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Yeah... Jenna Ortega... over-rated and over exposed. Why must she ruin so many franchises with her presence

There were lines Crystal wasn't willing to cross on the show unlike Ericka/Dorit/Rinna/Kyle. The more low key housewife is gone.

The smash and grab part... typical the show wanted to give the bad seed a second chance to 'redeem' herself. Sometimes you shouldn't get a second chance.

I loved the Franklin and Marcie specials. Long over due attention on supporting characters.

Their interactions were the only organic/authentic part of season 16. I often thought they would have fit into the original format of the show better.

I used to think Sunny took up the mantle left by Meghan McCain...but today I got flashbacks to Sherri Shephard (world is flat, thinking Christians came earlier than they really did, etc). Cicadas have always come and gone for many years..and solar eclipses have always come in increments...and earthquakes have been a thing for a long time as well. No need to do anything to make Sunny appear stupid...she takes care of that herself.

Lauri (wallets) family scenes were so real... even when she had her attempt at having a Brady Bunch family. That therapy scene with her/Josh in season 3 was so realistic and really showed the disconnect she had in regards to what her son needed... but at the same time, he had gotten into trouble so much that a part of her just shut down in regards to him. So sad :(

Ramadan is 30 days so why all the focus on that in this episode when it was Easter weekend? He could have hosted next weekend instead.

Robyn was Gizelle's soft spot. Tbe few times Robyn did call out Gizelle....Gizelle legit looked remorseful and quickly said sorry to Robyn without justifying her actions. To me...Robyn vs Monique...umbrella fight is my favorite moment of Robyn's from a conflict standpoint...and from a comedic sidepoint..Robyn's reactions when Gizelle would do one of her odd beauty things.

Ashley should go as well because her time is up as well. Gizelle was friendly with Karen and Ashley this season...she knew Robyn was on her way out.

I see nothing wrong with non coed friendships and I viewed it as Mark wanting to make friends with other guys since he was now in college. New place, new start. And I understood the men wanting to hang out with just the guys..away from their significant others. On the OG show, Dan had his poker nights and Roseanne had her girls nights....so it's weird Becky/Jackie/Darlene have an issue with their significant others wanting guy time. The 1980s and 1990s were a lot better in some ways.

Denise, at heart, is a midwest girl even after all these years living in California. I liked the darker hair she was sporting on WWHL though I wish it were straight instead of curly. Would have been a flashback to her role as Paige in Valentine.

Even with Kyle bringing Kathy to the reunion, Sutton got all the attention again. I could imagine Kyle thinking to herself 'rats foiled again'

I assumed the medical issues with Crystal happened after season 10 of Roseanne.. and I'm wondering if maybe her deductible/co pay is higher because she's doing more treatment/maintenance due to long term neglect. It was nice to see her again. I'm hoping we see other former friends of Roseanne pop in during this final season.

So I finally watched season 5, which I'd never done before.. always stopping with season 3. I think if you watch the first 3 seasons then skip to season 5 episode 2... I think it would make the viewing of the show more enjoyable. Overall season 5 seemed to be an improvement over season 4 with a return to the original concept of a case of the week with the Thin Man concept... but the magic was gone from the show because of all that went on on and off screen. With that said, my fav season 5 episode was Plastic Fantastic Lovers... it came closest to the charm and energy of season 2 and 3.