Thanks for the explanation. I guess I file some of those plot fudges in with other tricks that the show engages in as a mystery, using camera angles and partial information to mislead the viewers at given moments into suspecting one or another character (this especially in the first season). But the emotional truths…

Please explain in what way unrealistic? I guess most courtroom dramas are basically unrealistic since court is usually so boring, even when stakes are high… but the viewers and reviewers critique seem to focus on the fact that they think these scenes are boring, which I don't. They are, however, very theatrical.. this…

Unlike other commenters, I actually really like the courtroom scenes (especially when balanced with the outdoors shots at the seaside). The courtroom is the only place where all the main characters are present together, and we get a full sense of the intricate web the story has been weaving (not counting most of the…

two observations that may already have been made somewhere: Diana, from Racine… which means "root" in French… Don's roots….And continuing from last week's episode, wherein Ken is a literally "half blind" character (among many) .. willfully half-blind to his own truths… this time it's Stan… so Moshe Dayan can…

I think Peggy is such an emotional mess, and so shocked and scared and angry and hopeful that Don is there, that she literally means it when she says I "can't" say we've missed you, because she can't bring herself to say it, it's both too true and too painful. But they'll get there…

The way that Goggins uses his voice and inflection brings joy to my heart… so many different feelings conveyed at once, and beautiful on the ears, to boot.

how about Boyd/Tim? over a scrabble game?

Good point. As in "don't try to _justify_ the need"….. as in, all of those people in that room risking everything don't really need to be doing what they are doing, but there they are….