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Just rewatched "ronny/lily" and I gotta say, I love that episode mainly for the fight scenes. I'm sure anyone who loves it agrees with that statement, but it goes deeper than that for me, because something I've always wanted to write into an action narrative is a fight that takes place in a public area- specifically, in my head, I wanted a fight in a clothing store at a shopping mall, a place where lots of civilians would be in harm's way and would be running from these two people duking it out. A place so innocuous and artificial and mundane, you would never expect for any kind of physical violence to take place there, out in the open. That's EXACTLY what Barry does with its closing fight scene in the convenience store. The Tae Kwon Do moves are a bit slick, but other than that, there's nothing too fancy or flashy about it. Just two guys trying to beat the shit out of each other (while one has a broke trachea and the other has a massive stab wound), in the artificial glow of the store's lights overhead, while customers flee for their lives out the front. Shelves get knocked over, stuff spills on the floor... It's just so great and exactly the type of thing I envisioned so long ago. I also love the kitchen scene where Lily is flying at Barry, because again, it's such a mundane setting, and it's just so gritty and real (minus her elaborate jumps of course). I really, really hope we get another episode like "ronny/lily" in the next season.