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THIS RIGHT HERE IS PEAK TELEVISION. The court room scenes are so well acted and are so tense even with humorous beats. Then of course the scene with Shiv just shows how badly she wants the top spot and how masterfully she is at manipulating. There are a ton of other things I can say about this brilliant episode. As of how this is easily my favorite... and apparently the next episode is even better.

...regardless of whether or not she ever gets that title. She has proven to be her dad in every way possible - passionate, ruthless, calculating, even negotiating an open marriage while she was still in her wedding dress!

This episode shows that she has been playing her dad like a grand piano when it came to Rhea, and that the best thing to do was to let her assume the reins and then watch her fold like a cheap suit. How did that happen? Watch and find out.

Kendall is not the damaged guy he seems to be as he gets an opportunity to be eloquent and rises to the occasion. I think he just has the heavy weight of conscience on his shoulders and believes he does not deserve happiness. What was up last week with him acting like he had found true love and then just suddenly breaking it off because the girl said the word "awesome" a couple of times?

Greg and Tom - two beta peas in a pod - crack under pressure just as predicted. This would have been comical, if it wasn't for the potential tragedy you can see in each of their arcs. How do they crack? Again, watch and find out.

As for the writing, top notch as always and so ripped from the headlines this week. Called before Congress because of a whistle blower and the patriarch of the family may or may not be losing it? So oddly prescient. Highly recommended.

The gang has to testify before congress. They are having trouble getting a strategy. At first the thing is a disaster. Rhea, who seems to be in control up to this point, has no answers. So Shiv takes over. There is a key witness, a woman who has been victimized. Shive goes to see her, and with a silver tongue tells her what she and her children will face if she testifies. We get to see that going forward, Shive is her father. Kendall, whom we have been rooting for, has slipped back into the slime. This is a realistic commentary on what our world is like today. The saddest thing is that people fall for the power brokers because they have the tools to manipulate and arrange. I'm interested to see what happens in the final episode of Season 2.

Man I don't even know where to start and I don't know how this show doesn't have a 9 overall. Brilliant penultimate episode

This is my favorite show but in this episode I did not like the way they show Turkey as a Turkish. This is not how Turkey is. Men with guns??! Come on, it's ridiculous.