I think Loretta is the teenager that Mags kind of adopted last season.

I don't recall the name of the bar owner.

Yeah, I want to say "Rita," but I'm not sure...A lot of shit happened, as always. Also, the line to console Raylan in his victimization forms behind me and Scrappy. (probably the one line in my life I wouldn't get embarrassed to get the crip cut for...IJS.)ETA: Somebody online said the bar woman is "Lindsay".

Lord, Quarles is going to lose his shit on someone. Ay ay ay.

Also, poor Wynn Duffy. There's such excellent character work done by all of the secondary characters, as always.

I love the way that the secondary characters have so much depth on this show.

BTW, I don't think that Limehouse is crazy at all. He's just pragmatic. If people have to die to keep his promises or protect his kingdom, so be it. He doesn't go looking for it, but he will deal with it.

Me, too, Vortex, on Limehouse.

Jere Burns is doing such a fantastic job as Wynn -- every expression is so delicately calibrated. The horror in his face at how very fucked he is is just awesome.

I think my thing with Quarles is too much back story. They never tried to tell us more than we needed to know about what made Mags Mags or Daddy Crowder Daddy Crowder. We do know a hell of a lot about what made Raylan into Raylan, but that was revealed over multiple seasons. Before perspective, often paintings would show more of a figure than you could see from the same angle in real life. With perspective part of the figure is normally hidden, maybe even some of what would be visible from your angle is shadowed. That is what gives the illusion of three dimensionaliy. I think the same thing often applies in writing. Tell too much about the character, too clumsily and suddently the character becomes less real, not more.

Pretty much what you all have already said, but after watching the last two episodes, I have to note how much I love Raylan getting schooled by old ladies. He thinks he can charm anyone, but no. Old ladies are not taking his shit!

The Quarles stuff was a bit over the top, but he really played it well. That last moment made me shudder.

If this were Big Bang Theory, that scene with the elderly woman would have been called The Milkshake Gambit. Such a thing of beauty.

after watching the last two episodes, I have to note how much I love Raylan getting schooled by old ladies.

I KNOW! I loved both the old ladies. They have been through the wringer, and they have heard this line before, and who the hell does Raylan think he is? Old ladies see right through him! Ha! It's kind of like Pratchett's Moist Von Lipwig, but without the bit where the ladies like him despite knowing exactly who he is.

The issue I have with Quarles is the standard "abuse victim as villain" issue. Which is to say, it's a crutch, and it doesn't help abuse victims.

I was also pissy that Ava overrode her no whores policy.