

In the U.S. it could cost tens of thousands or even more unless you have an excellent insurance plan. Even with insurance you may easily have a deductible that's more than $1000.

Or at least get her teeth fixed! I know it's shallow of me, but her buckteeth are just awful.

That presupposes people in charge acting logically, and maybe with a little compassion towards their fellow humans. Personally, I wouldn't bet money on it. Cal has been shown as conflicted about the position his father pushed him into and the tough decisions he has to make; but even in a world-ending crisis he took time to reach out. On the plane, Sinatra showed the reaction most "people in charge" would have: she was horrified that Cal disabled the nukes.

The first threat was the massive global tsunami caused by that Antarctic super-volcano, and its accompanying pressure shockwave. Then you have various governments going ape-shit and nuclear bombing willy-nilly. Insanity can be so contagious. Many countries have subs patrolling at any given time.

Exactly. I wouldn't believe a word she said without 2 forms of actual proof. To quote Mary McCarthy re: Lillian Hellman: Every word she says is a lie, including "and" and "the".

How about the good old Birds Are Government Drones theory? But seriously, I could believe that any surviving groups are spying on each other and not communicating. In other news, I really thought this episode would end by showing us that Cal was killed by his father.

I haven't seen any evidence of the "US gov't" except a figurehead president clearly under the control of Sinatra. The coup happened before they even went underground. The billionaires club controls the information, the surveillance, the food and medical supplies; hell, they even control the weather. I wonder if there are similar facilities in other countries, like Russia.

For me, it was Criminal Minds with less competent profilers. That whole visit to Dr. I Alone Can Fix It was amateur hour.

Because Sinatra, the Chairman of the Board, is clearly insane and that's what she decided. Maybe those scientists had started suspecting something and were sacrificed to keep everyone terrified and in line. It didn't look to me like everything was dead from some "event", it just looked like normal winter; plus there were lights on in the distant buildings. Wouldn't someone as rich as Sinatra have tried to clone her son? Or put him in some kind of stasis until a cure could be found.

I think that would be excruciating! I get enough chaos reality in real life; my mental and physical health can't take anymore!

That's an excellent point, and I wonder if the show is going to explain it. Maybe the elite class got to choose their own servants and Sinatra chose any necessary civic support staff herself.

More info to support my opinion that they are reproductions: one of the paintings shown was Gainsborough's Blue Boy, which is actually about 70 inches tall. The version on that wall was no where near that size.

They looked like fairly bad reproductions, although I'm sure the mega-rich looted the world's great museums before going underground. I would love to see an analysis of the water; there must be some dosing of heavy tranquilizers and mood stabilizers going on for these people to seem so happy and care-free, and to keep them controllable. Just imagine the survivor guilt!

I liked Wendell Pierce mentioning the press attacking Meagan Markle, since he played her father on Suits.

IRL the designated survivors are always billionaires, top politicians, tech/science bigwigs currently in favor with the other 2 groups, and security/military personnel for protection. In other words, people with the most power and money. They get to bring their families and whoever else they think might be useful. Why anyone would want to save politicians is beyond my understanding; aren't they the ones who cause the disasters in the first place?

I've been re-watching season 3 on Pluto and came here to read what people were saying about these (crazy?) episodes at the time. In light of the past few years, it would seem the show wasn't so outrageous after all. Maybe it wasn't outrageous enough. Plus, I'm amazed that some people expected the show to remain a typical straight drama when it jumped into satire, and later, surrealism.

Wasn't Jubal suspended once before, or did I just dream that? Maybe it had something to do with his alcohol problem?

This is very helpful! Thanks for the link.

Lucienne getting knocked over by the door "unexpectedly" opening and dropping her gun was ridiculous. The two of them totally botching the operation and then standing around congratulating themselves for not getting hurt was also ridiculous. What about the poor guy at the piano with a bullet in his head! I did enjoy the sniping at Not Musk though.