Quid Pro Quo

Jean Smart is heavenly. She's so great in this episode - as always- and the rest of the cast rises to meet her. The writing is crisp, sardonic and laugh out loud funny. The music is well chosen and perfect. This episode is sheer perfection from top to bottom. Witty, smart and beautifully timed and delivered.

This has been by far over of the best episodes of the series. They managed to pack so much in 30 minutes It's almost unbelievable. This episode offered a little bit of everything. Just absolutely stellar, a standout above all others, of an already great show.

This one episode brought so much together from the storyline, really showing so much about them main characters. The scene of her picking up Ava, and how that was played out was actually just short of real genius. I mean if you ever want to look at an example of fine episodic series writing, this episode would be it. All around, very well done.

The first season was good, but it seemed to take a while to get its footing. Just based on these two episodes, there seems to be a much bigger and more complex dynamic between the two stars of the show in this sophomore season.

This episode killed me. There were so many jokes within jokes I was having trouble catching my breath. Every encounter Paul Downs had with the HR lady just slayed me, like milk out my nose levels of comedy. Bless this show.

The pressure of the email builds on Ava and Jimmy takes drastic, personally-disadvantageous steps to make it go away. The conclusion is exquisite with Deborah in fighting fit form with a feint and counter-punch.