The weirdness scale is again reset in Episode 9, where pretty much the whole A-plot of the episode is nothing short of baffling; in terms of motivation, timing, theme, logistics, and basically all the other ways a story can make no sense.
There's a damned good B-plot, though. A lot of good stuff happens in the margins of this surreal fever dream.
Please bother us at #RDARD on the tweeter.
Music: "Faded War Instrumental Version" by Josh Woodward