Many of the early episodes move to the show’s most familiar rhythms, but the series makes it clear that a different kind of storm is brewing on the horizon, one that will leave the series forever changed.
The presence of ominous outside forces, whether they be the cartel, the FBI, or the villainous Snell family, has always been the show’s bread and butter.
As has the reliable implementation of episodic crises that usually wind up resolved (only to inadvertently create a new crisis) by the hour’s end.
Season 3 isn’t ready to let that formula fall by the wayside just yet.