User reviews

Give Claire Danes an Emmy right this minute. What a POWERHOUSE performance. Think what you want of the show overall, the story, etc. Her acting is beyond - BEYOND - the realm of what we consider to be the best acting. The scene where she is asked to share but cries...her cry, her wails, her face, her movements...I had an unreal moment where I cried along with her. It triggered some out of body empathetic response where I went from watching apathetically to having tears and feeling her pain, 0 to 60.

Also shout out to Lizzy Caplan, who has carried the whole show thus far, being consistently compelling in all of her scenes. What great television this episode is!

Claire Danes' performance in this episode was phenomenal. I'd been in the fence about this show because I was feeling like there were no characters to like - there was no one I was rooting for because they were both self-involved jerks. While I understand Toby is dealing with a lot (including the weight of his kids' emotions) I find it grating that he seems to be willfully ignorant of what Rachel is dealing with because having to dig in would have been inconvenient for him. On the flip side, I often felt Rachel behaved in a shrewish and abrasive manner, and could understand why Toby was seeking a divorce. But this episode...wow. Claire Danes brought the full force of Rachel's profound loneliness and pain to the surface - she had lost herself entirely. Layer on the invasion perpetrated by the doctor - for Rachel, who so carefully tries to curate her life, it's the impossible situation. It really flipped the table for me. Really looking forward to the next episode now.

This epic episode was coming, the writers dangled it right in front of us, yet nobody (at least not me) saw it coming. And Claire Danes DELIVERED!

Remember, just a few episodes ago, when Libby talked about that colleague (Archer Sylvan) that wrote a book (Decoupling) about his perspective on divorce and totally dismissed the perspective on divorce of the woman!? If that did not give you pause and question why a show would do the exact same thing, show only Toby's perspective so many episodes long, I don't know what would make you pay attention. I almost turned this off due to hypocrisy.

And yes, I should have seen this coming. The writers and producers had this gem in the queue and turned this hypocrisy on us! Why did we simply accept this and not saw this episode coming from a mile away? Why did we not demand this episode? I am sure some of us did, not enough of us did though. I LOVE IT!

I agree with what a lot of others have said. Claire Danes deserves awards for this (and so does Jesse, but he got more episodes to deliver material that is worthy). She is at her best here and I disagree with some: This episode was not a minute too long or too short. There is lots of TV out there that you run on the side. Lots of stuff where you watch TV, it's entertaining, sure, but the screen is still just an object in the room. But this episode and performance blurred everything around the dimensions of the screen, and I was totally immersed in this superb performance of acting, writing and producing!

The character of Rachel is so full of s*** that it's unbearable. Anyone who cheats deserves everything terrible that happens to them.

She didn't deserve Toby or the kids. She's so horrible! I hope she disappears forever and they can move on without her. Everything will be happier that way.

If there's a way to end the season, I hope Rachel loses custody and Toby gets the kids full time. Go to LA and never come back. How can anyone support her?

I cried a little and felt for her during her trauma scenes, but once she cheated I lost any morsel of pity. She absolutely sucks.

Side note: excellent performance from Clare Danes because if I'm this unhappy, she has done an amazing job. Every star for her, zero stars for her character.