Personally, I would have let the runtime on this episode be shorter than others (maybe tack that extra time onto the next ep), and have cut/ended somewhere around (IIRC) the 16min mark.
This episode could stand as a cinematic short in that time frame. You don't need to have the prior knowledge of their friendship, their current troubles, to understand what's happening here.
On top of the wonderful character work by Pally and Richardson, who do their best work of the series here, the episode is shot as a one-r. And it's become kinda gimmicky (1917 stretched it out into feature length and hid their cuts beautifully, and it's its own masterpiece), but here, in that first 16mins or so, it didn't really look like there was anywhere to hide a cut. Major props to the crew on this episode as well-shows and movies wouldn't work, wouldn't exist without them and they oftentimes don't get the recognition they deserve, and here, they absolutely bring their A games here.
If you don't watch any other episode of this show, okay, fine. But watch this one. There's such a passion from everyone involved, and at the very least, that deserves to be seen. Even if the rest of the show wasn't really your scene (it does seem to have a bit of an uneven tone at times), this is solid work from everyone involved.
This episode could stand as a cinematic short in that time frame. You don't need to have the prior knowledge of their friendship, their current troubles, to understand what's happening here.
On top of the wonderful character work by Pally and Richardson, who do their best work of the series here, the episode is shot as a one-r. And it's become kinda gimmicky (1917 stretched it out into feature length and hid their cuts beautifully, and it's its own masterpiece), but here, in that first 16mins or so, it didn't really look like there was anywhere to hide a cut. Major props to the crew on this episode as well-shows and movies wouldn't work, wouldn't exist without them and they oftentimes don't get the recognition they deserve, and here, they absolutely bring their A games here.
If you don't watch any other episode of this show, okay, fine. But watch this one. There's such a passion from everyone involved, and at the very least, that deserves to be seen. Even if the rest of the show wasn't really your scene (it does seem to have a bit of an uneven tone at times), this is solid work from everyone involved.