Play the Queen

Wow. Great series. This episode was the best, leaving me eager to see the final one. The writing for this episode was so good it deserves an EMMY. Mitch's self-serving speech at the end was incredible. The best example of Blaming The Victim imaginable. Such mental manipulation! Such raw evil. What was so good was that Carell made it real. You realized that Mitch, and probably powerful men like him actually believe this.

All the chess pieces are falling into place now, and this episode does a great job of setting things up for an explosive finale next week. As always, the performances are nuanced and on point, especially everyone's favourite network executive Cory Ellison, who is magnetic every second he's on screen. The writers continue to expertly craft conversations which maximise the complexity of the issues and potential for discussion after.

It's the sort of show that gives you plenty to discuss and contemplate once you've watched it and this episode is no different. Can't wait for episode 10!

This was a great episode, Mitch Kessler (Steve Carrell), is the most unlikeable he has been so far!! He shows himself to be a real piece of work.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is wonderful as Hannah, as is Billy Crudup and Mark Duplass (you really feel for him during his phone call with Jennifer Aniston). Reece Witherspoon kind of takes a back seat in this one but the scene with Aniston and Carrell is dynamite. I can't wait for the finale!!

Loved drama genre since long and experience surprises, twists and turns in many of the movies and TV series before. But believe me, the way goosebumps are happening in parallel conversations with neatly woven story and plot --- amazing.

Writer, director, actors are too good to justify each and every pieces of it.

There is always fine line between complex twist which is hard to understand in single flow but this particular episode in middle nailed it down with very simplified way in one go. Hats off to the team.

By the way, I have registered to IMDB in order to give my first public review ever for this episode. Love you Apple Original effort to give full freedom to the team with full trust. Looking for more in few upcoming episodes.

This episode has corrected the previous one in many aspects. Most importantly, it showed that every relationship is threatened when it comes to self favor. As if you were in a sinking ship, you eventually fight only for yourself and don't care who drowns or survives. Friendships, co-work relations, love and confidence are all threatened when something strikes! Definitely worth the wait. Can't wait for the finale!