I do also think this was the best episode of the season and for the most part I was happy with it except for a few things:
1) They still didn't explain how the twins found out about the inn where Claire was which allowed them to kidnap her after Emma was dead. That actually bugs me A LOT because if you go back and watch the previous episode, there is NO WAY the twins should have known about the place since the only people that knew about it were Joe and Claire.
2) I'm actually okay with Ryan letting Joe live at the end and get arrested to be sent back to prison.
3) Completely agree with your take on them finding Claire tied up in that little room with only one exit. They seemed to be in no rush even though there were two homicidal and crazy twins roaming the house
4) I wanted Ryan to shoot Claire in the face when she 'broke up with him' after all the shit he did to save her sorry ass. What a complete and total bitch.
5) So glad that Emma is actually dead. I was almost worried that it was going to be some kind of fake out like last season when we thought Joe died in the explosion.
6) I was sincerely surprised when Joe's follower caught up with him and Hardy and ran them off the road....and Joe killed him and saved Ryan. I'm still trying to figure out the motive on that. I guess the only thing I can think of is that Ryan never told Joe exactly where they were going?
7) I'm okay with all the people that survived, they killed off a fair amount of characters this season, although none of them were the 'major' characters.
8) Who was driving the truck that picked up the crazy pants twins?