This one had some pretty serious problems. It felt like an episode of According to Jim that had been translated into a Star Wars episode. There's a lot of thematic hay to be made from conflicts between personal connections and duty, but this had all the subtlety and nuance of a Rancor. Turning Anakin and Padme's argument about spying on Padme's old flame Clovis had more to do with According To Jim than a Galaxy Far Far Away, and the cheesy jealousy storyline didn't help matters.
That said, there was a silver lining to the dark clouds. The episode did show a bad guy being good. Clovis, despite his ill-intentions and attempted strong-arming, seemed to legitimately care for Padme to where he was willing to risk his whole scheme to save her. And then it showed a good guy being bad, with Anakin willing to throw Clovis to the lions despite his help, as a sign of a certain ruthlessness within him, especially when it comes to Padme that works as some nice foreshadowing. That's a touch of nuance in an otherwise hammy, unsubtle episode, but it wasn't enough to raise the overall quality of it.
An enjoyable episode...minus Padmé's choice of wardrobe.
that was some reverse psychology conversation anakin & padme had, whether intentional or not anakin sure succeeded his task of persuading padme into spying clovis :)
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The romance is really not believable at all, and the same can be said for the dialogue.