That tattoo was fucking awesome and I am so sad to see it go. >:( At least we had one last goodbye this episode. *sobs*
The first episode had a quickly stitched together feel of "here's-the-stuff-that-would-have-taken-at-least-thirteen-episodes-to-tell-but-there-was-a-writer's-strike-so-we're-going-to-cram-it-into-one-episode". But the second one got us back on track. I laughed at the new guy wanting to make sure he didn't get shanked or catch a shiv or whatever the hell it was he said. (Jesus Christ, I know too many people in prison.) He grated on my nerves for a little bit there, but then I got used to him. I knew that Gretchen wasn't dead, but holy shit, Whistler's brain exploding totally caught me off guard.
Firefox tells me that "shanked" isn't a real word and offers "thanked" up instead. Oh, Firefox.