Thwack! (2016) User Reviews (2)

Perfect title for great episode

[lor_ · 8 April 2016]

Right before the big moment, a disclaimer came on screen advising parental guidance - perfect warning that something special was afoot.

Kudos to Tony Goldwyn taking the director's chair for a vibrant episode. The veep's mean-spirited speech to our anti-heroine Washington was terrific -bulld-up of emotion and vitriol culminating in her bonking him -spectacular! You usually don't get this level of tension and release in a theatrical film, let alone on broadcast TV and it was directed in such a way that gore was minimized (on cable I assume the scene would have gone over the top in pandering to current audiences' desire for explicitness).

Great title -great television via this segment.

White Hat, Red

[JDHunt2 · 10/10 · 26 December 2016]

This was a brilliantly crafted episode that really believably saw Olivia flying over the edge after all she'd been through & then being completely denigrated by Andrew. Washington was at her best.

The relationship between Olivia and her father was as dynamic and brilliant as ever. Seeing how the dynamic had changed in those secrets meeting was really nice for all those characters & how all those relationships had changed was really great. It was great to see how the landscape of Olivia & Abby's relationship had changed and to feel that electricity between them. I loved the final exchange of the episode between them.