I think this half of season 3 and season 4 are going to be the shows peak. The writing displayed in this episode was a fair degree above that of the first half of season 3. The dialogue popped, and Ari delivered awesome Ari-isms and Drama delivered awesome Drama-isms. Somewhat unusual for the show, but a concept developed in the first half of season 3, there's actually a fair bit of dramatic tension going on, and Vince, known to be somewhat arbitrary, is doing a swell job of maximizing that tension for dramatic effect.
An excellent surprise in this ep was the Lloyd-Ari interplay earlier in the episode. They've had hilarious moments before, but not to the level displayed in the early part of this episode. If they're going to be giving us more Lloyd, I may have a new second favorite character.
And if I may say so, I think Scorned Ari is even more awesome than the old Ari.
This is going to be fucking incredible and I wish it were next Sunday.
