This week’s murder is the saddest one of the season so far — for the victim and her friends, family, and fans and for the killer herself, too. What a theft of life and talent, and what a waste of care, quick-wittedness, and capability by Reverend Mother Constance. As I watched the episode unfold, my giddy delight in Dianne Wiest’s performance slid into sadness at what a dreadful corner Mother Constance felt herself backed into, disgust at Monsignor Frank ( David Rasche ) for placing his ambition above the needs of the convent, and further disgust at Mother Constance’s choice to exploit the solution to her long-ago crisis of faith in service of committing the worst of sins.

RIP, Alaïa Jade (née Alana Jacobs, of the Kansas City Jacobs, and played by Lindsey Normington). A fictional pop st

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