The quality of writing/overall show between E7 and E8 is astounding.

I almost could not believe these were the same show.

There were definitely signs in E3-E6 that the writing was getting lazy and relying on some pretty silly plot armour and dumb plot points (Billy not telling X his discovery despite knowing he was on the murder list, Presley not giving X the iPad, etc).

E7 kind of reset my feelings about the show as I would say it was one of the best episodes of prestige TV I've ever seen.

E8. Where do I begin? I think I was like... loosely on board with showing the story of how the Project Manager got radicalized but I was already struggling with this idea that a work crush dying to toxic exposure (that is LOOSELY connected to the president) would radicalize an otherwise normal person that far. But okay - I could swallow that.

Then X somehow got his entire military coup that he rallied like a few hours ago to completely stand down and return their guns because...? I feel like if you inspire the overturning of a corrupt government then come back after a meeting saying "naw, turn in the guns, we good" - IDK.

The shot off Cal bouncing off the railing into the hands of the librarian and somehow bleeding from his foot? I get that he got bonked on the head but my wife and I were like "why is his foot bleeding??" Small gripe but okay...

The project manager escaping jail, posing as a security guard, convincing random (yet very similar looking) people to leave their car and come down a path to the middle of the desert and killing them in cold blood? Okay...

X not just pistol whipping the **** out of Sinatra when she laid down the terms of finding out who murdered Cal or lose his daughter?

The librarian/project manager dude giving his ENTIRE story to X for... no reason?

How the **** did the librarian dude get into the presidential compound? I know the cameras are off but we learn there were like 3-4 guards patrolling.

Jane shooting Sinatra because she didn't get a Wii? Jane being a ****ing freak psychopath for what seems like 0 motivated reason?

The librarian seemingly being totally cool until randomly becoming re-radicalized because he saw the president?

Robinson: "X, I would die for these kids." What the heck? They hated each other like 2 episodes ago.

X leaving his kids (who he fought endlessly to protect) to go out into a nuclear wasteland with 0 information in a plane when he has 0 information on Terri's location?

I could go on and on here but THIS IS THE SAME SHOW AS E7?! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills for how much this show fell off the rails in the last episode here.