This season's been hit or miss for me. The Cary storyline at the beginning veered from effective to melodrama, the political story has been mostly engaging, and some episodes just plain haven't gelled for me. But this episode got a little goofy and showed Alicia stepping a little further down the path of becoming just…

I thought the Elsbeth episode demeaned her, too, but I really liked this episode because the way they portrayed Alicia's wandering mind was much more subtle and plausible.

The Spanish one? https://vimeo.com/60248171

Oh nonono — even an experienced actor or tv announcer would have a TERRIBLE time sounding natural under those circumstances. Maybe she could echo the words well enough, but her delivery was also about the emotional content. Repeating an audio prompt would sound incredibly fake and mechanical.

Jinx! Your comment appeared just as I finished typing my more verbose one.

Is anyone else absolutely convinced that the outtakes from the second round of taping for the campaign ad are going to leak? The ones where's she's loopy and laughing about her kids and child services, and other ones mocking her own pain, would be incredibly damaging to her public image. Noble, enduring,…

I never thought that a CBS show would require new alignment charts every season, but this one demands it.

Flaming bunny. FLAMING BUNNY. That is all.

Huh? The quote in that article was from an earlier interview that was just publicized in tonight's review. It's highly unlikely that it was backpedalling. I think it's incompetence.

The show intended to portray it as consensual sex. See the quote from the director here: http://www.hitfix.com/whats…

So as I've already posted in the Expert and newbies recaps: the show meant to present this as a scene that ended up as consensual sex. Really. Honest.

The show THINKS they presented that scene as not-rape. They failed.

There are two more episodes this season. Enjoy them when you see them!