The problem with that is he’d been returned to *some* form of power - in the form of being a ‘consultant’ - even before he utilized Lydia’s knowledge. He should’ve been on the wall immediately.

Lydia seems to rise and fall in importance and influence the same way Fred Waterford used to in the first three seasons.

Agreed, re: Serena, but that makes it even more confusing as to how she’s miraculously pregnant.

Also: plea agreement for Fred, I could see it. Dropped charges entirely? No fucking way.

I’m upset that I’m not enjoying this season the same way everyone else seems to be. The show has broken so many of the rules of the world it so masterfully created in the first two seasons (I’m even a s3 apologist), but now it’s gone too far. The only characters who have sensical arcs, and whose motivations seem to…