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Also, kinda frustrating that we didn’t see anyone from outside the Codependent Band of Weirdos come and say good-bye to Gary. What about his aunt? And the friends they made at the baby class, the lady and painfully unfunny comedian? Not even a line about how “Auntie came by yesterday and cried a river.” Wow.

Nice episode, very sweet. One nitpicky thing that bugged me is that, in the beginning, the original four friends, Rome, John, Eddie and Gary were all around the same age, but in the flash forward, we see Javi, Theo, Danny and Tyrell. While “the sons of the friends” thing was cool, Javi is so much younger than all of them, it reminded me of teen Sophie hanging with the adults and all of us talking about her needing friends her own age.

And then Rome and Maggie get together in their grief, become lovers, the rest of the gang is totally cool with it, Rome becomes Javi’s stepdad, Sophie and Tyrell can babysit once they’re back from Haiti, Maggie goes on a mission to use her radio show (maybe restarts the podcast she had for 20 minutes?) to inform the public about the dangers of TBI, maybe takes up Regina’s dream of running for city council with “let’s cure/prevent TBI and cancer!” as her platform. 💡

Same. I’m childfree as well and one of the numerous reasons is the large number of substance abusers in my family tree, family history of depression and other MI and my own issues with depression and eating disorders. If I had a child and my child developed, say, depression and anorexia nervosa, I would know what my kid was dealing with and how to help but my firsthand knowledge of how horrific those illnesses are, I don’t want to risk it. Someone else’s mileage may vary but that’s mine. Also, Gary was unrecognizable. Fortunately his voice is very unique.

When Sophie was talking to Tyrell (I think), she mentioned being sexually assaulted by Peter and how her mom was thousands of miles away and how difficult that was for her. So the show both reminds us of Delilah's shitty parenting AND is making it look like Eddie and her are reuniting? Wow.

Seriously. I’ve been to many support groups and if you come in late, you come in quietly and find a seat. You don’t ostentatiously barge in, yapping your mouth, acting like you’re the star of the show, the party can finally start and everyone needs to stfu and focus on you you you. Chutzpah, indeed.

Delilah, if you want your kids to learn French, speak it to them from birth. It’s not uncommon for kids to grow up bilingual by speaking one language with a parent or both parents and another language out in their community.

Not impressed by the Jonas Brothers tonight. I had a hard time understanding the words of the first song and repeatedly wondered if they were singing in another language. The second song was annoyingly repetitive and about walls crying? What?

I like that they featured Body Integrity Identity Disorder. It’s a fascinating illness. That’s so sad about Hannah’s back story. I’d like to hear more about how that and her anger at her mom influenced her addiction. I’ve watched enough medical shows over the years to know that it gets loud in hospitals all the damn time. Doctors raise their voices because they need to. “I NEED XYZ MILLIGRAMS OF HALDOL, STAT!” “SHE’S CRASHING!” “SECURITY!!!” “CODE BLUE CODE BLUE!!” “PAGE DOCTOR SO AND SO!” That dumb red light is gonna be on all the time. 🙄

Maybe let Sophie finish her song before pulling her out of class. Getting pulled out of the middle of class when you’re a teenager is embarrassing. Being interrupted during a song just makes it even more noticeable and therefore, embarrassing. What’s more annoying, Maggie’s “speaking through the baby” voice or Tia What Was Her Name Again?’s baby voice? Also, speaking of Maggie, when did she get all into this woo-woo, deceased-people-talking-to-you, dream interpretation stuff? Walter, Rome and Gina aren’t putting you in a home because they they want to. They need to. They tried other options. You scared away or refused to deal with every home health aide they found for you. You wandered off and took the car when you were unsupervised. They work all day (or at least Rome does), they can’t watch you 24/7. I’m still watching it (10:51 on the West Coast) and now Walter is “long gone” from his room in the facility? Oh boy.

Saint Olivia: “and now you have to spend 30 days trying to regain my trust.” Churlish: “and how do I do that?” Me: “oh, well, hmm… maybe follow orders like you should’ve been doing all along?”

Tia Inez’s baby voice was awful. The height difference between Colton and Dr Jessica when she was trying to talk to him about the stupid supplement was distracting.

I’m not. Assisted living facilities are often a last resort, with families trying multiple other options to keep their loved one at home as long as they can. I can see why Rome and Regina did this, especially considering how stubborn Walter is (you think he’ll happily enter a facility?) and how his lucid moments outnumber his non lucid ones. It makes sense to me that they wouldn’t consider it until Walters non lucid actions became potentially dangerous. Also, ALF’s are expensive, another reason why most people try other (less expensive) options first. We know Rome works and has a well-paying job, but how much money can Regina be bringing in when she parks her food truck at homeless encampments and gives away so much of her food? 🙄

In Nov 2020, TikTok star Charli D’Amelio’s family posted a video on their YT channel of them having dinner with another SM star. Their private chef cooked a paella that included escargot. Charli’s sister made gagging noises and left the table to vomit. Charli asked for… wait for it!… Dino nuggets! She was 16 at the time.

I can tell that Gina and Rome need to have the “it’s time for a facility” talk with Romes dad AFTER he (dad) recognizes that he’s had “an episode,” like the “aha moment” he had in the car after he drove him and Rome to the wrong house. Introduce it when he realizes he needs help/more support. Will Gina and Rome do this next episode? I doubt it. They’ll introduce the topic after he’s been really lucid and then wonder why on earth he’s mad and doesn’t want to go.

I give this show credit for the conversation between Maggie and her friend about Maggie’s inability to breastfeed. That’s an issue that comes up for post-mastectomy new moms but I rarely hear about it. Theo: “dad, how do you two know each other?” Eddie: “she works at my school now, helped me get into a class and we became friends.” See, Eddie? It’s really that simple. No need to hem and haw and “um… uh… well T….” and make it awkwarder than it already is.

JAVIER CHAD MENDEZ? Seriously? Naming your kid after family can be cool and nostalgic and all (and not surprising considering that Gary’s dad diet at the big inning on the season) but Javier Chad Mendez!? I really hope Sophie is aware that the house is being sold and has had time to find a new place to live. It’d be shitty to pull the rug out from under her. Speaking from of shitty things to do, it’s probably a good idea to ask your husband if you can use his airline miles when you knew you two had to a trip planned rather than wait to tell him when you come home and find him arguing with customer service. Maybe it’s just me. 🤷‍♀️

The woman who sung in Spanish reminds me why I don't like this show and only partially watch it because my mom has it on (loves it) and I'm in the same room. She had a great voice. Multiple coaches said some variation of "I love listening to Spanish music and you have a beautiful voice" but they didn't turn their chairs? Another coach said something like "I'm looking for someone who can sing many different genres" and I'm sitting there, thinking "what makes you think she can't? What makes her less likely to be able sing different genres than, say, a country singer with a guitar and a truck load of twang?"

They sat her on the end because they knew they’d ask her an idiot question and have Cocaine Bear get in her face.

Poor Malala. 😞 She seemed so embarrassed.

Wow, go Gaga! What a stripped down performance! I could’ve done without all the extreme close-ups but I found it refreshing and emotional from a woman who’s shown up to awards shows in giant bubbles and meat scraps.

I watched this tonight and Cates performance was astounding. There were parts I couldn’t understand until I read the synopsis on IMDB, like why she vomited out side of the massage parlor in the Philippines when masseuse #5 made eye contact with her. I was confused though, at the end shot, the camera panning to people in costumes. Is the movie saying she went from this amazing career to playing for a concert hall of cosplayers? It didn’t make sense.

“I know he’s my partners son, and I love her, but this child has been perpetually 6 years old for 5 seasons! He gets excited when we wear matching pajamas for crying out loud! Yes he’s perfect, aside from the fact that he clearly stopped developing emotionally in first grade and his parents are too busy getting shitty haircuts and sidestepping college waitlists to deal with that, but I just don’t understand my feelings for this child.”

Romes dad to Sophie: “I know you don’t want to hang out with an old man like me.” Me: “uhh… all Sophie does is hang out with people significantly older than her. I’m sure she’d love it!” Eddie definitely didn’t take Psych 101 “a decade ago.” It would’ve been much longer, pre-Theo. And he’d have to retake it. The “Black person with a bunch of white friends” thing bugs me. Gary, Maggie and their two new friends have replicated this in a show that already has it. Greta’s nearly always in clothes that fully cover her arms. Is that because the makeup department doesn’t want to put her arm tattoos on?

Has anyone heard that it’s Blake’s last season? They made a brief mention of it, blink and you miss it, so I wanted to let everyone know. 🙄 Seriously though, I’m tired of them milking the crap out of this and mentioning it constantly. All of the damn commercials were bad enough. One episode in and I’m already sick of it. Not looking forward to Blake yelling some variation of “It’s my last season, y’all!” 20 times an episode.