I understand the writers and cast were trying to convey the different types and process of grief. But I was so far away from empathizing anything from any character. The moment where Claire is supposed to be drunk and yet screaming at the family of a dismembered soldier (or at least multiple amputee) felt more like a lazy psychotic attempt or an Unresearched drug overdose moment. The simplest thing would have been to tell her the body is a body destroyed by war especially when she was screaming about American and Iraq soldiers being killed and physically and mentally Destroyed from War.
I found myself physically facing away from The screen, no engagement and wondering how much though he was actually put into this episode. It felt more like each actor was given a thought instead of a scene or purpose just to see how they would do it. Nothing felt like an episode or purpose. This is why there are so many hands and people involved in the process of film and tv: every moment needs to have purpose, develop story or character, be the good or the bad or supporting characters, bring the audience into the moment and not feel like you stepped into an actor class where random moments are being practiced and no big show for the performance later that night.
I found myself physically facing away from The screen, no engagement and wondering how much though he was actually put into this episode. It felt more like each actor was given a thought instead of a scene or purpose just to see how they would do it. Nothing felt like an episode or purpose. This is why there are so many hands and people involved in the process of film and tv: every moment needs to have purpose, develop story or character, be the good or the bad or supporting characters, bring the audience into the moment and not feel like you stepped into an actor class where random moments are being practiced and no big show for the performance later that night.