Yes. The first half of season 1. Then he dumped her for Boyd.

Actually it's Ellen May.

Yeah. I own the DVDs and have watched enough to know what I see with my own eyes. Sorry if I don't take the opinions of AV Club writers as gospel on this.

Except not. Ava and Winona's wardrobes or makeup etc haven't varied since the first episode. The actress who plays Ava has been looking kind of haggard the last few episodes though.