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I thought of that, too, but he did know where the insurance policy had been kept before the fire, so I thought that perhaps he had been paying it himself. And the premiums would be a business expense, so it wouldn't make any sense for his mother to be paying them unless she was a part owner.

I wouldn't assume that Jackie's therapist is going to let Becky "sub-in" occasionally for Jackie. New patients are more work than recurring ones, and require initial background and intake sessions. But then, the college therapist offered to see Darlene, so perhaps therapy works differently in Lanford. And poor Neville, who is paying for Jackie's therapy sessions so that she will be healthier and potentially a better partner to him, will be grifted by the Conners yet again. And now that Dan has finally retired, he has more time to teach his off-the-books repair courses, as long as he isn't relying on the hardware store for his teaching equipment. He could make some nice extra money.

I guess that one can only reserve so much of the park on a single day, so everybody was reserving separate areas? Like the playground, the picnic benches, the softball field. That's what it sounded like. Except they weren't calling, it was an online reservation system. And they were supposed to forward their reservations to Jacob.

I wasn't so surprised she hadn't done it previously, because she had convinced herself she was just fine not knowing. But now that she's opened the door, she might consider it. But who knows what crazy relatives she might unearth.

Yes to all of this. Although they may be surprised by the amount, there's no reason for Louise and Dan to act like Ben did them a favor by giving him 10% of the insurance proceeds. If he's a 10% owner, that shouldn't be a surprise if the store isn't going to be rebuilt. I hope Ben doesn't have to spend all the remaining money on the magazines purchase. If Dan is getting in the high 5 figures (let's say 80k), then Ben would have $720k left. The magazine would have to be highly profitable to be worth that much (and for Ben to be able to pay the staff and other expenses.) Actually, Dan should be thanking Ben for staying current on the insurance payments, because you know that no true Conner would have done so unless it was absolutely required.

Melissa was egging Barbara on with respect to Gregory, right? As soon as I saw the hall decorations, I wondered about the kids who don't have moms, or don't live with them. There have to be some. And neither Janine or Erica know who their fathers are. Perhaps that helped them bond. Were we supposed to originally think that Jacob's brilliant idea was to take the students to the free drag queen performance? I didn't see how that was going to work, so I'm glad that it was the park he was thinking of.

You're right; the 24/7 comment was why I thought that he had left his job to work on the food truck. I've returned to the view that it's crazy for him to have done that.

I mentioned a stipend above. But aren't stipends fairly low and would a "star" prospect get one that was much bigger than everyone else in the same department?

Where were Dele and Abishola's brother sleeping when Abishola and Bob were playing Dele's audition video over and over again /talking while in her brother's bed, only a few steps from the couch and kitchen area? In the bathroom?

The continued MaxDot involvement initially confused me, too. But then I remembered that while the Chinese would have bought out the family completely, Goodwin took 7 years to do so, so Bob had an interest in making sure the company was successful enough for Goodwin to afford to keep making payments to the family. So, part of the terms of the sale likely were that he stayed on in order to guide Goodwin until the deal was completed. I do wonder if he continued to draw a salary during this time. Agreed. Also, did Douglas stay on as an employee at MaxDot for 7 more years, potentially receiving a paycheck while also splitting regular payout checks from Goodwin with Bob, Christina and Dottie? That would actually have been a good thing for him to do at his age (regular job; less time to get in trouble), but it's hard to imagine Goodwin agreeing to keep him on. But it did seem like he was staying while Bob was leaving after the final payout, so maybe Goodwin did agree (or it was also part of the deal.) And if Bob was frequently at MaxDot, where exactly did Abishola attend medical school? And after medical school, where did she do her residency? If her hospital were a teaching hospital (I never got the impression there were residents working there), she could have been accepted into a residency there, but otherwise, Bob would probably not have been local unless he and Abishola lived separately. Also agreed. The per diem part is extremely unlikely. I suppose there's always an exception, but it would be very hard to go to medical school, do well enough to get a good residency, and also work a job where you have to be fully awake. Yes. Exactly. She already taken the college pre-requisites (bio, chem, organic chem, biochem,physics, calculus, etc) or Hopkins would not have accepted her. But even nurses still need 4 years of medical school and 3 of residency. The clinical aspects of the last 2 years of medical school and possibly the first part of her residency (not the pediatric part, since she didn't work in pediatrics before) would likely be "easier" for her than for the typical non-nurse who had no previous experience with patients, but she wouldn't have much advantage in the first 2 years of medical school (the science-training part), and might even find it more difficult than someone who had an undergraduate degree in biology or chemistry. It's very rigorous. If she didn't have a sub-specialty, med school is 4 years, and a pediatric residency is another 3. IF she had started medical school the fall after Dele finished HS, she would have just been hired as a pediatrician in the year the finale takes place. You're probably correct; he did say that he was a pharmacist. That's some lunch hour he has. It's completely unrealistic, but it's also a sitcom. I thought the same thing. I also couldn't help wondering where Dele and the brother were each sleeping when Abishola and Bob were playing Dele's audition video over and over again /talking while in her brother's bed, only a few steps from the couch and kitchen area in the prior episode. Yes, now she's the pastor's problem. The first one, for sure. Dottie? That would be nice for Abishola and Bob. And also possibly for Maxine. Did Dottie still have her house, though? I thought she had sold it, although she could certainly buy another.

I assumed that they had decided to use Nigel less going forward, and that we won't see him much anymore, perhaps only slightly more than Stephanie. With Flower temporarily gone, there was more room for subplots with Carol and Nigel, but now they can focus more on the main 8 ghosts. And people seem to like Nancy occasionally, so they don't really "need" him (I have nothing against the actor or the character.) My guess is that Patience won't be in very many episodes, either; or at least won't become a regular. This show has 10 full cast members-that's a very large cast. I'm the same way about sushi rolls. No matter how well you wrap them, the rice is always somewhat dried out the next day (and any avocado is brown), but I'll still eat it.

Agreed!

I've had it with chopped red onions and/or chopped tomato. I don't love raw onions, but it's fine. The tomato is a good addition as long as the avocado predominates.

Yes, perhaps (despite being a Puritan) she was interested in him and he kept making excuses. I generally agree, but does any guacamole hold up the next day? No matter how much citrus you add or how well you wrap it, it always turns brownish. Subtitles were how I was able to understand it. My hearing is fine, but without subtitles, I don't always catch what they're saying when I watch tv shows.

I like the 2nd part of the synopsis. . . .

It's purely to improve their sex life? Yeah, it's really stupid. He loved being a pharmacist, which gave him a steady income. Unless he got burned out in his job (in real life pharmacists are very overworked), it makes absolutely no sense. She could easily hire someone to do his job, and even if the food truck wasn't that successful, they'd still be making more money with him working at the job he trained for. At least he's able to talk back to her, though. If it were "yes, dear" and "no dear" every time she yelled at him, then he would truly be a masochist. Other than that, and the fact that Christina will drive Maxine crazy (if a 9 year-old purposely swallows a toy car tire, she has bigger issues), I liked the finale.

Right, it's fascinating how neither Abishola nor her mother never mentioned the "lazy" musician brother until he became a plot point. However, someone still has to pay for his tuition, and Bob won't do it if Abishola doesn't approve. And it's silly that parents get to watch the audition, or that a child would want their parents to do so.

The problem is that Georgie already had a pregnancy-scare storyline. Which makes him even stupider for not being extra careful after that. I doubt that they wanted to have a false pregnancy storyline a second time.

Maybe she's so unhinged, she no longer cares.

Yes, I wonder if they will cast a well-known actor if it's a limited role. There must be actors eager to appear on the show. I also wonder if her manner of death will correspond to Mary's from the UK version of the show (she wasn't a Puritan, or feral, but similar time period.) Anyone who wants to find out what that was can look at the Ghosts UK Wikipedia article.

Or she's just been hanging out in the dirt, in the dark, until she heard Flower calling out. Because if she had known how to get out of the dirt, she could have taken Flower with her. He probably doesn't want to risk losing his genitalia again.

It bothered me that no one pointed out that Barbara's opinions were irrelevant since she hadn't read most of the book.

Sheldon was deciding the categories and she was boxing them. Still boring (to her), still work (to me).

But if planes back are cancelled due to storms, it might be too late. I think he has to decrease his radius of travel and have a back up method of return. She was really cute, though.

Eh, I don't have a problem with Sheldon helping with something he's the best at. Connie was still there taking direction from him. It doesn't make it any better if she does it all by herself, and probably in an inferior manner. If she was volunteering at a soup kitchen, for instance, she wouldn't be doing it alone. And for all we know, Mary's been putting off organizing that room herself for all the years she was working at the church.