Agreed. And while I liked Alan Cumming's portrayal of Eli, I've had enough of his character as well (although a single episode cameo wouldn't be bad).

Simply one instance of it (in a long history for this show), to be sure. But considering we're talking about a highly-trained CIA operative (with a human-rights lawyer partner) that we've seen deal with the fallout of unexpected emergencies before, it seems reasonable to think the thought of CPS might have crossed her…

Exactly which other shows is it mimicking?

Hmm… the show is starting to become quite unexpectedly good. IMO, it really started to find it's groove in last night's episode.- it's hitting that sweet spot between pathos and comedy - often in unpredictable ways.

Fair enough. When I first saw the scene, I thought some of the women might be just walking through the shot in the background, and needed to double-check that they were, in fact, all approaching and going into the building.

But there was about a quarter century (after the approval of oral contraceptives but before the AIDS scare began; i.e. early 60's to mid 80's) when very few people used condoms - and there was plenty of promiscuity.

More idiocy from Carrie (and others) simply to move the plot forward.

It's hard for me to remember exactly - you could be right. That's why I used the word "remotely"; I think the worst it would be is involuntary manslaughter.

"Where the heck is Virgil when you need him?"

"Syd can see him too now because of the time she spent as David."

The line, “I’m not so sure those are memories,” was spoken by Syd, not Melanie.

He actually prefers when you refer to him by his full name, The World's Angriest Boy in The World.

Or it's because she hugged David (his inner child) inside the memory.

I understand - and I know it's still early to really judge the full scope of the show. It's just that, so far to me, it feels like a post-modernized version of Dallas - but with much better actors.

Yes, I really want to like this based on the cast - which is how I think most critics and many audience members have been approaching it - with a predisposition to "like" it.

The peccadilloes (sexual and otherwise) of the rich and the restless? Countless Harold Robbins novels, films, TV shows, reality shows, etc. It's the reason the phrase "lifestyle porn" exists.

The director, Richard Shepard, describes it (in his AV Club interview) as just alluding to the future - not as an indication that the episode wasn't real:

This show feels so dated: the subject matter; the hackneyed narrative elements (e.g. the police interviewee talking heads); even the direction. I know it's supposed to function as "satire" about the lives in this wealthy enclave, but even this particular brand of satire feels dated (Santa Clarita Diet is more clever,…

There are are no women exiting. The final shot shows at least 11 or 12 new women entering Palmer's building - with even more behind about to enter.

I'm guessing nervous and sweating, as many young people meeting one of their heroes (even if that hero is tarnished somehow) from growing up would be.