Love and Death

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It starts to seem less like a public-image strategy than a coping one.

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(I must admit: They lookdelicious.)

Her seeming placidity in the face of these allegations is actually a long, slow-motion flinch.

Specifically, he thinks that she might be covering for her ex-lover, Allan.

Almost there, Don!

Coaxing her to tell him everything, the lawyer gets a surprise confession.

She came at me, Candy says.

So I did it.

Theres something unnerving about Candy coming clean, made chilling by Elizabeth Olsens performance in the scene.

Olsen quivers but doesnt break.

One he tries out when applying for a change of venue in court: repeatedly insulting the judge.

(He keeps the fat fuck thing to himself, but just barely.)

Shes diagnosed with just snapped.

But what happens post-snap?

The episodes final scene at the Montgomery dinner table doesnt portend healing or confrontation.

The dinner is interrupted by a call from Don, informing Pat of the truth about Bettys murder.