The hole episode evolves around the gay activist held hostage in Moscow. All the tension is focused towards the injustice that Petrov maintains against the gay people, "due to Russian people tradition" and hotter subjects like middle east peace are left behind.
It is a pretty boring episode and Claire is very out of character in this episode. She is emotional, moral, the inner gay militant ism of her builds up towards the end and erupts in the press conference. Not like Clair, however you take it and put it. They probably tried an experiment, tried to push Clair into some other nuances but it was a mistake in my opinion.
Overall it is a very weird episode and really breaks down the flow we are used to in this great series.
As a side note, Petrov character is very unrealistic and poorly acted both in this episode and in previous ones. Too bad they could not find a better actor or find a better solution for the acting, scenes and reflexes of such a grave and potential figure that Petrov is supposed to imitate (aka Putin).
It is a pretty boring episode and Claire is very out of character in this episode. She is emotional, moral, the inner gay militant ism of her builds up towards the end and erupts in the press conference. Not like Clair, however you take it and put it. They probably tried an experiment, tried to push Clair into some other nuances but it was a mistake in my opinion.
Overall it is a very weird episode and really breaks down the flow we are used to in this great series.
As a side note, Petrov character is very unrealistic and poorly acted both in this episode and in previous ones. Too bad they could not find a better actor or find a better solution for the acting, scenes and reflexes of such a grave and potential figure that Petrov is supposed to imitate (aka Putin).