Original Commentary

Why the first panel? Because everybody's working on partial information. And Brisbane came in after Kimberly was introduced to the crowd.

Why the first panel? To show that everyone there is working with limited information. And what is the dirt? The bribery attempt. I was going to mention it here, but I'm saving it for next week instead, at Isabel's suggestion - Terrence

Modern Commentary
I don't know that we needed a full explanation of the backroom drama between everybody. Perhaps we should have just implied that the balance of power had potentially shifted and said less about how it happened... - Terrence