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It's fantastic that while Riley and Vanessa couldn't make it work as a couple, they have done everything possible to make sure that Hazel can still have a strong, positive, loving relationship with both of her biological parents. Riley is a fantastic dad. He punished her, but also found a way to let her have fun during the punishment. Al is sweet and romantic. I feel so sorry for Al because he's torn between two cultures. He likes and cares about Ariana, but I am not sure if he is ready and willing to do what she asks. Maybe they'll stay friends until she's ready for an exclusive relationship with him.

I don't think Kim has given up on activism. My guess is she is looking for a new outlet, but since Dean isn't aware of that we haven't seen it yet. I'm interested to see how Dean and his friends react to the raised fist salute.

She left because he was mean to her younger brother and she didn't like that he had a gun. I saw it as she didn't like the direction the group was headed, which isn't shallow. I do hope she finds another outlet for her activism. I do wish the show had shown the Black Panthers in action and some of thier community outreach projects, especially those involving children or families like the free breakfasts or after school programs they did.

There were parts of the episode I liked and parts I disliked. I enjoyed seeing Dean being worried that his grandfather would embarass him to realizing that his grandfather could actual be cool. The show did a good job of showing how his grandfather resisted the idea of giving up his car keys to realizing that although he hated it, he was no longer able to drive safely. I enjoyed the scene at the barber shop. The one thing I disliked is the anachronistic mall. It took me right out of the era (I could be wrong on this point so hopefully someone can confirm that I am right or explain why I am wrong). I don't think that kind of mall existed in a southern city/suburb in 1968. I thought in the late 1960s south it would have been more likely a suburban shopping plaza as opposed to an indoor mall. That mall seemed like something that would have been new in the mid-1970s or early 1980s.

There was something that I forgot to mention earlier. I was surprised that Trixie quoted/referenced Dr. Benjamin Spock, because I thought there was a different pediatric expert that was big in England and thier go to reference for babies and children.

Tim is about to start college, so the American pre-med undergraduate curriculum. While a U.S student would have four years, my memory is the Britsh version of undergraduate is three years. Since the series is going to have another three seasons, we may see him graduate university. Timothy dealing with a medical emergency alone would be perfect for a Christmas episode. It's a blizzard/intense snow storm, there's been an accident far from a house or a place with a phone, and Timothy is the only one around with medical training.

If Dr. Tim Turner is anything like his father, he would come out of retirement and put his own health at risk to treat residents of Poplar during the Covid Pandemic. I can see Tim getting a ton of AIDS patients in the 1980s because he is one of the few willing to treat them with respect and like any other sick patient. Yes! I now absolutely want this is as a sequel series. I think he would be starting out on his own/joining his father's practice sometime in the early or mid 1970s.

My understanding was that it was easier for women to hide in plain sight. Because women earned less than men, it made sense that a woman might need a roomate to help make ends meet. An unmarried man and woman living together would have been shocking and nearly unthinkable, but two women living together would have not aroused any suspicion. Women also had to wait for a man to ask her to marry him. So you could have "Oh, the poor thing. She was never able to find a man willing to marry her."

If we're lucky, maybe this season will end with Leonard picking up his things and riding off into the sunset with Daniel. Geordie is lucky no one dares mess with him. Someone else would have to deal with teasing from coworkers about being unable to control thier wife, with Cathy being so vocal in her support of Leonard.

Tim is fantastic. It's possible Tim will be home for visits, because there will be breaks in the school year while he's at college. What I am hoping is that when he is home he gets tagged into some of Dr. Turner's medical storylines. I thought it was facinating that Tim was looking backwards and talking about all the things he would never see because of vaccines and other medical advances, while Patrick was looking to the future and talking about all the things Tim would see that Patrick could never imagine. Casting lucked out in a way they could never have imagined. They had no idea when the cast the young actor to play Tim that in 10 years he would look very much like the actor playing his father.

I am amazed Will could keep it together. When he after the lawyer in the hallway, I'm surprised he didn't say something like "How dare you speak for God and the Church?" There are three ways for Leonard's story to go : 1. Leonard is murdered in prison 2. Leonard sommits suicide in prison 3. Leonard makes it through his sentence and the season ends with Leonard and Daniel moving elsewhere and the next season starts with a postcard/letter saying that they have settled somehwhere and are living happily ever after.

I remembered another show that had this later in the series. When the twins in Sister, Sister were attending college but living at home, they moved into a garage apartment.

I'm pretty sure the Seavers were in Long Island or a bedroom community close to New York City. Having fewer people on the payroll might make sense. We could see still George and his co-worker in thier office the way we have seen them. Once Sheldon left high-school, we rarely saw Georgie in school, so it makes sense to free up the money to pay other guest cast/actors.

This is exactly what I meant. Scans could show that there something on a bio-chemical level in his brain. That it isn't all emotions, but something "real." If Al would accept the idea of a brain tumor, which shows up with medical imaging, he might be more willing to accept something that comes with something he can see (like regions of the brain lighting up).

Georgie can be a dumb, girl crazy, sex obsessed teen. I can't think of a time when he put his own social life ahead of his siblings welfare/well-being when it really mattered or was something serious. This is what I love about Georgie. He can be responsible and do the right thing when he wants to.

There are people that need physical proof that something exists. While there isn't a test, I'm fairly sure PTSD shows up on certain brain scans (there's a better and more accurate word for it, but I'm not sure what it is). If he wanted "proof" that he had it and that it was real not just "all in his head," that could be arranged. For a Chuck Lorre sitcom, or really any sitcom, this is a fantastic subtle PSA about the importance of mental health and therapy.

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TOTALLY YES! I thought I was the only one who wanted this. You keep the three storyline structure. There is a storyline that is focused on Henry as police commissioner, a storyline focused on Frank and his police work, and a storyline at home focused on one or more of the kids.

I'm guessing all of that is spelled out in the "housing agreement." Knowing Sheldon, I'm sure there's a way to ammend the housing agreement. If the sink becomes an issue, this could be part of the update. Overall, I liked this episode. It was enjoyable and it was fun to see each of the three siblings react to change in rooms. I'm curious if we will see Missy manupulating her father again.

It made perfect sense that Al would have his panic attack while school shopping for Hazel. Some part of his brain was thinking about his nieces and that they might not be able to go to school. I liked that Art was supportive of therapy. It would have been so easy to paint him as an "I'm a Marine. Real men don't need therapy" type. He benifited from therapy during a difficult time in his life. It also makes sense why he's so supportive of Riley seeking therapy. What's great about this show is that the characters surprise you. They all have some depth to them.

In case anyone else here is too young to remember the 1960s, the $5 tip is $49 in today's money/adjusted for inflation.

This season feels like the grand finale of a fireworks show when you see a whole bunch of fireworks going up and you know it's because they want to use everything up before the end of the show. I can't believe the show has already run out of ideas.

Yes! Exactly. I think the first season would be early in Sister Monica Joan's career. WWII would be the final season of the Midwives: Origins series. WWII takes you pretty close to when the actual series started.

I thought it meant that Jamie has never messed up badly enough to need the bar. It's on a need to know basis, but he has not had a reason to need the bar. Jamie is almost too perfect (He is Frank's mini-me to some extent). Even Frank must have some kind of interesting past. He was walking a beat during the 1974 Watergate hearings. The department back then was incredibly corrupt. I want to know more about this part of Frank's backstory and it kills me a little that Henry gets all the "in my day" stories while Frank's past in the NYPD, especially his early years, is this big unknown.

I think the pregnancy pamphlet was just there for a laugh. Georgie is the one who keeps the family together and helps supports his family financially after George dies and Sheldon leaves home for school. I don't think Georgie could be that present for his family and provide money if he was already married with a family of his own to support, because Mary seems like the type who would force Georgie to marry the girl if he got a girlfriend pregnant.