Agree with your whole post.As for the Conspiracy Theorists storyline, why did they need a badge to steal a statue? I didn't understand that storyline at all, and this scene where Jimmy is reading the letter is supposed to mean something but it doesn't really mean anything yet. Hopefully it gets more interesting next week, or they drop it all together.
As for the statue, no way would they be able to steal it. Anyway, I suspect they'll use the badge for something else (wreak havoc in the control room?) and the statue is to frame Jimmy for it.
That said, the Danny/ Jimmy soap drama is really dragging the show down.
It's ridiculous that Ed didn't confine D. to quarters instantly. "You're doing drugs! Hit me, be a man! Oh, and you're posted to a crucial job now!"
Also, the Ellen story could have been very good, but I'm not a fan of how they're writing it.
Margo is basically Aleida's Wernher von Braun... Will Aleida react to her like Margo did to von Braun?
PS: Personal drama is fine with me, it's how they go about it. Drama is not the same as melodrama or soap.