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What I loved about the previous episode is how they showed that Elliot has absolute power, the ability to topple lives and manipulate fates, yet he mostly uses it to fit in with people. He did some things for moral reasons, and didn't do some things he probably should have for personal gain. In this episode, he is challenged frequently on when to use that power. Straight off the bat, he is given opportunities from both sides of the shadow war. His indecisiveness is brilliantly handled by the show runners.

One incident that really stood out was his encounter with a drug dealer. This drug dealer was dating his neighbor, and the only reason Elliot hadn't taken him down is that he is the source of his morphine. This leads to a very interesting moral dilemma. The episode was generally filled with very clever dilemmas for Elliot. I have noticed that the second episode of a series is often one of the weakest in the season. This avoids that pattern, and is even arguably better than the pilot.

The plot twist at the end is even more intriguing than last week's. If people weren't hooked by the pilot, this'll do them in.