he was starting to believe Keith when the latter brought things to his attention.

We should have realized he was a goner when that happened.

And he had that little meeting with Wallace recalling the first episode. That should have been a sign.

I thought it was another 8 episode arc, giving it two more episodes. I could be wrong about that though.

They changed their plans. This arc's only six episodes. The last five episodes will all be stand-alones.

I think the killer's Tim as well.

Mmmmm ... the odds seem to be going Tim, Broody!Son, Hank, Mindy, in that order. So will there be a twist somewhere in there? "Cause Tim to set up Hank is a little clean cut. (But I'll bet the son borrowed the car to do something innocent like buy weed or worship Satan.)

And wow. Lamb dead. Keith sheriff again. Mac getting some. Wallace getting to talk some smack. Logan actually enjoying himself. (Although Logan/Parker is a trainwreck waiting to happen. Although they both have a sort of BBoC factor going on.)

Yep. Gotta say I liked this one.

So I have to wonder, with the 3 writers for the episode, and then MM himself, whose idea it was to have Lamb's last words to be "I smell bread."

I mean, WTF? I couldn't help laughing despite the man bleeding out on the floor.

"I smell bread."

Thessaly pointed out that it's a common phenomenon for people suffering aneurysms, which is the odd sort of thing she'd know. I think it's a "M*A*S*H" reference -- there's a famous scene where a patient says "I smell bread. Fresh baked bread. Oh my God, I'm home." before dying. (Yes, I had to look the correct quote up.)

Thessaly pointed out that it's a common phenomenon for people suffering aneurysms, which is the odd sort of thing she'd know.

Ah. I figured there was probably an explanation, but it seemed so wierd and random it sort of took me out of the moment.

I think it's a "M*A*S*H" reference -- there's a famous scene where a patient says "I smell bread. Fresh baked bread. Oh my God, I'm home." before dying.

Oooh, nice.

I thought that was the best episode of the season, hands down. And Lamb's ignominious death -- stupidly shotting at his own freakin' reflection on the mirror after bumbling into the building unprepared, then having his head bashed in by a baseball bat of all things -- was just so fitting for his life in a weirdly poetic way, even though I harbored some reluctant affection for the character once in a while. And the rest of the episode was tightly plotted and the dialog was shiny and oooh, look at all the recurring characters we love! Wallace got to snark at Lamb! Mac got the kind of sweet first time she deserved but didn't get with Cassidy! Cliff was awesome! Logan smiling and being snarky and not mopey! Veronica letting her marshmallow side coming out! Keith being ultra-competent!

I'm just pleased as a punch. I think this was the first time in the entire season when I felt like I wanted to see where they might go with all this in the fourth season.

I always think, any episode with Cliff, Vinny, and Lamb is automatically tops. But this will be the last! Sniff. Great episode, although emotionally flat.