Agree with most - the only CIA tailing Carrie is Quinn. The other surveillance we saw had to be the agency working to hire/turn Carrie.
Also, everyone keeps mentioning how "risky" it would have been for Saul and Carrie to run this long con from the beginning of the season. What would have been so risky about it? …

My point was more from a storytelling perspective.  If Sorkin wants to show his characters as particularly intuitive, or connected, or daring, etc. he can do that using fictional or non-fictional events.  To me it makes no difference.  If anything, by using real events the viewer has a little more knowledge of the…

My point was more from a storytelling perspective.  If Sorkin wants to show his characters as particularly intuitive, or connected, or daring, etc. he can do that using fictional or non-fictional events.  To me it makes no difference.  If anything, by using real events the viewer has a little more knowledge of the…

Well said.  Clearly a lot of the dialogue is driven by Sorkin's personal beliefs, but I also think that with such a talented writer (and he is talented) that not every word spoken by every character is a direct reflection of those beliefs.  I fear that every single line will be analyzed as a statement the writer is…

Well said.  Clearly a lot of the dialogue is driven by Sorkin's personal beliefs, but I also think that with such a talented writer (and he is talented) that not every word spoken by every character is a direct reflection of those beliefs.  I fear that every single line will be analyzed as a statement the writer is…

I don't understand the criticism of using old, true stories.  If they made up fake stories, wouldn't they be just as likely to handle the situation perfectly?

I don't understand the criticism of using old, true stories.  If they made up fake stories, wouldn't they be just as likely to handle the situation perfectly?

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And she didn't say where she was from.

Next week's preview certainly made it seem that way.  That would be a change from previous seasons though, right?  I thought it was always 3 chefs in the finale.

That was my favorite part of the episode.  You can see him start to think about going for the full group hug, then realize that if he does he'll never be able to respect himself again, and ultimately pull back and settle for what appeared to be an extremely awkward group photo.

Speaking of uptight, when Lindsay said to Grayson, "that's really dangerous" I finally figured it out - she is Angela from the office.

Who knew there were so many Top Chef watching Ravens fans here?

Didn't like Sarah before, now I don't like her or Ed. 

That has always been my problem with this show.  I understand it's a competition and that they're trying to create drama, but the way the judges feign anger during Judges' Table is just so forced.

The book itself is pretty good, but I think it might be a struggle to turn it into a series.  I'd kind of forgotten about this book until I saw this - might give it another read.