The Mark Trail strip for Friday continues the story of how Mark escorted Rusty on a school field trip to Washington, D.C., only to run into Ohio State Senator Smalls holding a press conference announcing his run for Congressional, in Washingtion D.C. Mark immediately started provoking Smalls with questions and demands, just like he did when he first encountered the corrupt politician.

I’m not sure where those two journalists from yesterday went to, nor if they are even bothering to record this likely illegal action by the Senator and his “security staff.” (Do you recognize the cop on the left?) Well, for journalists, this group looks pretty incompetent and uninterested. I don’t even see any cameras!

So, what was the point of this scenaro? Did Rivera just want to get in a few kicks about politicians threatening to eradicate government agencies? Will Mark try to followup on this confrontation in another venue?

Well, we did discover that Mark will not always resort to violence. That’s an improvement! Perhaps he realized fighting in front of the students was not a good look. We also learned the name of the other adult, though not her role. Will Saturday give us anything new?