Maura sits around the house (knowing there’s no chance of being called in, as she’s suspended) in slacks and high heels?

Okay, this is nowhere near as egregious as when Guiding Light killed off Maureen Bauer for short-term impact and then realized, oh shit, that wasn’t remotely worth it for the long-term loss of an important element.  But, while on a much lesser scale, to me this is the same idea.  It’s not as if this is a squad who has never experienced a personal loss.  Or this was such an intriguing storyline the personal connection turned it into something terrific. 

Suzie (Susie? Suzy?) was an enjoyable tertiary character (the die-o-rama?!) needlessly sacrificed to a humdrum plot.  I hope this was the actor’s choice.  If it was to make way for the new guy ...

I missed the first ten minutes thanks to a conversation with my neighbor, and wasn’t able to fully engage with the episode, but I doubt I missed something that made this a good idea.

I figured the husband of the woman we saw last week would turn out to be a major player should this continue, so as soon as we saw the politician this week I knew that was it.

Upon finding her iPod she listened to while doing examinations:

“Isn’t that against regulations?”
“Oh, have a drink.”

According to the internet, the song is Shine On by Soil (excuse me, SOiL).