FULL SERIES SPOILERS BELOW. 🚨🚨

of the many tragic deaths on either show, werner’s remains the hardest to rewatch.  nacho’s affected me the most in the moment and howard’s haunts me to this day, but werner’s just fills you with creeping agony at the avoidability of the situation, the longing that drove him to this point.  a point that shouldn’t have been any point at all.

dispute this being jimmy’s show, werner’s death is the centerpiece of the episode… a perfect episode, my personal favorite and (perhaps) the very best that the series has to offer.  that speaks to the utter brilliance of peter gould’s writing and reiner bock’s performance—that a side character could have that much of an impact on mike’s narrative trajectory,  but the viewers’ as well.

to this day, it’s my favorite episode of television.

Specials

Season 1