I saw that yesterday, Two - and read the complaints about it!
Fairy - I would rather have zero B/S for all Eric 
Russell and Talbot were brilliant, I agree that Crystal is awful - the Jason parts just chug by slowly. Tara is at least less pathetic than she was last season, I think Franklin has been the best thing that ever happened to her. I like seeing her with some guts, not all sad and pathetic.
Sam is the Tara of this season - miserable to watch and dull storylines.