Strange Finder non-responsive behavior.

Recently my Finder has started acting oddly: when I navigate to the absolute top level of the directory chain, i.e. the computer folder (mine is named Fenchurch, includes the HDD's and the Network folder), the window pretends to be unresponsive. I can't close it, I can't resize it, and more often than not it doesn't even display the contents; it either stays white or some sort of graphical jumble.
I say "pretends" because if i click a few times on a different folder in my sidebar, that folder loads perfectly fine in the same window. CMD+down also works to load my HDD folder, as if it was highlighted despite Finder not actually showing it as highlighted.
Sooo, what's the deal? Anyone run into this problem before?

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