I love that the intention of the writers was to diverge from the usual episode in order to focus on survivors and rehabilitation (or lack thereof). I do think, however, that the episode would have been better served if they had stuck to just one (or even two) rather than 4 storylines in the one show.
The only survivor story I was able to get invested in was the one with the two sisters, and this speaks directly to the power of the two actresses. If the show had been their story, plus the thing with Kat's cousin, or the sisters plus the parolee and victim story, I think the episode would have been paced much better. Too much going on made for lack of character investment.
That having been said, great casting on Kat's cousin. Wonderful work with the new sets for the prison scenes. And Fin's, "Then don't do anything," line - highly enjoyable. I hope they revisit survivor healing in a more hyperfocused way, in future.
The only survivor story I was able to get invested in was the one with the two sisters, and this speaks directly to the power of the two actresses. If the show had been their story, plus the thing with Kat's cousin, or the sisters plus the parolee and victim story, I think the episode would have been paced much better. Too much going on made for lack of character investment.
That having been said, great casting on Kat's cousin. Wonderful work with the new sets for the prison scenes. And Fin's, "Then don't do anything," line - highly enjoyable. I hope they revisit survivor healing in a more hyperfocused way, in future.