You can't really say "Don aside," given that he's one of the leads and one of the show's most popular characters. *g*

I didn't find Don all that convincing and I was on his side. But reasonable minds and all that. Robin was passionate, Don was ... placating Robin? It just didn't work for me.

and the conspiracy committed by the female cop with Curtis Jr.,

But there were no consequences for that. She walked away free and no one seemed to really care about the guy that Jr. killed.