(Not so much a review of this weeks ep as it is a retrospective of the season that it wrapped up)

United States of Tara was for two years a show that I would happily sit through were it on in front of me, but one that I never found myself overly compelled to view each week on the dot of release (as I do say Game of Thrones now), instead allowing the episodes to clump until there was literally nothing else to watch. It was a clever enough comedy with a crazy concept and a charming-enough cast of characters, it was good television but nothing more and nor did it show any sign of wanting such. Then without warning something happened, the show took a hook turn three episodes into its third season and became absolute must-see TV; dramatically re-inventing itself without changing a single thing.

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