Patriot S1:E1 ”Milwaukee, America” Rewatch and Commentary

This is the second time I've seen each episode. Spoilers are ahead for not only the episode but the whole series.

-One of the best shows ever made

-Non Official Cover and the definition before an episode

-John's interview

-Kurtwood Smith

-Jargon is poetry

-John will do anything 

-No witnesses?

-Opening song and montage

-The soundtrack

-Steven Conrad

-What makes this show so great

-Tom Tavner

-John's songs

-Conflict of interest?

-Amsterdam

-Michael Dorman

-Coping with trauma

-Series of errors

-Michael Chernus 

-Cool Rick

-Alice

-Intro

-Charles Grodin and self-destruction

-Tom, John, and Ed Tavner dynamic

-Tom's test (Eddie protecting John)

-Father and son relationships

-Efram

-Giving John another mission

-Mechanical bull

-Amsterdam

-Impotence

-How the Tavner family gets along

-Explaining the mission

-Playing the guitar

-2012

-Birdbath

-Drug testing

-Dennis

-Making friends

-Persuading Dennis

-Finding purpose

-Birdbath and the terrible blackmail

-Birdbath's arc and the show taking its time

-Edward's title and badge

-Never from A to B

-Parallel between the money, oil, and piping

-The stress begins

-Dennis and purpose

-John fighting Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners

-Violence

-Physical trauma

-A song not on the soundtrack

-Attache badge

-Cool Rick's loyalty

-Agathe 

-Misogyny 

-Money to the wrong guy

-Back to fathers and sons

-Introduction of Cool Rick

-Politics and Efram

-Stressors

-John's face

-End of episode

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