And for sweet, sweet control.
Jane, Jane, Jane.
Bare-faced, pregnant, cooperative.
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It was easier to believe that a future mother wouldnt be forgiving of Dougs past offenses.
And Clements paid the ultimate price for doing the same.
I would like to briefly eulogize Agents Clements.
He was, as the kids say, a perfect cinnamon roll.
He liked Red Vines and his husband yelling at him for coming home late and calling Meyer kid.
He ordered food like Sally Albright.
Too good for this world, too pure.
I knew he was in for it when he showed such delicate kindness to Jane.
Theres no longer room for a person like that in this story.
Next on the list is Annie Asher, who takes on her most significant plotline so far.
In a series of flashbacks, events occur that lead to Hanks forced confession to his mother.
Claire, always the enforcer, plays a part in Hanks exposure.
Hank confirms that the rain did little Jack more good than a private audience with Hank would have.
When he offers to leave her home and find another place to live, Annie wont hear it.
No more parks, no more kids, she tells him.
We can do this.
His incarceration hastened her death; of that, Im sure.
Willa has turned shouldering emotional burdens into an art form.
After her weak moment last week, the Warren daughter has returned to her old, terrifyingly efficient self.
Langs wife personally delivers a little blackmail to her church pew.
Claires foray into parking lot vodka shots and drunken suburban camping was captured on film.
Langs wife threatens Willa and Claire in the manner of a neighborhood book club hostess.
Mrs. Lang smells blood in the water and she accurately predicts that female voters would, too.
For a man, emotion is forgivable, even lauded.
But for a woman, its weakness.
Willas weakness has been buried under years of stiff smiles and iCal updates.
She neutralizes the photos by releasing her father and Meyers sext log to Bridey.
But surprise, she is and will always be capable of more.
Where did I go wrong with you?
Did I miss a recital?
Did I not praise you enough?
How are you this person?
But Claire has benefited from Willas deviousness, and she knows it.
Where would you be if I wasnt?
In fact, Claire basically dared Willa to top herself here.
(You will think of something.
You have covered up much worse.)
Was she acting out of love for her mother and the rest of them?
Maybe in the beginning; but no more.
Now family scandals are just pieces on the board for Willa to move as she sees fit.
And her motives for doing so arent just related to the campaign.
Claire has no one left to parent.
(Hey, you wanna go out?
Theres agothicvibe in here.)
Ben wants to be tucked in.
He says I love you to Claire every night.
It creeps her out at first, but her sons replacement has some valuable currency to trade.
So Claire and Ben bond.
But they talk about more than likes and dislikes.
Bens stories about Adams coping mechanisms and survival instincts ring true to Claire.
(Be a little bit brave for a little bit of time.)
But what closure is there for Ben?
One night, Claire tells her fake son that he needs his rest for therapy the next morning.
Imagine the psychological quagmirethatlittle charade is creating.
Ben had told Willa that he didnt have a family, but he meant in the traditional sense.
(A deep-sleeping foster parent, apparently.)
Detective Meyer will probably ask that question when she finds out who Ben truly is.
Clements cryptic voicemail will add to her suspicions.
Although Hank might work out the puzzle before she does.
(Stop watching my son.
Well, somebody has to.)
She wants another chance to be Adams mom.
