Rob Mahoney

Ultimately, I felt like it was a pretty good episode in what is a pretty good season and kind of was representative of a lot of the things that I've been left wanting with in season two.

Well, the zen and the motorcycle maintenance go together.

Those scenes were so good that they sort of recontextualized the my buddy Duke is coming in stuff all day.

Where, I mean, to what we were talking about earlier about why Rob even has this conversation with him in the first place, I would imagine there's, like, a part of that person, of Dr. Rabinovich, it's like...

I kind of know Duke will try to talk me out of some of this.

I know that he sees me in a particular way that maybe other people don't or can reach me in a way that other people don't.

And it's like, in the way that he's asking for help, begging his friend to come in to talk him out of doing the thing that he wants to do.

I think he identifies that in Duke a little bit and it does pay off.

The scenes are incredible.

And I think this is the only reason, I think I'm sort of interpreting the Dana stuff a little differently where I'm with you that they don't quite work.

They don't quite hit.

To me, they feel sculpted to be a little stunted.

It's meant to be not the big heavyweight bout, but a failure to launch conversation that doesn't quite work for anyone involved.

And then he goes outside with Duke and has the actual conversation.

And Jeff Kober sells it.

And Jeff Kober, all season, I think it's just about a weariness to Duke that is really unique among this cast.

And has brought a different dynamic and energy to basically every scene that he's in in a way that we've seen from like guest stars on their like three episode arcs or whatever.

But he's been around for a while now.

And he's been having just like fun conversations and lively conversations.

And now the real shit.