I feel as though this episode provides an excellent view into why Nate and Brenda just don't work as a couple. They love each other but there's little trust and no real support. Whenever Nate is in distress, Brenda reacts to the way in which what's happening affects her, and vice versa. When Brenda expresses concern…

This episode sums up why I disliked Edie and always did. She presents herself as open, daring and insightful—and she is—but she uses her insight in the most aggressive ways. She's continually pushing the boundaries, as an artist must, but she doesn't much seem to care when she oversteps herself and becomes intrusive.…

I know, right! How rude was it to totally upstage Carson in the middle of his speech? Glad Tom managed to make the wedding about him. :-/

I confess I take a less sympathetic view of Russell. As is his norm, he takes the news of Claire's abortion and makes it about him. He did the same with the sex he had with Olivier, that damned indigo paint, and, later on, over Claire's art. (I'll say no more so as not to spoil.) During that scene I kept flashing on…

I LOVE the Claire-David scenes. I feel that David is never so genuinely David as when he is interacting with Claire, and Claire is rarely so emotionally honest.

One has to wonder if, to those two women, death came as a blessed release.

Actually, I found Russell to be incredibly self-absorbed. Not three minutes after he reveals an affair he had previously denied he asks, "Do you forgive me?" Geez…can Claire have at least *four* minutes to process this heartbreaking news? This self-absorption was hinted at in an earlier episode in which Russell and…

I think it's going to be difficult for Nate to get truly close with anyone, because he's just too self-centered. He'll go on and on about being honest and real and "in touch", but at the end of the day he always chooses the path of least resistance—for him. I'm not defending Lisa, who has her own issues (hoo, boy!),…

I have a good deal of sympathy for Lisa in this episode, and I normally don't have very much at all. She has to deal with Carol's unbelievable torrent of insanity, followed closely by Nate's passive-aggressive annoyance—that is enough to drive anyone to the brink. I'm not defending her hippy-dippy,…