Olivia did mention race in her diatribe to Mellie. It was easy to miss, because it was in the middle of the laundry list of reasons why Marcus is oh-so-wrong for her. It went by fast, but it was definitely there.

Doubt it. Just looked her up. Her husband is a former campaign spokesman for Howard Dean nephew Hillary Clinton. So I doubt she's a Donald Dick supporter. This season, and especially this episode, is reason enough to hate her, though.

Extra points for the use of "fabisina."

So in other words, nuclear war is the solution to global warming?

You know, this is the second imaginary TV character I've seen Brendan Fraser play. He does it well. Maybe it can become something of a niche for him.

Were we watching the same show? I thought the whole thing was so over the top, I started laughing. And as for the big reveal, I figured that out weeks ago, as did many others, based on the comments here. Though Helen/Allison always rock.