Hey so this was a weird one, huh?

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this episode. I think Maggie was more annoyed with it than I was, on the whole, because she feels like the way they're epicting Sydney isn't really in line with what we saw last season and they haven't really done the work to get her to this point with her character. I can totally see what she means, and she may be right, but to be honest there's so much bizarre shit happening that it's hard for me to think about it in a linear way and make a judgement call on a lot of it.

Going into this episode, we believe that we're watching David trying to help Sydney break out of the "maze" created by the monk's weird brain-spell. Partway through the episode, however, we're notified that everyone was freed from this spell when the monk committed suicide, and David is actually being led through a very specific set of memories that Sydney has chosen to show him. She's trying to give him insight into the formative experiences of her life so that he can understand why her philosophy regarding love and its role in her life.

As far as that philosophy goes, I think it's bullshit, but hey.

Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon!