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The Diplomat Season-Finale Recap: A Long Chat
It’s safe to say Kate and the team didn’t see that one coming.
I’m not a fan of Trowbridge’s habit of ending conversations he finds uncomfortable by hurling maximum words at everyone else in the room, but I do love the tiny character beat embedded in each of those verbal blizzards; they’re linguistically playful, and they give us a glimpse of the person who probably wanted to stick with studying Russian Romanticism and got roped into politics instead (by his mother. Hal’s decision to zig when he was meant to zag — something we should all see coming at every opportunity by this time — leads to Rayburn suffering a fatal heart attack, making Grace Penn the president of the United States, complete with twenty Secret Service agents racing in two sprinting phalanxes towards her across the Winfield back lawn. • Speaking of The Diplomat ’s third season, here’s my wish list so far: more scenes among Austin Dennison and Nicol and Lydia Trowbridge — what a fascinating study in contrasts they all are; Stuart finding a venue outside of the workplace to talk with Eidra about personal stuff, or better still, ceasing to do so altogether now that they’re broken up, their whole thing is beyond ridiculous; and more amusing nicknames for Kate in Penn’s repertoire.
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