

She doesn’t remember what happened after she was drugged, and straight away, we get to cringe and also kind of laugh inappropriately at Tucker being like, Don’t worry, we got there just in time to stop that guy and give him the old Special Op Stomp. “Marine, I wouldn’t bullshit you on this. We open on Cruz the morning after the whole mess in the Hamptons.

Is it even a side quest anymore? Right now, it feels like a centripetal illusion wrapped in reality, casting wide, inevitable ripples of regret in all directions. This guy done shit-eating-grinned his way through to the completion of this whole Wild West side quest. It matches the tenor of these “special ops,” wouldn’t you say? That’s “ops” plural, you understand, thanks to that asshole Kyle. “Truth Is the Shrewdest Lie.” I love when they broadcast the thematic crux of the episode loud and clear in the title - the blunt utility of it. Photo: Greg Lewis/Paramount+/Greg Lewis/Paramount+
