As I watch the writers trying to get us emotionally invested in Alicia and Jason as a couple, it's hard not to think about how much more compelling the scenes would be with Alicia and Will instead.

And apparently the only person in one of the largest firms in Chicago who knows anything about international law.

A thing that led to her getting pregnant, but Deacon's alcoholic instability led to her marrying the other guy and claiming he was the father.

What was the book Jason and Alicia were reading in bed?

I think the only thing that would make the grand jury stuff interesting to me would be if the influential father who pulled strings was actually Peter, and we discover he's got a kid from one of his affairs that Alicia doesn't know about. (The timeline would probably be off on that as far as the age of the kid, but at…

And why is Diane only angling to push out Cary, and not David Lee? If it's going to be an all female partner firm, David will have to be dealt with as well. It just seems like a sloppy way for Alicia to have another moral dilemma regarding who she's loyal to.

And if the journalists doing the story weren't being upfront about the angle, perhaps said law firm would do some digging on the publication itself, instead of wasting time investigating in-house gossip?

I guess he wants to make sure that the Creepy Old Guy Who Won't Stop Making Inappropriate Comments demographic is represented here.

The real life case that this episode was based on had to do with the Movement for Black Lives.

I was really unmoved by that scene, it came across as a little too Emmy Reel emoting.

Now she just needs a poorly styled wig.

It was especially strange that someone like Marissa, who's been to Alicia's place numerous times, would make a mistake like that.

Ah, good point.

The detail of her separating out the fancy plates from the ordinary ones before smashing was a nice detail that seemed in character, but the rest of the scene seemed off, like they were trying too hard to recreate the drama of "Hitting the Fan."

So Peter's campaign manager is terribly worried about the optics of Alicia having a hot investigator, but has nothing at all to say about the optics of Alicia representing a doctor accused of planning to kidnap and rape someone?

Her campaign manager last season?

The Courtney Paige character was also written very unevenly. Wasn't she supposed to be a religious person who was very invested in family values style morality (hence needing to see Peter and Alicia as a happy couple)? And now she's someone who's fine with casual hook ups? (I get that many people have a public face…

I'd reply with something edifying to support you, but haven't felt moved by the Spirit to do so.

I was distracted by the fact that Canning reaches across Alicia to grab a drink, making it very clear that the two actors were filming the scene at the same time.

I think Gini's objections to the surrogacy program are understandable considering that a couple of episodes back she was pressured by Bill to
essentially act as a surrogate to help a male gorilla get aroused, something she did not look at all happy to do. I read her as having residual anger from that incident (whether…