You are correct. I should have written that on a better, more closely observed drama that gave two hairs off a rat's ass about the obvious and inevitable effects of a chosen plot point…et cetera and so forth.

On the blandness level, Fitz ranks below church wafers.

The title should probably have been "No, I will NOT take a seat. What? You said it harder this time? Okay, sorry, I'll take a seat". It's like the show was trying to make a feminist statement against the whole patriarchal order-the-woman-to-sit-down thing, but then BOTH WOMEN SAT THE HELL DOWN? Maybe you could spin it…

In the spirit of Cyrus' "getting the band back together" speech in an earlier episode, should next week's episode be titled "Oh no, Yoko"?

She is the most interesting character on the show, I agree. Because nobody writing for the show is investing much of anything in the other characters. Compare Abby in season one to this one, compare Huck and Quinn in season two to this one, compare Cyrus in half the series to this one, and on and on. The show used to…

This show is also the worst at portraying Olivia and Fitz' alcoholism as anything other than an occasional crutch that they can just discard once their temporary bouts of pain go away. It's just treated like a bad indulgence they can simply dial back whenever they feel better about life. Seeing Olivia go to the hard…

This episode was chock full of wasting time all around. The White House spent like half the damn show fruitlessly trying to use David Rosen's authority (ha!) and President Grant's "charisma" (hardee-har-har) to stop Elizabeth from blabbing on national TV, and then they just go and do exactly what she told Red to do to…

In reality, Olivia's constant presence in the Oval Office would rub so many people OTHER than Cyrus the wrong way that the press would have a field day thanks to all the leaks the other irritated advisors and cabinet members would be firehosing the press with.

She has a bigger presence in most of the episodes this year than a slew of regulars who are actively involved in the plotlines.

On point number 4, as retch-inducing every single line out of that character's mouth is for me, I would have to admit that the character having a TV show like this "V for Vendetta" bully pulpit is still only a very slight departure from reality.

If the Betsy Ross ring came from the Presidential Library, weren't they just going to have to return it in three weeks anyway?

I'm starting to prefer the nickname "Grope" to "Olitz" now. I think it befits the basis of their relation (100% sexual) more than anything.

I know Joe Morton's a pariah here, but am I the only who's even more nauseated by the sight of Kate Burton's character? Listening to these stupid, creepy-ass monologues of hers every week makes my remote control trigger finger itch.

The spirit of honesty is rarely in a tunnel where you're trying to convince your arch enemy to spring your dad from jail. "Hey, I know you hate my guts and all, but hang on a sec and let me give you one more really great reason to do it: he killed your son and turned you into a crazy cemetery lady! Hey wait, you mad…

His face always looks like a cross between an embalmed Frankenstein's monster and Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer to me. How is somebody so morose supposed to be some Kennedyesque hottie that sets all the girls' panties on fire? His number one personality trait is casual alcoholism.

And not just the man who ordered the murder, but also the man who executed her son himself. That girl's got a cast iron stomach for sure.

She's just a reviewer, and not a sitting judge presiding over a court case. Impartiality isn't part of the job description here. Any pretense of impartiality would just be insulting to your intelligence, pointlessly deceptive and glaringly transparent.

These aren't recaps written for balance, they're reviews with subjective grades. If the reviewer has a bias, that's par for the course.

She also did a stint on "Alias", surprise surprise.

He was great! Until he took the job and I wound up re-enacting the dad's final expression from that Johnsonville sausage commercial. I'm gonna go take dinner in my room with chocolate milk now.