mikem

I went back and re-watched the scene where Aiden and Connor first see each other after all these years. There is absolutely no hesitation or guilty look at all from Aiden when he first sees Connor, and all of his reactions throughout don't show any kind of hiding of a guilty conscience or trickiness. Even after Connor tells Michaela that he and Aiden hooked up, Aiden seems mildly embarrassed but that's about it. The show is very twisty, so anything is possible, but I think we are supposed to believe Aiden when he says that this was a one-time thing when he was 16 and it doesn't say anything about his overall sexuality. I found the case of the week pretty boring, although it was nice to see David Denman again. It wasn't well-told, but I think we are supposed to believe that Gabriel's turnaround was planned beforehand with her mother so that he could be released and run away with Elena. I'm finding some of the ongoing characters interesting, but I'm not sure that any of them are likable. Wes is sliding into annoying territory. Someone on the show has to be likable in order for me to keep watching.

One of the weird things is that Wes said the detective boyfriend lied, but Annelise was counting on his NOT lying and saying that he was aware of doctored footage. And the "I was with a friend" wasn't lying, either. I agree that the rationale for having it be "attempted murder" rather than actual murder isn't clear, from a storytelling point of view. What was the reason to keep the attempt unsuccessful? So the audience wouldn't be as upset that the mistress and the wife got away with it?

I was confused by the testimony by the detective (Annelise's boyfriend). Wes said the detective was lying on the stand. Was he lying or just admitting something he didn't want to admit? And, if he did in fact lie, was the idea that Annelise was going to expose their affair if he didn't lie to help her case? I thought it more likely that he was telling the truth, and she knew it because he had told her one night during pillow talk. Anyone have any thoughts?

The episode was kind of meh. The road trip was fun, but not as madcap as I think the creators wanted it to be. I think part of the problem is that Claire Bowen isn't a madcap-comedian kind of actress. Gunnar and Avery without Scarlett would have been a lot funnier. I wish that they would show us what Rayna sees in Luke. They don't seem to have any chemistry, and she seems bored by him. (I'm certainly bored by him.) He's a safe choice, but Rayna's not a play-it-safe kind of person in general.