In "A New Approach to Nuclear Cosmology", Frank forces Charlie Isaacs to recant his offhand remark about the connection between Babbit and a defector to the USSR by proving to Isaac's face that he knew about a plagiarized portion of Charlie's paper.
In "The Understudy", Frank realizes that you can invert explosive shockwaves and get the implosion effect he's been trying to figure out. Ironically, from the same paper Charles plagiarized a line of argument from.
In "Tangiers, Charlie not only bluffs Lancefield into folding in poker, but then beats him for sexually assaulting Abby.
In the season 2 finale, the CGI effects of the nuclear explosion.
The brilliant opening, a voiceover of a writer trying to describe New York City to a haunting montage of THE city bustling with life, before the soundtrack erupts with Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue."
The brilliant ending, culminating with Tracy saying, "Not everyone gets corrupted", and the shot of Woody Allen's doubtful smiling face, followed by the dramatic New York City sunset.