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I really liked this episode. Except for the lack of Betty. (One suspect is a dog groomer yet there's no Betty and/or Nico?! WTF? I'll forgive it for now but I don't want Betty-less episodes to become a regular thing.) I actually dressed up as Sidney Bristow for Halloween back when the show was on. By that I mean, black clothes and a pink wig. Amanda gets to be the mother to Sunny that she couldn't be to Will. I like that. Ormewood opening up to Faith in the elevator and them going to dinner is my favorite kind of television. Angie seeing that Will has a smartphone felt like the moment she saw how they hold each other back I could easily see Cricket saying Marion's dialog. I feel like both characters were meant to serve the same purpose.

I'm just assuming a lot of what we saw is fake. I mean there's no way that newscast happens in the real world. The only question is how much of it is fake. Part of what I find hilarious is how quickly things happen in this show's version of the world. Matteo gets into a fight, is arrested, and suddenly there's a Federal agent there with deportation papers. No court hearing. No legal counsel. Just "you gotta go but we'll let you go back to work first." Tommy finds out she has days to live and there's nobody there at the appointment with her. No family member, counselor, or friend from her church. (Or GRACE, but that's a whole other thing.) How did Tommy get to and from her appointment? And don't get me started with how oblivious her daughters were. Owen gets a job as the new NYC fire chief, somehow manages to keep that a secret, while he's also done an interview with the New York Times. The Times knows he's coming to NY but Austin hasn't announced that he's leaving. No press release. No discussion of how the city is going to fill his position. Nothing about anything seemed real which makes it kind of hard to invest emotionally. Although Gina Torres is acting her ass off!

I stream on Max but I refuse to pay for ad-free so I can testify to the fact there's a LOT of ads. In fact given the good buzz about the show, I'm guessing we're about to start seeing even more ads.

Nico works for Will as a sort of assistant.

I admit to being squicked out by the way Angie is being welcomed back as if her actions weren't responsible for Krystal's death. Of course Faith killed a fellow cop and everyone seems to have gotten over that.

That's something that really doesn't sit right with me. I know there's no way around it but there's no way Grace's "calling" is more important to her than her daughter and her friend fighting cancer. Even if for some reason she chose to stay away (she wouldn't) she would at least call and video chat ever chance she could. She would never leave Tommy to deal with this on her own.

The last time I took a CPR class they warned us that you have to break ribs. Of course that's back when we were taught to breathe into the person's mouth so maybe other things have changed too. If there are only two episodes left I wonder what Tommy's fate is going to be.

They rescued that girl encased in plaster. I remember being excited that they were actually going out on a call. Plus there was the CPR on the minister which ended up being more about Judd and his crisis of faith. The wedding was lovely, if completely ridiculous. They had to get married at the firehouse? Marjan has a mosque she attends doesn't she? I know it's probably more about budget constraints but still. They just take a whole firehouse out of rotation? They manage to pull together a cake, catering, and choreographed traditional dance in a day. This show loves to throw weird parties. I keep thinking of TK's birthday party.

He's probably used to women throwing themselves at him. Remember Inez turning up the thermostat in the library so he would take off his jacket? 😁

Jacob really worked my nerves in this ep. Of course I have to admit to being "triggered" a bit. I'm an introvert and it's infuriating when people think that being an introvert is something that needs to be fixed. As soon as RJ said he liked to be outside in nature, I knew this kid was just an introvert who simply needed some time and breathing room. The interesting thing for me is that it would be easy to think Jacob was trying to be the typical "white savior" but we know that for all his "wokeness" (I hate that term) he would die for any one of his kids. His desire to help RJ came from a place of genuine concern but he has blind spots. That's the thing I appreciate about this show. Whatever weirdness we see from these characters, we know that each one of them truly cares about these children. Even Ava. We know for all her bougie behavior she actually buys clothes for the kids she knows need them.

Yeah, I don't think it's "hijacking the conversation" when we're talking about whether we thought this episode worked or not. I feel like crossovers will always be difficult. There's the earlier reference to David E. Kelley's, but I also think of Whedonverse crossovers and multiple L&O crossovers. I just feel like they're an acquired taste. But just to get back to this episode, I must confess to loving Gregory reassuring Janine with "I don't want any other woman. And especially not THAT woman." Tyler's line reading there just landed perfectly.

I wonder if Alec's illness had anything to do with Jesse L. Martin's real-life back issues. That room was insanely large. When I saw the chaplain sit down in one of the THREE visitor chairs, I almost lost it.

My new most-hated commercial. It's really made a comeback since the holidays ended. How does this company have the budget for Chris Pratt, Keke Palmer, and Jason Momoa. Just to be clear, I understand why stars are drawn to national commercials because the money is good I just wonder how much money we're talking about with this one.

I didn't like the episode but that line cracked me up. Mainly because I had exactly the same reaction as everybody else in the lounge. You could practically hear a record scratch.

I didn't like it. I've never watched Sunny and I've had no interest in watching it so for me this was a just a bunch of interlopers showing up at the school and being gross and inappropriate. Was the adult illiteracy story line supposed to be funny? Because I saw no humor in it. Danny DeVito eating compost in a raccoon cage covered by "piss pelts?" The crazy blond sexually harassing Gregory? It was just all so gross to me and not right for a show set in an elementary school. I'm here for the teachers and the kids. Not whatever this was.