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Where did Maya get the extra space in the kids' bedroom to put Dylan's bunk on the floor? Micah has the most expressive face. Now, that's acting. EDIT: Actually, it's Ray's bunk on the floor now - Dylan had the lower bunk.

I thought at first that Dabney Coleman was Richard Farnsworth, but he died in 2000. The episode seemed boring maybe because there was no urgency, no ticking clock. It allowed my mind to wander to how to verify the food source for a protected witness: number one, DON'T use room service!! Bring your own, in sealed containers. Once again, TV and movies discourage anyone from agreeing to be a protected witness, since their location is always found out and they're most likely killed or barely escape. The vending machine was cool. Someone feeding it a dozen or more $20 bills would be suspicious, though, or getting $20 bills back in change. A unique franchise in that the "mother ship" has turned over its entire crew except for Gibbs, McGee and Vance, and keeps on chugging.

LOL. I so agree. Deeks has gone from scruffy to seedy, IMO. Everyone has aged noticeably except Sam and Hetty.

Some questions: Don't these agents ever bring any weapons to a showdown other than guns? No grenades, flashbangs, tear gas? Don't microwaves cook your brains, not just give you a headache? Wouldn't one bullet in the tires have kept the silver van from fleeing the scene? Otherwise, a lot of likeable, sympathetic, if trite, characters. But a show that's running out of plots.

Everyone gets to be happy on this show but Katie and Oliver, it seems.

He certainly had a closed mind about Fletcher until the end. Whether it's nuclear secrets, the number of pencils purchased or evidence of potentially lethal negligence, if you leak it, you're a filthy rotten traitor and capable of who knows what other heinous crimes. All in all, substandard dialog and character ddevelopment. The words cardboard and one-dimensional come to mind. The melodramatic pauses didn't help. There is definitely room for improvement.

They maybe need to dig deeper into the culture clash and take it more realistically. More depth, more backstory to the characters. Another show that doesn't know what to do with young children. If they can't write a decent scene for Grover, they need to recast the part with a child actor who has the chops or cuteness to hold the audience's attention on his own. Meanwhile, keep smiling, Dave . He reminds me of Phil on Modern Family and Adam on Rules of Engagement (both naive cheerleaders in school).

I just saw this episode again as a rerun, and it's still my favorite. Georgie and Missy were adorable together. I don't know if Georgie cried when Missy got 100% on her homework and a smiley face, but I got dewy-eyed. I hope we see more of them together, supporting each other and finding their own way in a household so focused on Sheldon. Montana and Raegan are keepers. Dr. Sturgis might be an adult Sheldon, with his genius and foibles, but unlike Sheldon, big and small, he's generous, completely unflappable and capable of showing affection and unbridled joy.

A carafe, a hot plate, and a jar of instant coffee would be much cheaper than a Keurig-type coffee maker. The DiMeos live on a shoestring budget.

I wondered that, too. Unless we're being set up for something. Ominous?

Elon Musk probably drilled a tunnel straight through the Earth connecting the Navy Yard to Frankfort with his supersonic bullet train. From Frankfort, all of the Middle East is a stone's throw on Gibbs's map. Besides, give them a break, they have to wrap up the case in less than an hour, no matter how far-reaching and convoluted the plot.

Apparently so. NCIS-LA sends its whole team to Eastern Europe and the Middle East every other episode, it seems. But note that they're traveling on military aircraft that were on scheduled runs.

Everyone knows, in typical crime shows, the witness will only reveal the killer's name while sitting in the window of a diner on Main Street, and only after telling his life story, giving the sniper time to line up his shot. Special Agent McGee, with your guy standing out in the open in the middle of the compound while you question him, why don't you hang a sign around his neck that says, "Hey, Mr. Sniper, I'm about to spill my guts! Take your best shot!"? Kasie's chatter is getting annoying. It was also annoying when Abby did it. Cut to the chase. You know by now that Gibbs prefers brevity. The Marine escort duty sub-plot was well-handled and very moving, including Gibbs' "Rest peacefully, Marine. We've got the watch." I'm still wiping away tears.

We know from Georgie's revelation on TBBT that there was much in Sheldon's childhood that he wasn't aware of because everyone in the family went to great lengths to shield him from them. I don't know how that will be played out on YS. But the two story lines are not one-to-one, so there is room for improvisation. Sit-coms do sometimes deal with heavy issues without sugar-coating them. An Alfred Hitchcock episode dealt with juvenile crime with a tragic ending, and when Hitchcock came on at the end, he said, "If you're expecting an ironic twist to this story, there isn't one. Juvenile delinquency is a serious matter." I wonder if YS would be nearly as interesting if we didn't have 10+ years of "foresight" to supplement it. Whether or not YS ever gets to the future dark events in its run, how can you see these characters without also seeing what lies ahead for them? Personally, I'd prefer that period to be presented as a tragicomedy featuring Georgie and Missy.

Georgie is very self-aware and practical. When he said he could be making money and learning a trade, he wasn't thinking about buying expensive sneakers or a dirt bike. (You must know how hard I'm biting my tongue here.)

Good for Georgie. I can almost see a future-Georgie spin-off for the next phase. Maybe it's just Montana's authentic Texas drawl. Please don't let anyone coach him out of it like happens to so many young actors. Missy is a rock in the Cooper household in her own way. She has Mary's sober fortitude and yet Meemaw's don't-take-life-too-seriously outlook. Meemaw tickling Sheldon was priceless. I wonder if Lain really didn't know that was coming. Sitcom characters across the board don't laugh enough.

Actually, body image is a serious topic that should have been handled more soberly. Sitcoms are allowed to do that sometimes, if only with a post-credits PSA. I wish "Modern Family" would touch on Reid Ewing's (Dylan) true story on this subject, for instance.

Gil Grissom would have been hunting for an identical twin from the get-go. Is it just me and my bad hearing, or did they neglect to stress "identical" twins throughout the denoument? The caricature of a smug ADA with canaray feathers dripping from his smirking lips was a bit much. He had to have known that the pieces didn't all fit.

A recycled plot twist, similar to, I believe, an "LA Law" episode where a lady cop pulls over a driver with a broken tail light. She insists on peeking in the trunk where she finds his freshly murdered wife's body and the murder weapon. Open and shut? Nope. No probable cause for the search, evidence thrown out, case dismissed. Except that a veteran cop would know better. Lo and behold, a stakeout catches the two having an affair. But I can't hold that against "Bull." After nearly 80 years of TV police & lawyer shows, fresh plots are hard to come by. Call them "classics." No one complains about all the movie remakes of "King Kong" and "A Star is Born."

Ditto on the grandchild. Nolan is a musical prodigy (and a Mensa member) in real life. I wish they'd let him show off his talents -- having musical skill wouldn't be out of character any more than Claire dazzling Phil with magic or Jay having a soft side (that picture of Claire and Mitch in their red dance costumes he keeps on his end table). I miss sweet, goofy 10 year old Luke ("Luke! Stay! Stay!!" and "I like this doctor. I didn't even have to take my pants off! I found that out late."), but children grow up, and few writers know what to do with their characters, especially in a comedy series, the downside of success.

Dylan trying to be a better person for Haley seems to include his no longer being goofy and clueless, just serious. He does now come across as someone who would do well in nursing school. Maybe he'll inspire Haley to be better grounded, too. I'm glad he's back, for wherever this arc leads, partly for the character, but mostly for actor Reid Ewing's own story. I wish them "both" well. A great episode, everyone involved (except Joe), and Phil finally got to hear honest praise from Jay. And Jay finally got an honest critique on his cooking skills (or lack thereof)! A lot of references to how long they've all been together (and on the air). A warm-up to the countdown?

I didn't see any mention of it above, but in case anyone didn't know, Candice Bergen confirmed on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert that she really did go out with Donald Trump once, when they were teenagers, I think -- before he was "The Donald."

Apparently, though, the "mean housewives" aren't the only women in town, since all of the guests at the birthday party loved Katy's work, as did the birthday girl. Give it your best shot, witches!

Aging child actors can be a challenge when series catch on, Modern Family being the best example. Even when the characters are allowed to age, most often writers don't know what to do with them. Girls hold up better than boys, typically, but Anna-Kat is the most noticeably older. I think Daniel/Oliver looks the same, if taller as expected. His baritone was nearly as deep at the end of last season. His voice and delivery are perfect for my failing hearing, the only one I dont need CC for. I wonder if he does audio books. As for Georgie, it seems that as Montana ages, he looks even more like adult Jerry O'Connell. I liked the episode. My wife was a meeting planner. She had to rescue many near disasters including two hotel fires. Note that even Blondie Bumstead works outside the home now.

Yes, starring Jerry O'Connell. Multiple, parallel universes aren't the same thing as the butterfly effect as there is no cause-and-effect, just infinite random variations. The Simpsons included a butterfly segment in Treehouse of Horror V: Time and Punishment.