I’m of two minds about this.

The sweet vitriol episode built out the world in a really interesting and character-centered way, but it interrupted a really important development that was moving the story forward so it felt like slamming on the breaks

If that episode had come after the return of Irving, Dillan, and Hellena instead of right after Mark’s ayahuasca trip, it wouldn’t have felt quite so jarring.

It’s a shame because I really liked that episode, I just couldn’t enjoy it as much because I was dying to know what happened with Mark (I’m still kind of dying for more details)