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Janet's luggage He probably took Shawns

The sports stuff, that is easy to handwave, it's a comedy. The lack of understanding of special education is what is surprising for this show.

Well yeah, but they have a lot of equipment. true Insurance companies in the Scorpion universe must hate insuring anyone in a 100 mile radius of Scorpion's HQ

They probably want it to do well - a 10 episode season isn't a huge investment, and it is a good gap filler

Maybe being Reign tires her powers out, which is why she was able to get pricked by the needle?

I was thinking Patty was 13, 14 at the oldest. Since this show wants everyone to get together, I am guessing Florence and Sylvester will be together by the end of the season. She could even develop some kind of super antibacterial soap for Sylvester to use. Walter and Paige are fine together when they don't talk about it. They should just have it be there, maybe touch on it a few times a season. Also, uhhh, how was everything in LA restored in like 12 hours after, effectively, a weak EMP hit it? I can understand the vital locations getting power back - and maybe Scorpion getting prioritized for fuel for a generator when they are doing work, but uhhhhhhhhh unless Scorpion severely overestimated the strength of the solar flare, something is weird in that universe. Living in the world of Scorpion might be pretty horrifying, at least if you are on the West Coast.

I liked this episode. I did not expect Patty to be 16. She does not look 16. I am also very surprised they haven't turned Florence into a love triangle. Tina Majorino is way too good for this show, though. I think it took a while to see them because it was so dark out, let's just go with that. Also, with the parachute issue - I googled it and came up with this - https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/2482/why-dont-pilots-parachute-from-small-planes-that-are-in-distress/2497 It's too difficult to put on a parachute in a small plane.

I was just about to say I thought it was Doug Forcett.

After they kill off Jack, I hope they start to show more flashbacks where he isn't a saint. Maybe more about how his alcoholism affected the family - maybe things they suppressed to keep his saintly image in their mind

Didn't the home the Obama's rented after his presidency get a bunch of security upgrades?

That is my point with the COC - the kids won't learn until applying for college that they got a COC - but they obviously don't have those in the speechless universe otherwise yeah

Mindy was case 00002 or something like that, I believe - it was said in her debut episode

They might have a keep people in the community program, it is probably cheaper than group housing and other situations. I think most of the time, Kenneth is with JJ on his own time. However - in the pilot episode - the agency that provided the cartoon voice lady, I believe they were paying for her (and she spent time at their house) - maybe they kick in some of the wages for before/after-school time. The school pays for Kenneth during the school year/during school hours, then someone else picks up the slack.

That wig was amazing in how horrible it was. We all mourn the loss of the worst wig this side of Liz on The Blacklist

Strictly speaking, he doesn't need to take the SAT or ACT. Some schools don't care about them anymore - even moreso if he goes to a community college first, then transfers to a state school I was going to type something similar to this, but you already did it for me. Voc Rehab could pay for part of an aide, JJ wouldn't get SSDI - only SSI, but that would only be... (checking the social security site for the California sheet) $664.24 a month. Medicaid probably wouldn't pay for it - Kenneth probably needs certifications or degrees to be one an insurance company would pay for. State might have a caregiver program, though.

Yes, but this is a comedy - and districts don't always follow the rules. I've heard of districts putting kids with severe LDs (Like dyslexia that they refused to remediate) on a certificate of completion track.

She told ... uhh whatever Reign's real name is to go to a business meeting which she skipped to go to Fort Rozz Supergirl threw Fort Rozz really, really hard

Maybe NBC had to can a bunch of stuff? Or they don't have high expectations for Sunday at 10. Or maybe they have some summer shows they want to throw ad space at instead.

Maybe next season they will play around with JJ in a college environment - he could go to CC part time while attending his second senior year of HS. So the writers can see how their college storylines & characters work, while having another year of HS. Yeah, they won't care how much Maya has intimidated the schools, they're the government. They move at the speed of bureaucracy. Speaking of that, I wonder if JJ receives SSI? If he does, he would be up for an evaluation of disability when he turns 18. They have to do it no matter what. Sure, if he signs up with DVR he would qualify under some regulation in the red book where if you are a DVR client in a job training program or college, you can continue to receive SSI even if you no loner medically qualify, but yeah.

For a full time Kenneth in college, Voc Rehab might continue the arrangement and help pay for Kenneth. When I was in CC & the state university I attended, having a scribe write all of the notes I needed in my classes was an option - the options they had were either pay someone in the class for good notes, or hire someone to take the notes. Obviously, they wouldn't pay much, but it would be something. Voc Rehab, or some other agency, would probably pay for part of Kenneth. They should've just been like "We are concerned about JJ's life skills and are wondering if JJ would be willing to stay an extra year so we can help him become more independent."

I loved costco as a kid. The free samples were great - and you can get hot dog & a drink for under $2

Under the law, IEP meeting has to be held within 30 days of a student entering the school. In my IEP, the district had a "standard" accommodation of "Contact parents with failing grades (marking period)" - and that was pretty much the only accommodation all of my teachers followed. I imagine with how helicopter-y Maya is, JJ has an accommodation like that, or calls the teachers every day asking how he is doing

How was that episode so good? It did not feel like 21 minutes or whatever - that went by waaay too quickly

I am very mixed n this episode, mostly because of the actual rules regarding special education - absences would not matter, they would waive any absence limit in JJ's IEP - but IEPs seem to not exist in the world of Speechless - since JJ would not have to take traditional gym class, he would have Adaptive PE, which would be tailored towards his needs - and the school, until recently, didn't have any students with disabilities other than him. For missed classes, that is why homebound instruction is a thing. Okay, now that I got that out of the way. I liked Maya & the principal preparing in their cars. I also liked Jimmy standing up to Maya. Kenneth's plot felt a bit disconnected, though.

He can stay until he's 21 under IDEA. He should have a transition plan in his IEP to set the goalposts - and I doubt it had him staying an extra year.