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I'm pretty sure she mentions in that episode during her speech that chemo has kicked her into early menopause. That's why she takes her wig off.

I think Carrie took the subway in the first movie, when she went to Miranda's on New Year's Eve. (I can't remember where I put my brush, but this I can.)

I agree. It was really weird that she didn't call 911. They could have had her call, then hold him, and have had him die before EMS got there. Who wouldn't call in that situation? I wish they had written Samantha off differently, too. I'm glad they had her at least send flowers. I guess no matter what, it would always have seemed odd that Sam wasn't there for the funeral.

That's right! It didn't occur to me when I saw the second movie, but does that mean they had her go through menopause twice?

But why does she always need to be an advocate? She's only, what, 20, and she's been advocating a long time. (It's like kid actors who by the time they're 26 have been working 20 years.) My advice (which none of the Jennings are asking for ) is go to the other college and be "just another person" for awhile. When Jeannette said, "Maybe she'll be a doctor," my reaction was "uh-oh. Harvard again." I want Jazz to be happy. I also think this show has run its course. It's like the Busby show; it was interesting when the quints were babies up until about age 4 at the most. The story has run its course, at least that's how it seems to me for now. And that's a good thing, because I think it means her life might be steadying out. The Tuesday night 9 p.m. slot is now the "watch it because nothing else is on" slot, which started with Big Fat Life.

Steven's emotionally about 5 years old; he has no filter. That's acceptable in an actual 5-year-old, though.

STEVEN: "It would be easier if we could find a way where I didn't have to repress these urges." ME: "It's called DON'T GET MARRIED."

We all have our default ways of going through life, maybe - I think in therapy they may be called "scripts." Jazz had always felt she was off physically. Maybe she unconsciously needed a new physical thing that had to be fixed because she knows how to live that way, so weight gain. It's familiar. Does that make sense? Maybe that's too simplistic of me. Food is a way of comforting yourself and you have to have it - in that way, it's not like other addictions. It's very hard to change those scripts and default ways of living. And she's under so much pressure to be perfect - and I saw some of that coming from Jeanette with her insistence on Harvard - and it's so hard to make peace with it being okay to not be perfect, not be happy every moment, not always win (we've seen how sick thinking otherwise can make someone in recent years) when you're older let alone Jazz's age. And that's a tough age for sensitive young folks, like Jazz.

I think Steven's one of those people who thinks he's the only person on earth with a sex drive and his is special. Someone please tell him, no, he's not special, but he's the one who chose to get married. Alina's a good lesson in "the person you marry will be the same person the day after the wedding as they were the day before it." And from the previews: I so want the moderator - or someone - to ask Ali if she would mind if Bini had a best friend who was a girl.

We all have our default ways of going through life, maybe - I think in therapy they may be called "scripts." Jazz had always felt she was off physically. Maybe she unconsciously needed a new physical thing that had to be fixed because she knows how to live that way, so weight gain. It's familiar. Does that make sense? Maybe that's too simplistic of me. Food is a way of comforting yourself and you have to have it - in that way, it's not like other addictions. It's very hard to change those scripts and default ways of living. And she's under so much pressure to be perfect - and I saw some of that coming from Jeanette with her insistence on Harvard - and it's so hard to make peace with it being okay to not be perfect, not be happy every moment, not always win (we've seen how sick thinking otherwise can make someone in recent years) when you're older let alone Jazz's age. And that's a tough age for sensitive young folks, like Jazz.

This, yes!!! It doesn't even need to be a tremendous amount - 20 minutes a day can speed up your metabolism. And taking stairs instead of elevators helps, too. Living in a walk-up did wonders for me! (I didn't have as much extra weight as she does, but I went down 2 sizes the first year without giving up my favorite foods.)

Nor should she have to. She's been a kid all along. Most adults don't do anything outstanding or reach for a perfection that the world notices. As Billy Joel (I like him) once said, "Just surviving is a noble fight."

Jeannette (I think) brought up the stage show that had some glitches. I remember watching that episode and thinking, "Someone needs to tell this kid that some things usually go wrong in live performance. That's part of what make them exciting - and things going wrong make better and funnier stories than everything going perfectly (which it probably never does).

I think also separation anxiety on going away to school could be taken into account. I don't think she meant "intern" in a medical sense; it's a common term for a younger person working in an office (publishing for instance) for free.

I was really touched and impressed by Chantel's insights and caring for Winter tonight.

Normal sensitive person: I don't want to walk down the block where my ex lives. Ari: I don't want to go back to a whole country where nothing bad happened because it upsets me because I made up that it did in my head.

How does Ari have such a blind spot as to how she embarrassed Bini by having her ex stay with them and by staying with her ex in New Jersey?

I'm so sorry. They break your heart when they go.

Did your dog pass? If so, I'm so sorry.

I really liked the "old people, new weed" sketch because it's so true. And I thought Simu Liu did a very good job.

The "Republican or Not" game show was great - and super smart. I like Pete Davidson a lot, but his comedy songs never make me laugh. They're not bad, they're more kind of pleasant to watch and listen to, but for me not memorable. "Dick in a Box" is a high bar to match, I guess. "Box" and "Christmastime for the Jews" are my all-time SNL comedy song favorites, still. The last (I think) line about "babies are born with chains" was great, though.

That would be a sad but VERY riveting storyline.

Kenny should tell his kids to stop having children, they're stretching him too thin. In a brat-battle between Kenny's kids (the son seems cool) and the Potthast kids, who would win? At least one of Kenny's daughters always looks like she's on the verge of crying.

Chandler "Sumit" Bing!

This is why I think the show is staged. If things ended so acrimoniously, no way they would all be in a room together.