Those were some of my favorite moments from that episode. I absolutely love Christian's character.

Me too, he is awesome.

Like you, I was a little unsure of Parker, but she was much better in this past episode.

I think her flashback was really weird in the first episode and it set a certain over-the-top tone for the character but I liked her mch better in the newest one, especially that bit at the end where she revealed that she'd bought a plant for the office.