They did a big GAP with the first episode of this season. Gardner Rick?...not leading, Darrel leading excursions, new people, etc. I didn't like the season opener, but it is what it is.

At the beginning of the episode, Martinez and his buddy ditch the Gov...then he has a multi month beard and stumbling around til he finds this town with a little girl in the window...reminds him of Penny. That is why he went up in the apartment building. He gets a little softened up by the child and starts to help this family he ran into. Interesting twist to end up looking at Martinez again...how does this play out? The new kinder, gentler Gov isn't Brian, but the notorious Killing Mayor of psychoville.

They write and leave lots of room for interpretation...... they break the seasons in half and make us wait 3 months to pick it back up again, and I'm still waiting for the show to pick back up every time they do it. It's the number one series for a reason, I'm thinking.