Watching this episode I made some notes:
* the King is the most important chess piece but he only moves one square at a time. In this episode, which has a little less edge than we have seen so far, you know the writers are planning a larger move, and somehow that seems more important that the events of the story
* Spader has already shown himself to be a film actor giving an acting clinic to his TV ensemble cast. The highlight of this episode is Diane Weist, yet another film alumnus. She doesn't get a lot of air time but what they give her she makes the most of. There is one bit of dialog where, in her delivery, she actually raises her voice. "If you did your job .... then I wouldn't have to do mine." Brings back memories of the great TV dramas of the 1950s where they borrowed actors directly from Broadway Solid.
* the King is the most important chess piece but he only moves one square at a time. In this episode, which has a little less edge than we have seen so far, you know the writers are planning a larger move, and somehow that seems more important that the events of the story
* Spader has already shown himself to be a film actor giving an acting clinic to his TV ensemble cast. The highlight of this episode is Diane Weist, yet another film alumnus. She doesn't get a lot of air time but what they give her she makes the most of. There is one bit of dialog where, in her delivery, she actually raises her voice. "If you did your job .... then I wouldn't have to do mine." Brings back memories of the great TV dramas of the 1950s where they borrowed actors directly from Broadway Solid.