More important, do we still like Ben now that he's cheated on Vanessa in a foursome with strangers and his best friend? Do we still like Hannah after she let him do it? She did, after all, have a choice. (Though, really, how do you tell your bestie that he can't have in on a paid orgy?) Sure, Vanessa has a strange thing for fancy napkins and seems like a bona fide pain in the ass — but she has the right to know that she's being exposed to diseases and that her future husband tried to bang his best man. (Hannah, remember, agreed to stand up next to him at the wedding.) I think we're heading for some heartbreak. Though do we care if it happens to a character we never see? Plus, if Ben is having mixed feelings for Vanessa (to quote Hannah, ''Some people might think that a person who is about to get married shouldn't be getting paid for sex''), shouldn't he be telling his closest friend? He's the one who is always nagging her for not telling him everything. Now it's his turn to open up. Or else I'm going to have to write it: He's being a hypocrite.

As you may have already guessed, I have more questions about this week's episode than I have comments, so one last thing: At the end, when Ben told Hannah she was great at her job, did he mean the actual work or more specifically her ability to ''emotionally detach''? As he said, ''It's been an education, keeping things separate. You're very good.'' Her reply: ''The best.'' For my part, I think he's talking about the latter — and was referring to the fact that she didn't give in to sleeping with him.

So what's your verdict? And are you psyched for the season finale, in which Hannah dabbles with another agency, a new apartment, and Colin Salmon (also late of Doctor Who)?

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Originally posted Jul 29, 2008
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