For me, all of S2 has felt like they were ramping up to jump the shark. And again, for me, they finally jumped it last week ... the timeline fuckery blew through my timeline fuckery tolerance max, and I just wanted to tune out. Then this week ...
they finally returned to their ability to tell compelling, strong stories without all the timeline trickery - just enough to spice it up but not so much that it's impenetrable by mere mortals.
So yeah, I needed this week to be a home run and they delivered. I really liked this episode and how they revealed more about the hosts' inner workings.