Finally got a chance to watch last night's episode, and man, it was great! I don't know how anybody could consider it a slow episode considering right from the beginning you had all the stuff with the VLA and Eric, and Russell finding out about Talbot. I even made a comment to my wife that out of nowhere, this season all of a sudden had a clear direction and plot.
It seems like since the last 15 minutes of the previous episode a ton of stuff has happened, and lots of huge plot points have been set into motion. Just from these last two episodes alone, I'm easily enjoying this season more than last season and all the Mary-Ann crap that just dragged on forever. It seems like there's a very defined direction things are headed in, and it's been awesome so far!