But she's right to be upset about how it's unfair that Mason is being kicked out. Even the Crawleys don't like it.

I've only watched Season 5 and this season, but love this show and now want to see all of the earlier seasons. There do seem to be some odd character or tonal shifts as you note and sometimes I wonder if it's just that I haven't been watching from the beginning.

Did the reviewer mention that Miller discovered that Mao got aboard the Sculpio (?) with a small crew and that's the empty ship the Canterberry found?