"What exactly is it that causes Tulsa "truthstorian" Lee Raybon to compromise his journalistic integrity and sleep with a subject-cum-source? It could be as simple as going halfsies on a fifth of tequila with Betty Jo Washberg, the most gifted flirt in Tulsa. Or you could chalk it up to the bombshell that Lee's ex - the one who didn't "believe" in marriage back when it was Lee asking - has recently decided to walk down the aisle with a dentist. (She probably flosses, too.)"
"Personally, I blame Jeanne Tripplehorn. Even if Lee were sober and thinking straight, her alluring, blows-hot-and-cold Betty Jo would be impossible for a guy like Lee - reckless, reeling, distractible - to resist. He wants her to want him to want her. The backbone of this week's episode, called "Short on Cowboys," is the pair's frenzied daylong bender, which begins with some light stalking and ends, inevitably, with Lee and Betty Jo stumbling into Dale Washberg's bed together."
"Instead, Lee and Francis stayed up, poring over Dale's epistolary diary. As precious as it is to watch Francis ask for her first cup of coffee, an all-nighter is a suspect parenting choice: (1) It's a school day, and (2) Lee has no idea what bonkers shit could be in these letters written by a scorned man at the end of his life."
Lee Raybon compromises his journalistic integrity by sleeping with a subject-cum-source, Betty Jo Washberg, after an alcohol-fueled, daylong bender. Betty Jo's flirtatious, blows-hot-and-cold behavior proves irresistible to Lee's reckless, distractible temperament. Lee's ex moving on and other personal insecurities intensify his impulsive choices. Lee and Francis spend an all-nighter poring over Dale Washberg's epistolary diary, with Francis reading the letters more critically and factually. The Washberg family history traces to land Dale's 'pawpaw's pawpaw' allegedly acquired when the patriarch came west, implying contested ancestral claims. The episode culminates with Lee and Betty Jo stumbling into Dale Washberg's bed together.
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