Episode 6 was a bit redemptive. Felt tighter, better B and C story lines, but only marginally. It feels like what started out as fun and clever parody is turning into something a little cliche and comic book in its feel. This was much better than episode 5.
The whole story with the self driving car taking Jared away felt like the writers were just giving up because they didn't have anything better to use.
I'm interested to see how the Jared story develops. If the next episode has him back at the house with only a cursory explanation for how he got back there, and that whole story line goes nowhere, I'll probably stop watching for a while. I don't have a huge problem when things are thrown in like that once in a while for comedic effect, but I was expecting this show to be smarter than that. Mike Judge and Alec Berg have done some really brilliant stuff, and while the show was off to a solid start, I feel let down that it's not maintained the strength that it came out of the gate with. It almost feels like the writers are still trying to find their voice.
I don't want to say that I think it's starting to suck, but I think it's come off the rails a bit from where it started and has turned, at least for me, mildly disappointing in places.