Kendall pitches his siblings on his vision for their future in “Mass in Time of War,” which re-establishes the emotional and material stakes of the series. The Fly Guys are joined by Fran Hoepfner to discuss the episode’s centerpiece scene, its thicket of character motivations, guilt, complicity, Messiah complexes, Based Ewan, and the return of Marcia.

Fran Hoepfner (Twitter: @franhoepfner) is a writer, cultural critic, and Editor-at-Large for Bright Wall/Dark Room. https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/author/franhoepfner/

Dan Sallitt on Michael Clayton: http://sallitt.blogspot.com/2008/02/michael-clayton-or-why-do-we-even.html