On a shallow note, I'll admit that my blood pressure went up a few notches when Maura locked her office door--shuttered the window and advanced toward Kent saying "You started something...and I'm going to finish it."  I have been told that there are fantasy porn sites that begin a scene with that same setup.

Mine too! Even though I knew there was no chance it was going in a truly sexy direction, I had that same 'ooh...' reaction. I watch too much TV.

As for Kent Drake, there seems to be no reason for him to be on the show except to annoy Maura.  I hope there's more to him than that.  And I hope they mention Susie, once in a while.

I think Kent's purpose is to show Maura's role in the lab and as a boss. She has had several interactions with him, including the one in her office this ep, that we've never seen anything else like from her. She was a pro with him through the entire kiss situation and resolution. I even liked the resolution from the kiss. The awkwardness was cleared, she was upfront with the rules and her position, and he went back to messing with her again which may irritate her, but obviously does not offend her. I'm not sure how seriously I take his remark about dating within the police department. That might be because in the back of my mind I still kind of ship Kent/Maura if it didn't mean we would have to lose boss!Maura which I adore. But while I think he might possibly have his eye on a cop, I think he was mainly trolling her about her relationship with Jane, and was just generally messing with her to get things back into his comfort zone.

I also really liked how she dismissed his behavior to Jane as him just being weird. What really happened was, and should be, between him and his boss. There are things that cross the line, even between best friends. I was sad when Jane said she couldn't decorate her apartment too. Jane owns so many identical t-shirts that she had no sadness over the loss of her wardrobe. Let Maura help Jane!!

In other news, they are just trolling us now with Nina and Frankie. The case sucked but I liked seeing dog lover Korsak. As for the condo, I enjoyed Jane being SO prepared. The condo may be awesome but they people sound horrible though. I did like that Jane didn't even ask how much the couture dress wore. Maybe she's learned that all the answer will do is stress her.

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