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Helen/Peter - I understand where she was coming from as a mother, and not appreciating being sheltered from the possibility that her son could have a fatal illness, but she really couldn't have expected Peter to break a patience confidence just because he was her son. She just came across a little ridiculous in the sense that she's supposed to be the Chief of Staff, the strictest proponent of the Hippocratic oath. I'm glad she realized that, and didn't fire Peter because that would have been unjust, whether or not he told her about Shane's visit or not. Definitely related to Peter wanting to get out of there once the tears started coming. Those are always the most awkward moments because you really don't know what to say that could bring a little light to the situation, but doesn't make too lightly of it either. I thought it was well portrayed on both character's side.
I am glad you got as a mother where Helen was coming from, I think she is the only one who never cheated on a spouse well her and the deceased Leann. I thought it was a fairly easy scene for me to write when I wrote it and I am very glad that you enjoyed that part.
Simon/Callie - I pretty much though Simon came across as a peace of $$$$ (four letter word rhyming ending in "it") and if I had any doubt, the final scene with the daughter he does know re-enforced it all the more for me. Is his insight about Callie being his daughter a recent discovery, or has he suspected all along? I wasn't use to seeing Callie this fired up, so that was a breath of fresh air in this scene knowing one of her main objectives in securing a place in the D.A's office is to ensure the incarcerations of Richard and Paige. Boy, who is not going to want to be a fly on the wall when she learns her mother is now representing Richard? Edit to Add: According to Sharon's bio, it would seem he's known all along, but the father is being referred to as a Dylan Harris. Not sure if that was a typo or not, so I thought I should mention it.
Simon, well he is a piece of the four letter word so I am glad that you caught onto that. Simon has always suspected that she is his daughter and later in the season it will be confirmed. I thought I had updated Sharon's bio and caught the mistake once you pointed it out but it has been fixed now. Callie has a big turn around this season in which I am really excited and have been really excited to write for her in a different way.
Richard/Sharon - Hehe, another dirty sex tape. I enjoy their little banter. It's always fun to see a character blackmailed by some son-of-a-gun, yet the blackmailee manages to come off smelling like a rose. Although she won't if she goes through with representing Richard. I did like that she fired back about Jessica's possible involvement in the death of the McAllister patriarch, and that Richard (although hesitant) seems willing to shield his daughter from persecution.
Richard seems to want to protect his daughter is really I can say here and that is revealed later on in the season.
Mary/Garrett - Does it really matter that Garrett cheated on his now deceased wife? Of course, Mary's closing statement would imply that perhaps Vanessa and Cade's mother knew of the affair or something incriminating about Garrett, and that's why she committed suicide? Of course, one would beg to question how Mary is privy to all this information anyway. For continuity purposes (keeping Mary's presence fresh in reader's mind), I see why the scene was included, but I think it could have been easily saved for a follow-up episode to lighten the supporting character overload.
I think you may of hit the nail on the head about why Garrett's dear first wife who suffered from a mental illness hung herself from a rafter. Mary's role in the information is revealed over the next few episodes. I debated about moving it as well, but I felt it fit better here than in another episode in the season.
Jake/Brian/Jessica - Not a whole lot to say about these three. I didn't fully grasp that Jake knew about Jessica's involvement in Elliot's death -- was their a confession scene I'm spacing out on, or is this harkening back to when Vanessa remembered everything that went down between him [Jake] and Kate? Yeah, it's probably not a smart idea for a supposedly pregnant woman to be hanging around the bar. Funny that Ryan and Brian managed to avoid seeing one another.
Jake suspects that Jessica is involved but won't do anything about it due to her having his kid, he doesn't want his kid born behind bars. He doesn't know all of it, but he fully suspects. It is hindering back to the flashback episode so you are right. I purposely didn't have Brian/Ryan interact, for continuity reasons with Ryan's role this year in the show.
Callie/Paige - Ouch, ouch, ouch!! Callie sure didn't hold back. I really loved this scene because while I understood 100% where Callie was coming from, I still felt bad for Paige. When she was sitting there, begging Callie to be her counsel because she literally had no one else to turn to, I really become torn on wanting Callie to agree to it, or to tell her to go to hell. One thing I don't get is why Paige doesn't turn the tables on Jessica. That little *B* isn't losing any sleep, so if I were Paige, I would bring down anyone else who was along for the ride with me. It's one thing to go down as the town's pariah, it's another to go down as martyr.
I can't say if Callie agrees to help Paige or not but I need her to suffer a bit behind bars for a few episodes as a writer and a reader. She confessed about the night Elliot was murdered but with no physical gun to collaborate her story they can't nail Jessica for anything and the coroner's report hasn't come back yet. Which, is why Jessica isn't sitting in a cell rotting next to her at the moment.
Simon/Jamie - So we are really supposed to sympathize with a man that doesn't know how to be a father to the daughter he does have? Even worse, he wants to pimp said daughter out to the man that his other daughter is currently involved with? I'm glad that Jamie set him straight about his little plans. She scored a few "A" points for me this episode. I hope Tyler pulls himself far back enough from this case with Hannah and Elliot's murder to remember that Jamie is a human being, and she didn't force the chief's hand in hiring a new detective.
I am thrilled that you warmed up to Jamie in this episode she was introduced last episode and her meat so to speak was to be this scene. Don't feel sorry for Simon he is a an ass, so you're not supposed to like him. I can't say one way about Tyler or not but the poor kid really is in deep with the death of his sister and Elliot this season.
P.S. I feel kind of weird saying this, but your AP Network affiliates listing on the homepage needs to be updated.
I just updated the affiliates Ty it had been a while and I will e-mail you about the 2 that I'm not sure of.
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