It confronts this ambivalence in a teasing prologue that challenges the audience to sharpen its pencils for the exam it will have to sit after the show.
Since then they have had to sharpen up their act and if it is good enough to downgrade European nations that struggle under a debt burden then in a quid pro quo gesture the US has received a shot across the bows, although we are far from a direct hit.
Last year, a leading US-based sector-focused firm used deal diagnostics to sharpen the definition of its investment core and assess opportunities to grow beyond it.
England have thrown everything at us and with 10 days to prepare for the next Test at Trent Bridge, it will again be interesting to see which team uses the time to sharpen up for drama number four next week.