@joshgallet said:

Maia or not. I guess if her memories are right, then she did (in a way) suspect something fishy with the fund. But it's pretty clear her parents roped her into it with a board position on that phony foundation.

Last episode, number 9, was the first time I really felt bad for Maia and kind of wanted to hug her at the end. It's hard to say, but I don't think that she knew so much about her scheming parents and how they betrayed her as she remembered in this office. There was a lot of suggestive pressure from the investigator to see the things in her light, and I think that also influenced Maia's memories. And of course her guilt - this woman is so tight in doing the right thing all the time and doing best for others, she has to come out of her shell and stand up for herself. I didn't really care about her all season long, but episode 9 was great in showing me who Maia is? (That doesn't mean everything makes sense now. For example, how can she be such a good lawyer for this firm, and then be that bad in this office during the "interrogation"? And where was her other lawyer all of a sudden?)

With just 1 episode left, it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. And definitely looking forward to S2 in early 2018.

I hope the Rindell stuff is going to end on Sunday, maybe Henry goes to jail or leaves the country or whatever. I want to see Maia without all this baggage; it became boring over the course of the season for me because that's almost all what she did and was involved in.

Best wishes,

janar

"Love [...] is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being." - Ellen Page

@joshgallet said:

I guess if her memories are right, then she did (in a way) suspect something fishy with the fund.

I just read something interesting from the Kings regarding Maia knowing/lying in an interview after the season 1 finale:

At one point, you had him say that everyone knew about his scheme. Does that mean Diane knew too?

ROBERT KING: No.
MICHELLE KING: Maia, in her heart of hearts, didn’t know there was something wrong. The same thing goes with everybody involved with this scandal.

I was surprised by Maia lying to Madeline who, by the way, was played perfectly by Jane Lynch. Is that because we’re dealing with this young, naïve woman who wants to protect her parents?

ROBERT KING: Yes, that, and also she’s someone who was convinced by Lucca that she is blaming herself, and that now is not the time for that. I think what we wanted to do was show that her guilt was kind of damning herself to a point where she was getting in trouble with the feds.

That's from the writer's perspective, and I think it worked in the last two episodes of the season the best.

Best wishes,

janar

"Love [...] is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being." - Ellen Page