The episode is definitely focused on that. They've touched on it prior, that's true. This just seemed to be like very in your face. But if you knew anything about the initial show, you would not expect the theme of each part of the episode to be consistent. There's something to the mystery factor, but also just keep the viewer interested.
Five days before the midterm elections, the long-running NBC staple removed all subtlety and character work and explicitly lobbied against bail reform in a ham-fisted, boring slog of an episode. With guest Juwan J. Holmes.