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I saw "Heat Wave" on Crackle - boy, that episode aged terribly.

That's great - I can pick up where I left off last year when Roku dropped it.

I thought the best were Buzzy, Joe Buck, David Faber, Ken Jennings and Mayim. Maybe Jimmy and Sarah will get a shot at guest-hosting now?

I'd rather have them replace Gayle with Adriana Diaz or Margaret Brennan. They seem to have more fun when Gayle is off.

Do we know if they're filming 22 episodes again?

I'm a year into watching this show (randomly) since Start TV added it. I finally saw the final arc this week - it was really silly and overblown, but watchable (once). However when I get around to watching the whole series in order I will cut it off with Sharon's funeral scene. Dylan was annoying AF (who cares about him and his underage girlfriend?), Emma's death was lifted from Friday the 13th, the body count was ridiculous (and none of them mattered anyway), the veteran characters were mostly kicked to the curb, and Rusty gets away with murder? That scene just didn't work at all. Some good moments here and there, but not enough to sit through again.

We're down to the final round of Jack Soo appearances on Antenna TV. He hung on as long as he could, but he looked unhealthy here.

The old couple in the diner episode always cracks me up arguing about the prunes vs. the cheese.

Ann moves to London and leaves her aging mother behind? How convenient. Did they even know where Julie was at this time? At least Schneider got decked out for the occasion.

That reminded me of Dan and Roseanne's big blowup on "Roseanne", only without the trashed furniture. These actors are tremendous - Zoe's getting better material than her mother these days. I wonder if they'll pick up at the same place or do a time jump. If Iain has a height surge and a voice change in the next four months the continuity will be wrecked, unless they planned ahead and already shot the next episode.

Mary didn't even come to dinner after being called - I guess she only gets one token appearance per episode. "Are you still on that?" Thank you, Ben. Laurie Metcalf must be making good bucks for this pitiful, cartoonish character. I too would rather see a whole episode with Barb and Louise.

Marty's Star Trek photo cracked me up. Sheaun Mckinney (Malcolm) is nearly 40 and only 12 years younger than Tichina Arnold.

"Why am I the only normal one in this family?" It was great to have the six main regulars together and bouncing off each other for the first time in ages. Hopefully we'll get more of that next season and fewer isolated subplots. Sheldon ran off at the end of the opening sequence - I've never seen that before. I didn't read the summary but I hope it's not a tragic clilffhanger.

Mark shot up in a hurry.

"So you're gonna do a Black voice?" Bad idea, Dave. Once again, Marty and Malcolm are the MVPs. The art-class plot was done on The Jeffersons.

Well that's one way to feel young - hang around people even older than you. I got Marla Gibbs right away but I could not get the others until I saw the credits. I loved the phone call where Mary got to zing her mom for a change. I thought I heard Sheldon's voice drop a couple of times.

The two brothers make the show for me - they need more airtime.

Maybe it can still be saved by the new Disney streaming service. I would pay for that if that happened.

What a fun show and what lunkheaded decisionmaking at ABC today. Between this and Speechless and no longer being interested in Fresh Off the Boat I have no reason to watch ABC anymore.

Sigh. I had some problems with the writing this season but I still looked forward to watching every week. I loved these characters and actors. Gutted to lose this and The Kids Are Alright at the same time - I really enjoyed that show too.

Now fully owned by Disney/ABC: https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/disney-fox-deal-complete-1203167374

Agreed - even Mr. Powers was less campy than usual. I've been waiting for a Ray drunk scene and they delivered. I have nothing against Sarah Chalke but her character just doesn't interest me. I'd rather see Marin Hinkle but she appears to be in another show.

Fun episode - nice to see Jimmy and Ray in the car again - I miss those scenes.

Another silly and cartoonish episode - better luck next year.

This was a really good episode - best of the season so far.