Francis is in a meeting but is called out by his assistant because a story involving his hometown has come up with a young girl dying. Francis must then fly home at the same time the education bill is being talked about. A women Gillian Cole (Sandrine Holt) comes by Claire's company sick with Claire looking to go into business with her. Zoe has made such an imprint lately the owner of her news paper comes to speak to her but still she says nothing about Francis being her source which gets her story on the front cover. Frances arrives in his home town and obviously he does not like being there. At the same time as problems involved with the education bill Francis attention is taken to deal with this hometown scandal. Peter's girlfriend is considering another job so no problems come up for the two while in work. Zoe and Francis next each other about more stories even though they are so far away from each other. Zoe does another TV interview and this time we can see her boss is not impressed by some choice words she is saying. Francis goes to the church to try get on Jessica's parents good side by giving a eulogy. His eulogy is quite inspiring even with quick sentence to the camera. Zoe gets given out by her boss and while she has developed some fight back she is now on TV probation for a month. The bill talk once again is not going well and Francis is still not back as he try's to impress the family. Claire drops by Gillian's still wanting to work with her. Francis still talks to the parents and after causing the mother to cry he is able to convince the couple to do something good with the name of their daughter. Peter's girlfriend decides to stay working with him. The tables have all been turned and Francis is back on top even when he arrives back to the offices and the bill is not in as much trouble. Anotehr strong episode and Spacey blew me away especially his eulogy speech. Mara and Wright's characters make no sense to me but I feel they are building to something at least I hope they are. The writing was great and for the first episode not directed by Fincher I could see his style was not as present as in the first two.
EPISODE GRADE: B+ (MVP: Kevin Spacey)
EPISODE GRADE: B+ (MVP: Kevin Spacey)