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Wow, that went to a dark place. Never thought I'd feel sympathy for Heart, but what Banno did to her is pretty messed up, especially with her empty "I did it all for Heart..." echoes. Banno is definitely stepping up as a big, credible threat. I may still not find him that engaging as a character, but as a driver of the plot he's doing a pretty awesome job. At this point I'm really curious to see where the show goes and how it resolves the the stories of Heart, Medic, and Brain.

That last sentence is something that I would be absolutely flabbergasted to see myself type six months ago. I'm really impressed by how much the villains have grown in the last block of episodes, Heart in particular. But now even Medic is having engaging story beats and, god help me, I'm actually looking forward to what Brain is going to do next.

Why couldn't Drive have been this good from the start? I'm always going to look back on the first half of the show as such a waste now, probably even more than I would if it had never improved.