I think plot is antithetical to Milch's writing process. And that's fine. The show is what it is.

I just object to a holding up of plotlessness as a virtue. Books that are all plot and no character are ridiculed (though often bestsellers; see Da Vinci Code). I think it's equally flawed to have all character and no plot. And sometimes I feel like, insofar as plot is a focus of genre, devalued fiction, sometimes no direction in the storytelling is regarded as proof of quality.