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I enjoyed it. I don't mind some goofy stuff and I like the cat obsessed guy. So glad Flex made it through. My only complaint is when they focus on someone and then reshow their story at the next round. Only one focus with a brief (3 second) reference to their hook is all I'm ok with.

this. The minute we saw the message, I thought Bail had horrible security protocol. He didn't need to say Tatooine or Owen's name. Just "l'll go to the place and help out you know." Ben obviously knows where etc. Loose lips sink ships people!

I enjoyed this. Some great runs. It's such a nice, fun summer show.

I didn't expect Dr Scott to be working to get Halsted killed. What a plan. I was surprised to see Dr Charles' daughter again. I assumed she'd never show up on screen again.

you nailed it. I generally like the lack of live finale for the pro reasons you listed but I do feel like you esp miss out on the reactions after they watched. Is Mike as "I love everyone" after watching how Omar played him? But generally Jeff wastes so much time at the live reunion with stupid stuff, I'm 50/50 on what format is best

I struggle to think of storylines I'm less interested in than a mayor campaign. i hope we time hop next year and it's over. Dixon has lost; some decent person won who isn't Travis. Maya was the absolute worst in this episode.

I do hope all the residents are gone for good and we get new, well-written characters. I'm fine if Teddy and Owen are gone for good but it was hard to follow what their plan was. I enjoyed seeing Jackson and April again. I hate it when a show has a good platonic friendship and ruins it. Looking at you Link/Jo. I also knew they would dump Todd but wish they had kept him (and not made him weird at the end). I am not moved by Kai's always flat delivery.

this basically captures my thoughts. It was a fitting ending. I'm so glad they included William. And adult Deja sounds just like her younger version.

Kevin's painting episode is still one of my favorites too. I loved the episode. I cried when Beth said her good bye-the I've got it from here gutted it me. Maybe because I'm raising 2 boys and I hope someday they have someone who will have it together for them when I'm gone. I regrouped and then was sobbing for the last 5-6 minutes. I liked the touch with the family in the car accident: (1) it's a consistent approach for this show to work in another family/character and slowly reveal why; (2) I liked the idea of Jack transferring Dr. K's lemon advice (which made me cry in episode 1) to another family who needed it. . .and seeing how it carried forward for them.. . . Nice touch. I could not get over how much adult Deja sounds like teenage Deja. This show is amazing with the casting.

I thought the same and with Maggie standing behind him in the house I thought the story would be her getting shot. . . does she survive???

I thought Lindsey was amazingly dumb this episode. I would get not sharing her ideal with Omar to avoid looking like a tight 2 but that was not her reasoning. The assumption that they would or would not rehide an idol was silly. Unless they gave her a rule sheet that said "if an idol expires, we will not add another idol to the game" why would she assume they would not hide one. We've seen them hide them after someone gets kicked out with an idol in their pocket. Playing it or not has never been a key factor in "does another idol show up." So, I can't see basing your game on trying to keep them from hiding one. The show is going to shower you with idols or not depending on what they want to do,

Falcner's death on Sisters gutted me. Clooney and Ward had such great chemistry

Agree 100%. The scene was an example of her figuring out and providing what each child needed. Kevin's reaction to the tooth fairy reminded me of my youngest--who when told the tooth fairy would come insisted I put the TF pillow next to his bed and not put it under his pillow. His reasoning was he did not want the TF waking him up! I was crying solid pretty much from the scene where Kevin puts lotion on his mom's hands. My last visit with my Nana involved a lot of sitting with her and rubbing lotion on her hands. I was sobbing through the end of the episode. I thought it was really well done. I don't care about things being realistic--I was glad they came up with a good way for her to stay in the house.

I do not like Jo and Linc as a couple. I hate storylines where I'm supposed to be waiting for the couple to finally come together but I feel the opposite. We've done gotten high by mistake storylines before. I don't find them interesting.

I feel for Winston because he truly has a complete idiot for a brother.

Omar is in serious risk of overplaying. The lie to Mike worked but could have blown up--if Mike had decided to blow up at Hai. It could still if Omar is in the final and Mike decides to vote for someone else (assuming Mike goes out) because Hai tells him the truth. I thought Omar could have gotten the same result with a more subtle approach. Mike was already annoyed with Hai. . . mention how I'd like to work with you but it seems like you are super tight with Hai. . . Hai sure is playing hard. . . I'm not sure that it impacted what happened but what a dumb lie by Hai. Why would he expect Jonathan to believe he would play an idol for him? and not to take out the leader of the anti-Jonathan effort but to get Romeo? If he really was going to make that big move play, you would organize a big blindside of whoever you convince J is running the show. It was so obviously a lie. Don't bother lying if you don't have something better than that.

fair point--but in my fan waving version, they kept some stuff in the cabin. . .

I loved it. I wanted the happy ending and it was nicely done. Happy for Kevin. In my world, he doesn't carry the Valentine for all 40 years. At some point, he came across it in his box of elementary school stuff and chose to keep it. That's my story.

I always found hollow bunnies a bummer as a kid. The interrogation thing is so true. Almost any book you find about someone getting wrongly convicted involves harsh interrogations where someone gets badgered to confess. This show reminded me to chat with my boys--ask for a lawyer, keep asking for one and remember police can lie to you about the evidence. Anyone short on sleep, overwhelmed by the situation and getting lied to about the evidence could find themselves confessing.

* I don't like the hourglass challenge but this was at least better in that the winners had some warning the person picked would get power-and the chance to go instead. I'd still prefer they drop it * Tori is reminding me of Angela. It made no sense to tell Rocksroy "we sent you so you'd get the power" but at the same time essentially say "and once you got it, you were not supposed to use it." *I'm glad they picked Rocksroy since he seemed to enjoy it more than anyone would * I didn't see any chance he didn't smash the glass UNLESS he came up with some "it would be dishonorable; this is like a participation trophy" type view of it. There was a moment he mentioned honor and I thought he might go there * I last ate at Applebee's around 1991. It was with my now husband when $$ were short. It was awful. I regretted not just going to McDonald's. My husband and I made a "life decision" to never eat there again. When our kids were little and would react to an Applebee's after hearing the ads, and ask us why we never went there, my husband would insist that they only served broccoli as our little inside joke. It cracked me up when Jeff announced Applebee's. I know we wouldn't make the show, but any takes with a member of my family would involve commentary like "I made a life decision in 1991 to never eat there again, but since I'm starving, I guess I'll eat it." or "My parents hated Applebee's so much they lied to us and told us they only served broccoli. This will be my first time to ever eat their food."

I felt badly for the Ivy/no chemo case. Just sad. Just realized we no longer see any of Dr Charles' daughter. I liked Dr Scott taking out the attacker. The transplant case was a lot. I knew there was no way you just approve a donor in minutes. I haven't read the article but how successful have post-transplant pregnancies been? I would worry that a transplanted uterus would have issues during a pregnancy.

I, too, thought of Calvin and Hobbes. I think the show is pro Kate but you can see both parties getting some blame. I also got some of her freak out with the leaky ceiling. I'm much more quick to freak out when something breaks and people are over. It amps up the stress. The door knob thing reminded me of my oldest, who for whatever reason would not touch door knobs for a long time. We opted to roll with it and enjoyed not needing to add safety locks or anything throughout our house. If a door was closed, that was a baby-proof barrier. In contrast, I had friends who had to add extra locks at the top of their front door, otherwise toddler would head out on his own.

I was so bummed when I saw that Glasses was going to be in this episode. But I will admit he provided the 2 parts that made me laugh: (a) him realizing it was his mom because of too many hashtags (b) his mom toppling down the stairs--something about that was funny (even though real life falling down the stairs is not).

the dinner seemed very unrealistic--there at least needed to be more people there to expect it to be anything but awful. Glad they ended the Emmet thing. Maya is increasingly annoying.

I enjoyed this episode. I don't hate watch This is Us so I easily skip over parts that are not 100% realistic. I watch it for the heart warming moments. I cried several times. I adored the side by side tooth brushing scenes.