I think in an interview they said they knew they weren't giving him enough in past seasons and wanted to change that.

Setting Finn aside, the difference is that Castro isn't just trying to roll up Cary on Bishop, he's trying to put Cary in jail so he can use it as a campaign issue against Alicia. That's very close to, if not in fact, public corruption. I can see Alicia bending some rules to put someone away, or to protect herself or…

Live I thought he was going to survive because of the trajectory of the shot/exit wound.

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Hannibal uses less of the case of the week structure than the X-files and when it does it subverts it by relegating the plot to a background role (Trou Normand) or to echo/illuminate something about the main characters and their relationship (Su-zakana). Maybe if the show was structured around a revolving series of…

Of course he could be using the deal as leverage over Alicia and Peter. If the tape comes out Peter's political career is probably over. That hurts Florrick Agos. If Alicia is implicated in the coverup that could destroy Florrick Agos and send many of their clients back to LG. That gives Will tons of leverage.

When they rolled up I saw a DOJ badge.

I don't, I think the reaction is mostly motivated reasoning. Having everyone vote on each dish and adding that up isn't excessively complicated. Going against people's preconceived notions will almost always produce confusion.

This was edited to be a razor thin decision. They opened by showing the judges being deadlocked and calling this the closest final maybe ever. It's an upset because Nina is more likable than Nick and seemed to be the consensus best chef all season. Having nothing else to go on to decide between the two it seems fairly…

OG baller ass move on Pepin's part.

Fairly certain you don't cook a crudo.

The Judges favorite part of that dish weren't Jason's scallop noodles, it was the broth and flavors Nick came up with. Tom and Gail both had that as their favorite dish of the entire season.

Part of being a political adviser is managing a politician without telling them directly why they need to be managed. So instead of saying, "Hey, I'm worried you're going to try to bone this hot underling because she is your type and she's going to be around you a lot", a political adviser would say, "Your enemies are…

He does have video proving election fraud. Mitch could be pumping him for info…. I thought it was another lawyer shown in the montage on first viewing. Will is going to have some added resentment to direct at the Florricks when Alicia splits off and I suspect the transit board conducts most of its business in Chicago.

I hope James Adomian turned down Lorne because it makes no sense that he wasn't hired to replace Hader.

On the topic of the real Jeselnik one of my favorite things about his riffing is when he starts out with a prepared line, someone turns it around and burns him, and then he just comes back over the top and buries them. That's what makes Pete Holmes a great guest, he tries to play at Anthony's game, gets in a couple…

Did not see that as random at all, it was an Eric Andre like provocation. Being familiar with Jeselnik's visceral disdain for religion I knew exactly where the "How Many Things?" bit was going to end.

Maybe he hacked Donna's email/computer to keep tabs on the Hessington Oil case but I'd find it to be very out of character for anyone to have written down anything incriminating. IMs? A Diary? He'd have to get it out of someone.

I believe he's acting as a special prosecutor at the behest of a US Attorney (for the Southern District?) who was being accused of a politically motivated prosecution. I seem to remember talk of universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity, I feel like I remember the US prosecuting foreign nationals for…

I thought Marc should have been a little more suspicious of those two bros, considering how their sarcasm and antagonism came through and the likelihood that they, or one of their longtime friends, wants to bone his girlfriend.