I watch the show also, and the tea party/fox news alignment with those who would isolate the sick, elderly and dying was very obvious. This is now the second time that they have screwed with my brain. The first being when Jack went to a gay bar and picked up another......man. Why must they mix politics and entertainment? I do know the answer, but it is disgusting being unable to lose yourself in plots and characters, when they yank you back to the unpleasant realities of our time, the queers and political divisions.
That was in the third episode this season when Jack ran off to the Gay bar. The first two were rolling along and then Jack just has to have a gay night. They juxtaposed it with the black CIA guy and white woman just to make sure you get the drift.
That episode and this past one have just slowed to to crawl with little new progress made of the overall plot.