ZeroDiscipline

They don't have a mortgage- Randall has said before that he paid for the house in cash. When he and Beth were 25. I guess they both landed huge paying jobs straight from grad school. Which makes all of their fighting so much more dumb and selfish on behalf of both of them.

I felt like Chrissy Metz looked a little smaller in the wedding scene? Like maybe they filmed this kind of recently and she has lost some noticeable weight? She looked really pretty, regardless.

Gina didn't even come to their wedding! Too busy with her new job as "Fox TV skating correspondent". Sigh. This show was written by pre-teens.

Yes, yes a thousand times yes. The older girls are like 12 and 13. This is the age that kids start babysitting other people's kids. The girls could step it up at home to help their mom be able to teach a few nights a week, presumably at a dance studio that is closer to their home than Philadelphia. Perhaps they would need someone to pick them up from school if it is a transportation issue. But once they get home- they can chill out until their mom gets home from dance class. It's not like Beth teaches until midnight or whatever. Most working families in America have to figure this shit out, and most don't have the advantage of living in a huge ass house with no mortgage (Randall said he bought that pig for cash in an earlier episode bragging to dying William about how successful Randall became even though William failed him so hard). A dance instructor's schedule could actually work out really well for them if Randall would stop being such a little bitch about controlling everything. Don't we all know families where one of the parents is a musician, or an ER nurse, or a yoga instructor, or a waiter or whatever else and their schedule isn't 9-5? There are trade-offs, for instance, Beth would be around more during the day, enabling her to get ahead on household chores, school events, etc. and has the added bonus of not having to be all done-up for work at a job that starts at 9am. The privilege of all of the people on this show has become obnoxious.

Agree- he could have followed up with "you don't know her, she lives in Canada".

So we are saying John Martin fathered 2 babies within a few years with a set of sisters. Yet, the children look absolutely nothing alike, and for some reason Gina is half Mexican? And she has been hanging out with the Martins without Donna this whole time? This is exactly where this show stopped giving a shit about anything.

Lexi was awesome on Melrose, and I am a MAJOR fan of Jack Wagner. His album of songs he sung on General Hospital with that band he was in with John Stamos was the first record I bought with my own money and I always tell that story when that subject somes up. I could easily lie and say I bought literally anything else but I have committed to the truth on that. I very much look forward to when Melrose hits its stride- roughly when Amanda shows up and Michael Mancini is allowed to be a bad guy. He was a terrific villain. The season 2 finale is the finest season finale of any program in the Spelling universe ever, and I mean that and I know that includes everything that ever happened on Dynasty which also had phenomenal finales. My favorite Dylan moments are him with Brenda, and then later him with Valerie. Suck it forever, Kelly.

This is exactly what is going to happen. They did that trope on Nashville too. Deacon needed a liver, and his horrible abusive estranged sister gave him some of hers, redeeming herself, then she died. Classic.

Well and don't forget that Dylan also has a secret half sister he did not know about until her mother conned him. Dylan would have a lot of advice to give about secret half-sisters, but it seems it is such a common thing with this group that maybe it is NBD.

Vanessa Marcil is 50 years old! Get it girl! BAG is only 45.

Could have been good to team Val and Gina up before Val left. They would have fought over Dylan though, unfortch. He has that effect on women.

It's similar to how lawyers on this show make deals based on their "word". In addition to deals being airtight based on the word of a couple of lawyers, payments to said lawyers may be made in brunch.

Yuck I hate Donna's nails so much. Those are also bad as a pedicure, in case anyone is wondering.

"Wherever you subconscious takes you is your problem." Gina has been taking gaslighting lessons from Dylan. I am kind of impressed?

Don't they only know Matt because he was dating Kelly? Why would they throw a brunch for him and his secret wife? And why would Dylan and Gina be there? They are barely dating and neither of them live there. It would make more sense for Kelly to be there than them. She is actually the only person that gives a shit about any of this, even if her feelings are that she doesn't like it. And so weird for Matt to be all lovey dovey in front of people he only knows because they are friends with the girl he is kind of dating except not because his secret wife is back for the time being. In real life, this would all be very awkward and Matt and Lauren would have their own apartment and would not be hanging out with his kind of girlfriends friends but not the girlfriend.

It's a question for the ages, isn't it?

I am going to admit that I very much enjoy Aaron Spelling casting his former stars in these roles. I love that Bernie Koppell is in this. All of the "adults" he casts are TV vets from his old shows, all the parents and parents' friends and occasional doctors, lawyers, drug counselors, etc. They are good actors, and while too good for this shit, I am glad to see that Aaron Spelling was loyal to them and they got these jobs so they could keep their SAG cards and health insurance. It's tough out there for an aging actor.

How could all of these things happen to Matt and Lauren in just 3 years time??????

Why did I snicker at Luke Perry's tone at "His name is not Jose. It's Ramon."? Why did that come out of him so awkwardly?

I remember the Lauren storyline being one of the dumbest and laziest thing the writers dreamed up. I am not a mental health professional, but I am willing to bet this is not how any of this works.

Matt's wife was also Julia's rebel friend at the beginning of Party of Five. Why do I know these things.

Yes, exactly this. Like, the DA is just itching to really punish someone but she can't because she promised Matt the mall lawyer! Until next time! Thanks for clearing up the Jesse thing. These people know a lot of lawyers.

Is it normal for lawyers to offer their "word" in order to make a plea with the D.A.? Is that a thing? And didn't Jesse also make some cockamamie deal with the D.A. the last time Dylan got in trouble, to which he also lamented that a future client wouldn't get a deal because he used up all the deals on Dylan.

Donna's outfit when Dylan knocks her into the pool is super cute and normal.

That starfish story is such bullshit. Dylan would never have broken into the school, that is so not him. He would just skip the lesson.