One was an online marketplace for health insurance and one was a software product for the legal community.

It's an unfortunate example of a common "lead actor/character" being the least interesting or compelling.

It feels like they've always tried to have him be idealistic and also unsympathetic and that it was supposed to balance itself out and it just never has.

Yes!!!!!

I've been a part of one really successful start up and one that failed horribly. The feeling of deja vu and false starts is pretty common and it might be a "long con" but the repetition from season to season is true to the start-up company life cycle.

Its Marina. Tom will be President again once some contrived bs happens. The mole getting put in the top spot is perfect for these writers. Having a low level school nurse be the mole doesn't make sense.

I really like your last point about her place on the cast. Also, the way Manchester responds to the person leads me to not think it's Hal.

My money is on the new aide to Tom being the mole.

I was just looking at a picture of her and thought she looks like Robin and Lily combined…kind of an odd choice.