"Since the third season overlaps the second by about ten seconds, let's refresh our memories about what happened before we see Kate (Keri Russell) racing across the Winfield House back lawn following the news of President Rayburn's (Michael McKean) death. It was a doozy of machinations and intended next steps, all thrown into chaos by the abrupt loss of one president and the ascension of another."
"This episode's two biggest plot threads involve significant twists. The journey Grace goes on from considering Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) one big walking liability to offering him the job as her second-in-command is quite something. (And my congratulations to the trailer-editing wizzes at Netflix for concealing that pivot in all the promotional work for this season.) Margaret Roylin's (Celia Imrie) decision to take her own life via medication overdose"
Kate races across the Winfield House lawn after news of President Rayburn's death, amid chaotic machinations and an abrupt presidential transition. Kate fails to persuade Grace Penn that she is not seeking the vice-presidency or planning to leak information about Grace's role in the HMS Courageous attack. Trowbridge agrees to initiate a covert investigation into a conspiracy within his government while Dennison re-aligns with his efforts. Grace pivots from viewing Hal Wyler as a liability to offering him a second-in-command role, a surprising political realignment. Margaret Roylin's medication overdose death is portrayed in a hushed, reverential manner that belies the devastation and upheaval it will likely cause.
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