User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Candidate/@comment-26215750-20180312233639/@comment-31194372-20180314060035

Don't be... weird.

But yeah, it's interesting to think of "The Candidate" as two acts: on one hand, you've got the deliberation process, through which the episode wrings as much comedy out of the build-up as possible, and on the other, you have the point where things actually start happening. It's an exercise where the set-up is just as important as the culmination. And further agreeing with what you're saying, yes! This is a rare episode that actually has a grip on a larger cast, imbuing each character with a distinct personality that contributes to the episode in a unique way. Ultimately, they exist solely as things to be interacted off of, but the show does a good job regardless of imbuing them with a sense of life and distinct energies.

It's late and I'm just parroting stuff... cool comment!