One of the best episodes thus far I think. It was well put together, and better written than most of the others. I too would love to see Ms. Black's character recurring with some frequency, but you know all the purists would scream bloody murder. I guess we'll see.
Claudia Black relates well with other actors. She always seems to be "on", and she always seems to bring others around her up as well.
Oh, I watched Blood Ties as well, good to see Vickie Nelson on TV. I thought it was fine, though maybe not as good as Dresden this week. The only problem I had with the acting was that Vickie seemed to go from calm to ticked off and yelling very very quickly, and often at times that felt forced to me. That's not necessarily the actor though, that's probably the writing. My wife enjoyed it as well, she's a Forever Knight fan from way back, that gives her a leg up on suspending disbelief for shows like these.