I've been voting long enough to feel pretty confident that voters aren't being swayed by any news coverage on any station regardless of affiliation THE DAY OF THE VOTE, so the way they seemed to frame ATN's election day coverage as capable of deciding the presidency was weird in the sense everybody seemed to believe their coverage would push the vote one way or the other.

It makes for some good character moments for everybody, but in my 34 years I don't think I've known anybody whose vote was undecided until they watched the news on election day.

Even ignoring that, and knowing for years this is a Fox/Murdoch skewer...most of this episode felt like a waste of time. Really enjoyable TV, hell of a bomb before the call giving each sibling an Emmy reel, but I have to say I found the A plot stakes of this episode a little convoluted.

Even though I was just ranting against fantasy booking a show last week, I have to admit this episode would've been more interesting if any of Ken, Tom or Greg were undermining the station's agenda. Again, I can't complain about the acting, direction or writing at all...but from the election to Kendall's kids, this episode, to me, felt like a parade of things the show had sidelined but wanted to address one more time, but because these characters ultimately have no skin in this game the drama felt toothless.

More than anything, this was probably the subplot I've cared least about throughout the show, so maybe I'm predisposed to being sour on it. Especially given the show is pretty much over, and how nuanced this season has been...unless I missed something, this kind of felt like filler, if I could pick one word to describe this whole post.

First episode since, dang, episode 2 or 3 of the first season I still really enjoyed but just didn't get the point of.

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