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Uh - I normally don't mind Eric and Nell's romance (or how they handle it) but this was just tiring. Also what age is Eric supposed to be? As Granger pointed out he's too old to pretend to be a college student anymore, his flirting with Blaise (aka mini-Nell) was questionable and him getting all upset about the idea of becoming friends with someone who's already 45 ridiculous (Barrett Foa turns 38 this year). I find the writing for Eric often quite insulting to the character and this episode was a good example. Not that the writing for Nell is much better - but at least she's not constantly used as comic relief but is allowed to come across as competent and in control (too much so at times so that it crosses the line to smugness). On the other hand: Kensi and Deeks as exasperated honeymooners were comic gold.

Violet is certainly not the most likeable character on this show - but I find her the most intriguing because she's the voice of discord so to speak when things get a tad too cute for a show dealing with the long term consequences of addiction. She's often the one who has to remind Christy (and the audience) of the harsh reality that was her drinking for her kids. Like in the episode where Christy raged against the idea that Baxter had any rights as a father to Roscoe and it was Violet who reminded her how Baxter at least tried to be around when she wasn't. Or in this episode when she told Roscoe that the casserolle he remembers was prepared by her. The other aspect I find intriguing about her is that Violet stubbornly tries to break the family mold. I was really impressed when the show went through with the adoption arc. And now she's ditching the idea of romantic love for economic security. We might agree with Christy and Bonnie that this is a recipe for desaster but it's hard to counter Violet's argument - which is basically pointing at their biographies full of drug abuse, shady criminal activities and a string of broken relationships.

I thought it a bit odd that the bride never had her groom with her. I realize that they wanted to focus on the special bond she had with Frank but it still seemed a bit off that the guy was nowhere to be seen in what must have been a couple of pretty tough days for his future wife. The prison scene was intense - I think if you've done something as horrific as this guy then you make your peace with God but you do not mess with your victims anymore. He said he did not want her forgiveness - so what did he want? To help her by showing her he had changed? It all sounded pretty selfish to me. In the end I do believe that the only way to leave such a trauma behind is to be able to forgive - but it has to happen because you're ready not because the perpetrator wants to feel better. Does the program they quoted really exist? And does it work that way? I found it offensive that they encouraged perpetrators to directly contact victims. There should have been an intermediary asking first if the victim was okay with receiving a letter.

7 missing kids in what must be a relatively short time-span and within one specific area should have all law enforcement working full-time. At least it should have been mentioned before. I don't care what's the deal with Caan it seems quite clear that he does not want to be on the show anymore. They've established quite a good core cast, use those people more and let him go. Chi McBride can take over for the usual carguments, although I don't see Grover allowing McGarrett to take over his car. The writers will have to come up with another bickering-scenario. That shouldn't be much harder then coming up with excuses why Danno isn't around on a regular basis.

Chummy's back! Although she did not get much of a story-line. I thought Fred's daughter was let off the hook way too easy. She was quite a nasty bit of work - I don't care about her dramatic 'I don't want to lose my home' wailing. Badmouthing your own father just to get what you want is taking things one step too far. And her behavior during the first visit to the shop was the action of a complete bully. There was a lot of ominous threat going on in this episode - the moment Delia got on that bike and the moment Shelagh mentioned better living through chemistery both made me feel uneasy. I'm sure we'll get back to the Thalomide (next season, ack!) it would be odd to drop that bomb without follow-up. Trixie's plot was my favorite this season - well-written and acted and based on a lot of built up which never made it feel contrived.

Jamie had to shoot the bomber. Eddie tried to tell the old lady the truth about her niece but did not manage to do it. Erin made it to the precinct and Danny & Co managed to tie the attacks on the rival gang and got them all arrested. The charity was not legit but run by con woman (who drove a BMW!) who had rap sheets in several stateds - sadly we did not get to see the following Sunday dinner. I'm normally not on the Nicky hate-train but she sure got on my nerves this episode and I deem not showing us how Frank taught her some of the hard facts of life one of the worst crimes this show has ever comitted.

I think that was Linda Gehringer - aunt Helen from Justified.

I like this season very much - especially as they go for a bit more serialized plots. I don't mind Trixie's alcohol problems still being an issue - stuff like that does not just magically disappear and I think it was very subtly done. I'm also glad Patsy's love life is still a theme albeit a tragic one. Nice bit of counterbalancing with Fred's courtship by haberdashery. This was definitely Nurse Crane's episode and she owned it - her face when she heard the young nurses giggle after she had left the room was heartbreaking. And throughout the tinker scenes I tried to place that face - I just knew that I've seen the actress play another fierce matriarch. In the end I had to check with IMDB: Mrs S - of course! It's high time Orphan Black returns.

The acting during the breakdown scene in the locker-room was great so was some of the banter between Roman and Burgess. Sadly none of this makes up for the stupidity of running unarmed into that building. Can't believe nobody called her out on that. Shades of Dawson.

*sigh* I stopped watching Chicago Fire to escape the Gabby show and now this.

I'm not an expert on the subject but identifying art stolen by the Nazis would be a lot easier if they had really put swastikas on everything. I never heard of that and assumed it was a shortcut for the writers saving time that would otherwise have to be spent on Henry & Co figuring out what was going with the artwork in the murder victim's appartment.

That was a great episode even if they took some shortcuts (like the Nazis stamping all their stolen artwork). But one thing bothered me - how does Adam's resurrection mojo work? Henry disappears and shows up in a considerable distance to the place where he had died - that was also how he managed to escape prison at least once. I assume Adam died several times under Mengele's hands so how did the Nazis ensure he would reappear within a radar that would make escape impossible? We don't know if Adam reappears in a body of water like Henry or if it works differently for him. I hope this will get adressed later in the show.

If Danny is the only Reagan you find tolerable you know you're dealing with a pretty awful episode. Everybody else was hitting for new high scores on the Reagan-Pontificating-Scale.