Man this season started out slow BUT FINALLY were getting into some good eps. Parkman finally has ballin capabilities Peter is gonna have purpose and Hiro and Ando reunited. Only thing I didn't like was the predictability of Kensi being Adam Monroe

Id say it was one of the first GREAT episodes. The season has been ramping up.
The last couple episodes were very good.

My only nitpick was Matt taking his dad down so easy. I get it. It was just a little off.

I'd say the reason Matt was able to take his dad down so easily is because for a start, his father had never actually had a mental opponent 'til then.

Second, Matt has a rather large advantage, in that he's not afraid of that particular "Nightmare", whereas his father is quite obviously terrified of being trapped in a place where he feels so much guilt (Or whatever it is he fears about that place.)

It seemed like in a sense his dad trapped himself in his dream, simply because he was so afraid of being stuck there.

Of course it could all be a sham, it's pretty obvious his dad's a pretty slippery fellow.