The camera pans along a dark desert; we see multiple holes recently dug.
Thats months of not shaving and wallowing in your hatred for the President of the United States.
Its the beard of a lunatic, which makes sense when you consider the final scene of this episode.
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Enough about Dougs beard though (for now).
An obscure sense of power or justice?
Whatever Franks legacy is?
Really, were just watching bad people who dont like one another make a run at kill each other.
There are no protagonists here.
So, Claire is at a womens conference, and incredibly pregnant to boot.
Again, this is all about Americas great fear of a woman being too emotional to make a decision.
Its the same old emotions, just playing out with aslightlydifferent story.
Replace the U.S. Attorney, she shouts when confronted with the idea of due process.
The other subplot involves the Supreme Court ruling on Claires ability to handle the nuclear football.
Basically, the Shepherds are sure theyll win the ruling because Judge Abruzzo is the swing vote.
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The time jump also gives us a few other pieces of news.
First, Bill Shepherd is very, very sick.
He cant even hold a rooms attention anymore, as he rambles and loses his train of thought.
Then, things get really crazy.
At 26 weeks, thats not good.
Shes rushed into care, and were forced to sit through yet another flashback.
In other words, someone (guess what?
It was the Shepherds!)
tried to kill her baby.
So, whats up with Doug?
Well, Nathan tracks him down in the desert and then lies to Claire about it.
Hes lying because apparently, hes working for the Shepherds.
Cue bearded Doug getting the pitch.
And because that bit of imagery isnt enough, he also gets some blood on his hands!
Then hes gifted the honor of breaking the fourth wall, like Frank and Claire before him.
