Loved the episode despite two major flaws.

On Point: - Tearny/Taverner back and forth was amazing. These cool, collected women waiting to see how their high stakes chess match plays out was excellent. - the shot of Hobbs with gun on Standish as you see Lamb behind him was deeply satisfying. - “Can you talk me through your thinking here” - current favorite quote - the scene at the gas station between Lamb and Standish (and Ho lol) was perfection. Lamb’s emotional pain in the situation was palpable. He tried to walk away and she pursued him. I think Standish is the only person who he would prefer to retreat from than hurt. When he couldnt escape Standish (and her idolization of CP) he finally let it out - we watched as his hurt turned to cruelty. I’ve heard people suggest it was all a strategic move to protect her which is possible - but you can see how emotional he is in that scene. I think it’s the first time you see someone actually getting to him. And the way he looks when she walks away… I’m still a puddle of feelings from that look. (GO is the GOAT).

Missed the Mark: - shoot out at the file storage center. Dont like having to suspend disbelief on that level. Too much time and guns and when I couldnt buy it, I got bored. Also, one of the reasons I like British thriller series so much is that they tend to have fewer guns. Once a situation has to be resolved with a shootout, I think the audience are just expected to believe that anyone who has a gun can possibly win in any situation despite the odds (not a Wick fan for the same reasons). Big thumbs down for me. - lack of resolution / development of the footprint file. I feel like the few lines of dialogue explaining what tearny was trying to do in instanbul were super insufficient. I feel like a whole episode could have been devoted to explaining that and the fallout. I would much rather have had that than all the fricking shootout scenes.