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I think it’s because it’s so weird that it’s interesting that it’s irrelevant. Dory was so sure that anything strange going on had to be related to what she was positive had to be a strange and mysterious disappearance, when it turned out that there were strange things going on, but in fact the disappearance was as mundane as could be. Any perceived connections to all of these weird events, or seemingly weird events, was pure coincidence. I think it’s interesting writing, but I don’t think they’re necessarily going to delve further into any of it.

I'll be pretty disappointed if they don't follow up with this stuff. If you are going to have a mystery, you owe it to viewers to commit to it and take care that all such leads are explained. Even if it's not a procedural per se. Otherwise it's lazy writing and detracts from the show. It's not like the characters are so interesting - they are mostly self-absorbed slugs, who have been energized by these events. If the event itself isn't laid out properly, you aren't left with much. The whole point is that these were nonfactors that Dory was trying to turn into something. Lorraine was a sad person who tried to insert herself into the story because she wanted to be part of something, much in the same way Dory did. Printing up the business card was the same thing. She wanted to be part of the company even though she was a temp, so she had the cards printed. The check from the real estate company to a property they managed could have been for any number of reasons, none of which were sinister or related to the story. The cult is weird, but related to our story only because Chantal's sister got her bridesmaids' gifts at the store owned by the cult leaders. I'm not sure what follow-up would be relevant to the story. All of these "leads" ended up being nothing.

My money's on Drew. We've already seen what he's capable of, and his other plan just fell apart. We know he blames Dory for all of this. He seemed to be warming to her for a minute, but that's when he thought he was going to China. Now he's back in self-preservation mode. An anonymous tip from the detective out of guilt would be an interesting twist, though. I thought so, too. And now I guess we know what they were setting us up for with the detective being so quick to startle. I wonder what will happen to her shooting story now that the "Fat Frankie" killing Keith lie has been debunked. Unless that's used to somehow get Dory off. Cannot wait for season 3!

I think the intention is for him to be sort of the Charles Manson to his cast, so the creepiness is completely working.

I wanted to give Drew a bit of a death-ray side-eye myself. MY GOD, MAN, STOP TALKING. And while we're on those scenes, what kind of NYPD homicide detective walks up a flight of stairs, sees two people standing in front of an apartment door, and freaks the hell out? That was an insanely over the top acting choice. Or it was written in the script, for some reason. Either way, so weird to me.

I am still loving John Early so much. "Now that I think about it, Drew, why didn't you send me flowers?" And Elliot's commitment to the "seal" story, even after it became completely nonsensical, was hilarious to me. "I said we should break its legs and bury it in a suitcase." "Then it turned out it had a daughter seal...." The shrink's face in that scene was priceless.

It's okay...I just looked and I do have them. Now I have to try to resist binge watching them all today, because then it will be over and I'll be sad. Fortunately, I don't know who you mean and I'm going to put it out of my head.

No worries. I wondered how you were seeing them. I don't think I have all of them on U-Verse.

I have a theory on the "YOU MURDERED SOMEONE!" flowers that Drew received. I think it's Chantal, doing this based on no information at all, except that a body was found and she's now a woman scorned. She's already proven herself to be completely self-centered and irrational, and I think she just decided to frame Drew for Keith's murder because she's humiliated that he "broke up with her." The lights going out in his office were just coincidentally going out because he was working late and the lights were going out.

IMDB shows 10, so take that for what it's worth.

I feel like, in blaming Dory for dragging him into this, Drew feels entitled to, and therefore innocent of, anything that he does as a result of the events of last season. He sees himself as a victim, so anything he does now is in service of that. Break up your colleague's marriage to get yourself a new job so you can leave the country? Well, if Dory hadn't led you all down this insane rabbit hole... It will be interesting to see how that shakes out. The only thing she was interested in when hiring Dory and Julian was adding some diversity to her staff, and it doesn't seem that they know much about her, so I wonder what we'll come to find out about her in the upcoming episodes. Interesting that Elliot, the compulsive liar, seems to be the one most struggling with what has happened, even as he tries to shove it down beneath the surface. And on that note, if John Early is not truly insane, then fantastic acting and I hope it's recognized come awards season.

I love that they've gone through all of this to "save" Chantal, and it turns out that she's just the worst. After Dory leads the titular search party to find her, she couldn't care less when Drew tells her that it will hurt Dory if the two of them hook up. Then, when she's telling Julian about her "ordeal," the worst story she can make up about what her "captor" did to her is "abandon" her for hours when they were supposed to go shopping because his kid had a broken leg. Yeah, cheating bastards who turn out to be good fathers when push comes to shove are just the worst, aren't they, Chantal? But my favorite line of hers is when she tells Julian that she doesn't like oysters, but they're the only thing she can eat because of her braces. Because that's a thing. This, exactly. I don't know how they have come to the conclusion that Keith is entirely innocent in all of this. Keith was clearly a threat in that scene, and Drew did what he had to do to defend Dory, at least in that moment. But then, we wouldn't have season two of this fantastic mess.