Overlooking for a moment that not a single significant thing happened in last night's episode, this silliness about splitting the season up with three new episodes, taking three months off ... eight new episodes, take eight months off is like a server adding sandspurs to your salad and explaining, "Try this, it's different" as she hands you a fork.
Oh, and yes ... can we please have some more new characters in mid-season? Please pretty please?
Maybe if Kate could replace Rosie O'Donnell and become a regular on "The View" ... yah, that'd be cool.

Much is made clear.