Well I have to agree with both codebreaker and bala, both of these eps where slow and a little on the boring side. The writers seems to be tring to fill in the season for something big but it is leading no were fast.
Clair is growing up and really showing some spunk and Bennett seems to be back to his old tricks. He just does not have the same resources as he once had.
As for Samuel he has a plan but it is unclear how it is going to play out. the whole season is moving so slow that it looks like it may be the last season.