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I remember when Brian seemed like an actual human being, and not just a hodge-podge of over-the-top neuroses.

You mean Jimmy, right? I'd say Paul is very well-adjusted by the standards of therapists! Jimmy had a rough breakdown here, which wouldn't have happened if his daughter hadn't behaved like an entitled, insufferable brat. I get that teenagers are often bratty, but I really hope Alice gets called out on how completely out-of-line she was to try to guilt her father into giving therapy to the man who killed his wife.

The show should be called "Everyone Shits on Jimmy." I'm getting really sick of it. It's impossible to imagine what would happen if the characters treated Liz anything like they treat him. I think it's been three years since her mother died. Her last birthday was ruined by Jimmy being intoxicated.

Jimmy, if a woman tells you "my husband leaving me was worse than your wife dying," you should run screaming - especially if she knows that you have a teenage daughter who lost her mother. They really don't have anything for Sean to do, do they? Liz is back to yelling abusive things to her husband, and we're supposed to be happy about that, apparently. The best part was Derek as the morally good negotiator.

It was only yesterday, when I read this interview, that I realized that the makers of the show didn't know that this season would be the last one when they wrote it. I guess that explains why a few things got emphasized this season but didn't get much follow-through (like Joel wanting kids).

That was very sweet. I'll miss the show a lot. I was way too excited that we got a glimpse of a photo to see what Holly looked like!

Did the writers forget everything from season one about how horrific Sean's experience in the military was? He was absolutely hanging on to life by a thread because he was so haunted by it. Now he's wholeheartedly encouraging someone to enlist? Sure, whatever. If Brian and Charlie get chosen by a future adoptive mother, they need to move away and assume new identities before Liz can find them. One thing irritated me about that storyline - they would need the consent of the father, so shouldn't they be meeting with him too? Hollywood constantly forgets that anyone other than the pregnant woman has a say in these situations. They're mentioning Brian's conservative father a lot, so I have a pretty strong guess who we'll be meeting in season three.

Interesting that they cast a Latino actor as Jacob’s brother, when Jacob is pretty much defined by being completely whitebread. There was definitely a resemblance, though! Sorry, Caleb, I know you meant well (and that you’re not exactly an intellectual), but you still should have known that it’s a bad idea to tell Jacob’s students that he went to prom by himself.

My best recollection is that Guillermo's grandmother had heard stories about her family killing evil creatures who drink blood, but it wasn't clear if the rest of the family knew that, and I don't recall anyone in the family knowing specifically that they were Van Helsings. If Guillermo told them the day he introduced Nadja to them, they wouldn't remember, because they were all hypnotized. I loved that Nandor kept answering when the barista (sorry, writer/graphic designer) vampires called out his name. And of course they initially got his name wrong!

I found that odd too! It was so sad that their beloved ritual wiith Fred had to stop. Then they get the chance to do it again, and he runs away? Maybe if he wasn't back by a certain time, Susan would be suspicious.

Sam is supposed to be about 50. It's not physically impossible that she could carry a child, but I think it's more likely that Joel and Brad would decide to foster a child. (Maybe an older one?) I wasn't thrilled about the prospect of a romantic storyline for Sam, but I've come around. I've wanted them to explore Sam crying after her voice teacher mentioned falling in love, and this is our last chance. I really hope there's some kind of a satisfying resolution for Fred, and that they don't just leave. things off with "Fred is the victim of his awful, controlling wife."

There's easily as much of her as there was in the previous season, and she has a pretty juicy storyline. If you liked the actress in season one, I think you'd like her in season two. I have to agree with the criticism that Paul would never bring a patient with him to the doctor. That's such an intensely personal thing - and Paul had an extremely difficult time just having drinks with Neil Flynn's character. I have to wonder if there was any point to that scene (like Sean becoming involved with Paul's doctor), or if it was just to give Sean something to do this episode. Another thing that strikes me as unlikely is that neither Jimmy nor Tia apparently had any family who could step in to help take care of Alice when Jimmy was floundering.

The Faks are childhood friends of Michael and Carmy, but no relation. Neil Fak was the fix-it guy in earlier seasons, but Carmy is inexplicably allowing him to be a server. And now his brother Ted is the fix-it guy.

Oh, good. The preview for the next episode said, "Only one left," but I guess they meant only one episode left before the finale. I'd really like Joel to tell Sam, "I'm a gay man in Kansas who's pushing 50, and I've finally found love. Do you want me to turn my partner away, just on the off chance that I can find a younger man who loves me, and wants kids, and that we'll be given a child to adopt? In Kansas?" It feels like Sam still isn't comfortable with Joel having a partner, and is taking passive-aggressive jabs at Joel because of it.

Crap, only one episode left? Last week Google lied to me and said there would be 10 this season. Wow, I really thought there would be more...plot this season. That was cold for Tricia's daughter (who I forgot existed) to even acknowledge her mother on Thanksgiving. It seems like these characters get snubbed a lot. I was expecting Sam to get into an accident when she was backing out of the driveway - especially because Tricia didn't have her seatbelt on.