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Me three. Stickinstecticon anyone? This podcast reminds me of what a freakish crush I had Dylan when I was 11 or 12. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Am I the only one who is rooting for this to be Jenny's send off? I know she's supposed to be our view into the Call the Midwife world, but I'm over it. We know the world and the other characters are much more developed. Cheers for Sister Evagelina getting her own episode!

Tara, your screen grab of "Fin speaks for us all" - awesome. Also, that house. Ew. Is it just me or is Benson's relationship with her shrink getting increasingly creepy. Hell, it has been creepy for awhile.

I love Boyd so much in this episode. His frustrated farewell to Ava....Jeez Woman!

I love Michael Chiklis. I hope they will actually include some real sideshow acts/performers. The shit that can actually be done by humans is pretty gross/awesome, depending on how you look at it ;p

Slightly off-topic weigh-in: I don't think anyone is bashing a kid with special needs. The bottom line is that kids with special needs (that don't have very, very rich families) do end up either in mainstream society or a drift between institutions. Those who can function with mainstream society, do for awhile at least. Those that can't (at least in the US) frequently end up stuck in myriad of social bureaucracies that frequently leave them frustrated, alone and ill-prepared. If they are lucky, they get a good case-worker who will help them to obtain either employment, occupational therapy, vocational therapy and/or some sort of government benefit. In my experience, most kids aren't half that lucky. I worked for many years as a street outreach worker then as pubilc defense attorney (pile on your jokes now.) I get angry at the fictional Adam and Kristina because they are broadcast to a world of people. 90% (I'm guessing here) of people with special needs don't have wealthy parents who can fit their children with emotional pillows for life. A lot of kids with all sorts of issues end up washing out of high school and college and just end up ill-prepared to deal with street. What I'd love to see broadcast is a way that these parents prepare their child for life without pillows. How is going to learn to navigate bureaucracy? How is he going to learn ask other people for help? Etc. . What I'd like to see on this show, and doubt I ever will, is an episode where Adam and Kristina realize Max has to live in society and they don't let him come home when everything sucks. And also everything Portia just said.

Max Braverman is a poster child for what goes wrong with helicopter parents. I realize he has special needs, but I agree with pretty much everyone else that his parents are doing him no favors. Most people in life are not as accommodating as Mr. Knight or even Hank. I used to like this show a lot, but this season is really turning me off because of the continuously spoiled Max and the seemingly unbelievable Joel-Julia scenario. If Adam and Kristina (who are both totally unqualified to start a school, WTF?) start Snowflake Academy with Mr. Knight and Julia, I'm not going to keep watching. Hell, I might stop watching it anyway if Adam and Kristina continue to snowflake Max.

Everything you just said. Whilst I'm more than a month late to this party, I loved this show. I gobbled up the two seasons available on hulu and can't wait for more. Apparently they filming a fourth series. Can't find the link right now.

Okay. This show has been batshit crazy for awhile. But can we get through one episode without Kerry Washington crying? Seriously. She fixed an election and she's covered up more than one murder. But this shit makes her cry?