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Ditto. I've heard all the rationalizations and explanations for why Will is doing what he's doing. It's just not working for me. He's shown more anger towards the resistance fighters than towards the occupiers who have destroyed his life and won't let him have his son back.Maybe the actor isn't strong enough to sell his conflicted feelings, because I don't really see them. It would be so easy to make him more sympathetic. Show him up at night brooding over what he had to do that day. Show him trying to find out what happened to his friend and the family who ended up at the factory. Show him figuring something out (like the secret room located behind the large painting) and NOT saying anything. Show him letting a suspect go before he could be tortured. I could think of a hundred things they could do to give him layers. Maybe they're counting on the good will most people feel towards Josh Holloway to smooth out the whole "Will is working with the enemy" storyline. Meanwhile, I'll be over here hoping Broussard kills him. Also, Will is totally going to sleep with the blonde assistant at some point.

I didn't think I could hate a main character on a show more than I do Mike Ross on Suits. But that was a gradual thing that happened over several seasons, and there was so much else to love about the show. Then along comes Will, who was already annoying me by episode 2, and now here we are at episode 6, and I simply cannot stand him. I hate how he's thrown himself wholeheartedly into this new job, when just being marginally competent would have gotten him by. He's chasing after the Resistance fighters with all the zealotry and dedication of a true believer, and feels righteous indignation when they attempt to hurt him or his family. He even gets angry about them trying to take on/out his bosses, who are aiding and abetting the enemy. He's been assimilated and doesn't even seem to see it, or care. Like it's such a mystery why he might be a target now. Like he's forgotten what the rebels are fighting for, and why he should be trying to help them. He accepts and even welcomes having his family and business being spied on. He gets mad at his son for showing signs of interest in the rebellion, which is what he should have been doing all along, instead of hiding like a coward, and then joining the enemy. Instead he's compilibroadcastng a Resistance arrest record that should have him promoted to captain any day now, destroyed at least one family, gotten people tortured and killed, and helpfully identified where the rebellion headquarters likely are. .Ugh. This guy. I don't know if I can stand to watch him week after week take out more and more rebels every single episode, while demonstrating not one iota of remorse and zero self-awareness. The only reason I'm watching at this point is for Broussard. That guy is a Boss. That actor rocks every scene he's in. Why he's not in charge of the Resistance, I don't know. He's cold as ice when he needs to be but not without compassion. It makes no sense to me how poorly trained some of the resistance fighters seem to be when he's in charge of them. I know it's a plot device, but do we have to make them so incompetent? They're the storm troopers of the Colony. Can't get to Snyder despite their superior numbers and surprise attack. Can't hit the broad side of a barn. Storm the bar 1-2 at a time and stand exposed in the sunlight so they can easily be picked off, etc. I hate when shows try to make the "good guys" look better by making their enemies stupid and ineffectual.

I hate that they're making Bellamy a reactionary hothead who won't see reason. That's never been his MO. I believed to the very end he was setting them up for a fall. Instead he's apparently drinking the koolaid. Jasper and his manpain can leave my screen any time now. I was over his whining 3 episodes back. Calling it now. If the pending slaughter of the Grounder army happens, Lincoln is going to go into full beast mode. He is so ready to snap, and that will probably do it.

I laughed at your whole post, while nodding my head in solidarity. They cannot fix her bad acting, no matter what they do to the character. How could the writers fail to notice that a major character left the show and the fans neither mourned nor cared?Of all the great characters they've killed off, this is the one they want to bring back??. Just stupid.

There were snippets of another movie tonight, although the motel TV was mostly snow. Peggy and the "detective" who was protecting them were watching it. There was a dark-haired man in the scenes they showed, but I couldn't tell much more than that. Speaking of the detective, he actually turned out to be competent in a time of crisis, although I think Peggy gets the credit for spotting the bad guys. I don't know exactly how cop radios work, especially the 1970s version, but couldn't Lou have radioed his own station and had them call the motel to alert everybody? Is nobody available on any other frequency? Even without cell phones, it seems like something more could have been done. Jean Smart's character never did become the all out gangster leader I expected her to be. Or in Peggy's terminology, she never fully became realized. I really thought thematically she should have been the one to kill at least one of her sons. Either Dodd for defying her and trying to undercut her authority, or Bear for killing her beloved granddaughter. I love the relationship between Lou and his FIL. They can't let the FIL die..can they? That plus Lou's wife all in one night is just too much. It's too much, I tell ya.

The episode summary is a little deceptive. Charlie didn't turn to Frank. He was forced to deal with him. Anyway, so glad to see Charlie and Frank working together again. Their scenes are the best part of the show. I'm pretty sure Charlie is not going to be able to come through for Frank,on the target committee, though, so I guess that will put their relationship back at Square One. *sigh* The wife ignoring a husband's request/order to stay away from his father is such a tired trope, but at least they didn't drag this one out. Abby saw through him right away. Of course now he's dripped some poison in her ear about Charlie, which will probably manifest itself in the next few episodes. Any guesses as to who the second spy is?

Heh. Wounded knees. Clever. I assume Lou and Hank were alerted when the store clerk called in the Hanzee encounter.

Dodd trying to silently signal Ed with his eyes that crazy Peggy just stabbed him TWICE was comedy gold. Those scenes in the cabin were all pretty funny. Although I do find it hard to believe that once Dodd was free he wouldn't have beaten the ever-loving crap out of Peggy, if not outright killed her. He doesn't like women on the best of days, and here's Peggy who has already perpetrated three cattle proddings, two stabbings, one bowl of beans and several self-help ramblings against him. Hanzee is not nearly as menacing, but the scene in the store had the same kind of vibe as No Country for Old Men. Just as I was thinking Peggy's employer was a dropped plotline, here she is back in the storyline. She was almost a little too eager to get the information for Hanzee, if you know what I mean. Some friend.

It would help if the lead were a better actor. His permanent stone face and flat line readings make me wish for someone far more charismatic in the role. I'm more interested in the Widow and her backstory.

Betsy didn't get her wish. Lou never remarried. But I guess she did get her wish that he didn't marry what's her face, Ms. Eyes Too Close. There was just a brief moment when Betsy opened up those doors, and like many others, I was expecting Hanzee to be standing there ready to shoot....just a brief moment when I thought it might be more merciful to go out that way. Slow death by cancer is not pretty. I was silently screaming at Mike to stop primping for his imminent death and fight. Ha! I should have known Mike wouldn't go out like a chump. I know he's a bad man, but part of me wants to see him survive this and go back to kick some Kansas City ass. Man, it's so hard to find villains scary with that Minnesota accent. Ed really needs to work on it. Although I'm gonna label this new plot of his "so stupid it just might work". I love that the shit cop is getting a promotion. He'd do well in my workplace.

I think this new development signs Rosita's death warrant. She barely has any dialogue as it is. Lately, they've given her two scenes with Spencer, and it's for sure this will push her into his arms. Spencer is both a closet coward and a secret jerk who thinks he's above the rules. He will get her killed (and probably go back and tell the others about his heroic attempts to save her). Mark it down.

Thanks for the Abraham/Sasha history, MrsRafaelBarba. Do you ship them, or do you just have a really impressive memory and attention to detail? I never picked up the vibes, but I'll have to go back to see what you saw.

I didn't understand why the guys in the truck confronted the group in the woods, and then turned around and...got back in their truck? Why didn't they attack right then? Why would they let the group out of their sight so that Daryl could get the whole group hidden somewhere. That could have been better edited.. I did wonder if they were trying to do some sort of Rick parallel with the group leader (Clay?) of the truck gang, who was only seen from the waist down from Daryl's POV. He had Rick's body type, cut off the limb of his injured friend, just like Rick has done, and was in general a calm, competent leader. Competent except for the whole losing the group they had just found, of course.... Has there been any foreshadowing whatsoever that Sasha and Abraham have an interest? This would have worked a lot better for me if I could think back to some look, some special moment, something where I could say, aaah, I see where they were going with that now. Instead, it's a thing because Abraham said so, and Sasha didn't deny. But it came out of nowhere.

I'm still enjoying the show, but I do think the writers have gotten away from what made it so compelling last season. Theflashing back and forward has made them lose some of the atmosphere of the place. The paranoia, the invasion of privacy, the total control of the people there, made last season so interesting. I also want to see scientists working and testing theories and having setbacks and overcoming them. All that stuff that comes with building a weapon that has never been built before. In last night's episode, I didn't want to watch Frank leaving people messages that he has solved this or that problem. I wanted to know what the problem was, and watch him figure it out. I would also like to know why Charlie has suddenly become a cold, corporate shill who seems more and more remote from the team and the actual design work. Frank was in his place once and he never just sat behind a desk while the rest of the team did the work. I thought Charlie was pretty cold overall to Frank, and I don't get his animosity. Last night's epi proved that the houses are still bugged. Which makes me wonder about some pretty incriminating conversations Charlie and his wife have had, with no repercussions. Finally, because it can't be said enough, Colonel Darrow needs to die painfully real soon. Real soon.

Will Peggy bite it before or after she becomes the best Peggy she can be?

I was sure Floyd was going to go all Robert DeNiro as Al Capone and take a baseball bat to her son right there at the sitdown. Then stand back and say "he'll fall in line" or whatever the line was she kept using. I'm still calling that Floyd's grandson and his one good arm are going to be trouble that no one sees coming. Loved the scene with Lou, Ed and Peggy and his war story. They just kept repeating their lies, and Lou just kept telling them how much deep shit they were in without even pretending to believe them. I was expecting Lou to leave with a "Don't say you were never told" but the "Lock your door" was just as effective. Poor dumb Ed. There are so many candidates to kill Dodd's daughter I can't even choose.

But if Meeks became a spy because his friend (Stan?) got shot, and Stan got shot because he was trying to escape because they were punishing him for being a spy when he really wasn't...does that mean there never was a spy at all at first? How ironic if the overzealous pursuit of a phantom spy led to the the creation of a real spy. Abby is playing a dangerous game. I think I was holding my breath throughout that whole dinner. If that smug colonel doesn't get his before this season is over I will be so disappointed.

Painfully earnest and a little cheesey. I will stick it out for a while only because of Mehcad Brooks, who really should still be playing a diva athlete in Necessary Roughness instead of slumming it here. Stupid USA channel.

"Had a High Noon kind of day". I loved that no further explanation was required. I wonder if the kid who wants to join the family gang but his dad won't let him is going to end up being one of the most dangerous ones of all. He appears to have some intelligence, which already puts him ahead of his dad and uncles. Loved the North Dakotan version of a sit-down with the "heads of the families". They seem way out of their league, but I'm not underestimating Mama Gerhart. I'm also kinda looking forward to Mama breaking bad on Dodd. Don't contradict your mama, boy. Mike reminds me of something Shaun Cassidy once said when he was writing a series. Something about the villains in TV shows and movies never being allowed to display a sense of humor. I love that Mike has a sense of humor, yet you just know that he could turn on a dime and slit your throat without ever losing his cool.

My DVR cut off just as Rick was trying to crank the RV. I see posts referring to him in peril. What fresh danger did I miss after he killed the wolves? And has anyone made sense of what Daryl was trying to accomplish all episode? It feels like I lost a friend tonight. For me, Glenn will forever be the happy teenager in Season 1 zooming down the abandoned interstate in his red sports car. Rick may take this loss harder than Maggie. Didn't the black guy have bites on his leg? No one was treating his injuries as fatal or trying to cut off his leg to save him, but those injuries sure looked like more than just minor owies.,

Kelly did well in spite of her model, who has poor posture and slumped shoulders, and made the outfit look dowdy. Ashley has done well for the most part because of her model. Aube, as was once said about Marilyn Monroe, could make a potato sack look good. Her body be bangin'. She's an asset you don't want to lose. Makes me nostalgic for prior seasons of PR when the winner got to keep his/her model or steal someone else's. I'm also convinced Edmond will be saved by Tim next episode. It was just too weird not to have the closure of Tim saying goodbye, and best wishes. They wouldn't send Edmond out like that because he's been a gentleman all season, and took his aufing graciously. He will be rewarded for his body of work.

I loved the addition of Justin Kirk, and hope it's not just a one-off. He seems like someone who could be reasoned with. Someone who's following orders, but could go off the reservation for the right cause. If the colonel thinks Frank is in the clear, he must know something is still wrong. Otherwise the Richard Schiff character wouldn't have disappeared. And if he doesn't believe Frank is a spy, what is the purpose of holding him? That's a brilliant mind going to waste. They could keep him under guard and let him do his work. Not sure what they're trying to accomplish here. It seems unlikely, based on the flash forward, where it seems Frank is being hunted like an escaped prisoner, and Charlie is still in charge. But that could just be the editing monkeys.

I miss last year's theme song. I was hoping it would be the official song for every season. I'm afraid the hair salon owner is going to have to die, unless Peggy is willing to put out, which I don't think she is. You can just tell this thing is gonna snowball and their crimes are gonna start piling up, all to cover the original crime. Speaking of Peggy, how stupid is she?? You don't let someone in your house when there may still be lingering evidence of a murder. I was fully expecting to see bloodstains in the bathroom or some other telltale sign. And why, unless there's only one bathroom in the house, do you let her into the bathroom that has proof of your work theft? People snoop in bathroom cabinets, everybody knows that. And then for the icing on the cake, she walks to the garage and stands there in the doorway staring at the big, honking evidence of the crime she just committed. Naturally the snoopy guest is right behind her and sees it too. For Pete's sake, she and her husband are top candidates for America's Most Stupid Criminals. It's not wrong. It's sooo right. It's been a while since Bokeem Woodbine had a role worthy of his talent. He smiles and never raises his voice and still scares you to death. The standoff with Mike, his crew and the sheriff was so tense. The Ted Danson character held it together but you could tell when he walked away he was shaken. If he'd pushed it, his body would probably still be missing. I guess Mike's silent henchmen are the precursor to the Peter Stormare villain in the movie.

It's absolutely hilarious that each man Alex has reached out to for help "helps" her by making he look more guilty. "i'll have to tell them you shot me". "You need to beat me up for the camera to make it look like I helped you under duress". The stupid, it burns. And I'm losing patience with this show.

Was it? At the beginning of the speech, I thought so too. He was going to get the masses riled up and demand answers, and let TIIC know he wasn't going to let it go. But when he lied and said he'd talked to Frank,and everything's okay, etc. I wondered if he was compromising his ethics so he could stay in charge. I don't think my reading of it was wrong, because Helen seemed to be mirroring my thoughts. First proud of him, then angered enough to walk away. Now maybe Charlie is playing a deeper game. Is that how you read it? I'd love to think so, because I find the Charlie and Frank relationship the most compelling one of the show. I'm a little bummed to think they'll spend most of the season apart. I'd be even more bummed if I thought Charlie could dismiss all concerns for Frank just for the sake of politics and power. Any guesses as to whether the baby has already been aborted and she's playing along until she can "lose the baby" in a more acceptable way? One interesting thing about the flashforward is that we know whatever they tried to give their marriage a second chance didn't work, since Charlie is openly sleeping with Helen. So glad to lose the daughter, and hopefully less screentime for her boyfriend too. They were not at all interesting to me. Didn't think I could hate anymore more than Richard Schiff's character last season, but Colonel Nutterbutter (heh) is going to earn a spot on the list, I can tell already. complete with ad campaign titled "Winter is coming".