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Haven't finished the episode yet, but I'm really enjoying the breather. Anyone can write a sweeps week like the last four episodes (see: Daniel Colson), but it takes a REAL writer to play the real, human stuff afterwards without boiling it down to recap, exposition, and cliched lines like "You're a fighter" dragging it all back to the dreck we're usually accustomed to.

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