Just got done watching the beer episode, honestly I got choked up at the end starting from when Hank recited his rhetoric to the judge; I think it was a combination of seeing Hank start to go on a sincere tangent about lawns, propane, etc. the way he often did in older episodes for the first time this season, and the obvious sentiment watching him and Bobby reconcile. For a moment I felt a lot more like I was catching up with the same characters from over a decade ago.

I’m okay with the show so far. The animation’s weird, the “Hank gets an iPad” kinda jokes are there - but to be fair they already appear to be winding down. And some of the gags still hit: Joseph and Dale both getting the same idea to rig the competition, Dale busting a gut at Luke falling over trying to crush that Near Beer on his head, Joseph frontflipping into his trash bag disguise, and John Redcorn/Nancy showing up immediately after him bringing up thinly veiled affairs.

What felt like an odd miss to me was Peggy being annoyed at Bobby bringing home laundry. White moms practically beg their boys to bring laundry when they visit after moving out, it makes them feel important. For all her quirks I don’t see Peggy being in the camp of bemoaning it, I’d have sooner imagined her getting in some dumbass D Plot about one-upping some other kids’ mothers and screwin up his laundry with some special, misguided, desperate “Peggy” method