JasminePhyllisia

I thought about this too, then wondered what I would have thought about it at their age. Seems realistic from a twenty-ish perspective, not that I'm trying to justify it. Agree with everyone who said Drew going all Zeek on Amber was the best scene! I withdraw my comment from the last episode that I would be just as happy not to see Drew and Natalie for the remainder of the series. More Drew, no Natalie. Max should get the girlfriend he wanted--Ruby. They can drive each other crazy.

Agreed. Those two aren't likeable enough to watch and not quite annoying enough to bash. So not sure what to do with them. If it were up to me I'd like to see the series/season wrap up with: Max having a "breakthrough" in terms of better, more sociable behavior and respect for others (stop coddling him Kristina, just because he's your "bud!") Jasmine getting to do something interesting instead of just standing around holding Aida and being supportive of Crosby. Amber getting a working, stable, realistic life plan in place so she has a good start for her and her baby. And it would be nice if she could get the walls of that grim apartment painted. Plenty of scenes with Camille and Zeek being the awesome parents/grandparents that they are, and neither of them dying, please.

This is a good point. Did Amber say she wasn't planning to tell the father? I must have missed that. No way is the rest of the family go along with that once she starts showing. Especially Zeek, once he finds out this part, I can't imagine he would support this.

Excuse me, wasn't Julia/Joel family in therapy. And here they are sitting with these dumb looks on their faces as if they have no idea what to do. Hello, ask your therapist. That Nora is the most self-sufficient baby ever. Good thing too because Max gets all the attention in that family. Please, please let baby Aida turn out to be a hellion, to make up for her impossibly perfect older brother! Dack Shepherd is kind of hard for me to watch, he is not particularly attractive to me. So now, watching him is even worse knowing he is married to beautiful Princess Anna. Sorry for all the ranting because I really do like the show. Amber is my favorite character, so real and smart, and I love how good she used to be with Max. It will be interesting to watch her pregnancy, I have high hopes for her. Watching Braverman clan get-togethers where the mothers hold their own babies always reminds me of how Italian I am--when we are all together babies get passed around and made a fuss over.

I just watched this on the cooking channel and was struck by how much healthier Tori looked with those few extra pounds, also she seemed radiant and happy. What a shock compared to the gaunt, emaciated version I just saw in True Tori. She should eat more tacos. Poor Stella looked so sad not being able to participate in prepping with Dean and Liam, in more than one scene. At one point she even asked if she could help and Dean totally brushed her off. I guess the script only called for Liam to get all that screen time with dad. I like the idea of pickled peaches in the pasta salad and that white sangria with the grilled fruit looked good. Not sure if I believe those were really Dean's ideas though.