Good to hear Kate is used often - I do like the character, and am all for female characters getting plot to do - but yes, that underlines the fail with Nancy being used less.
Giving CJ a sexual mistake as opposed to what the boys got: well, you could say that Sam starts the show by sleeping with a call girl, but that doesn't play out in the same way. (Not least because Laurie is a sympathetic character, there is much emphasis on his not knowing she was a call girl when they had sex, and his later friendship with her being noble because it defies snobbery. And yes, stereotype, in CJ's case.
Two Cathedrals is definitely my favourite season finale so far, and you're right, there is a complete lack of external action (or lives in danger); it's completely character driven. This being said, Gaza wasn't the finale but the last but one episode, and so I didn't compare it to the finales when watching but with episodes like The Women of Qumar, i.e. episodes taking on real life political situations without providing easy answers.
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Giving CJ a sexual mistake as opposed to what the boys got: well, you could say that Sam starts the show by sleeping with a call girl, but that doesn't play out in the same way. (Not least because Laurie is a sympathetic character, there is much emphasis on his not knowing she was a call girl when they had sex, and his later friendship with her being noble because it defies snobbery. And yes, stereotype, in CJ's case.
Two Cathedrals is definitely my favourite season finale so far, and you're right, there is a complete lack of external action (or lives in danger); it's completely character driven. This being said, Gaza wasn't the finale but the last but one episode, and so I didn't compare it to the finales when watching but with episodes like The Women of Qumar, i.e. episodes taking on real life political situations without providing easy answers.
Good to know about CJ and Kate!