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  1. I know I'm late to this party but DAMN the scene where the kid looked at his parents before surgery was some of the best acting I've seen. I knew exactly what he was doing - memorizing their faces - without one word spoken. I sobbed.
  2. YES. It would've been so much better if Darlene had wanted to stay BEFORE David's little visit. If she didn't want to leave her dad and her pregnant sister and her aunt, I would've felt that on her. Also, as someone else said Chicago is ONE HOUR away. To me that is a decent drive time for frequent visits and if not, I'm no geography expert but I'm sure there are towns IN BETWEEN Lanford and Chicago, yes? Why couldn't Darlene and Ben compromise and move somewhere in the middle? Half hour each way is nothing. I about died at Emilio's face when he tasted the tuna casserole. SAME, dude. My heart broke for Jackie and Becky. Sniff.
  3. I agree with those who hated Grace's "And you LEFT". No. You're a grown woman, you don't "test" your husband like that. Just no. And while I somewhat agree that Ben's "just trust me" is old and tired writing, at least they TRIED to justify it with the whole "everyone who finds out about the callings dies or almost dies". I mostly loved the episode though and loved the addition of the hiker. I'm a sucker for cheesy intrigue, I reckon. I was pleasantly surprised at how fast Michaela realized that Autumn was the mole and that she had the missing piece from Cal's notebook. I really thought it would take much longer and more hand-wringing and then a MAN would figure it out. One scene that stood out for me though was the fingerprint scene. Why did we need to see the cops getting Grace's fingerprints "just to rule them out"? I think that will come in to play somehow, like Grace will be set up for a crime using her fingerprints. I may have watched too much Lost because I always expect every scene to come back to haunt us.
  4. And on a school night!! Justin Hartley killed me in the necklace/list scene. He has been the weakest link for me, acting-wise, but he sold the fuck out of that scene.
  5. THIS!! When Kate was confessing to Toby about her binge eating and saying that she has a lot of emotions tied up in food...the flashback was of Jack taking her to the ice cream parlor, and she wasn't talking about positive emotions. Jack may not have been intentional but what he did was just as damaging. Jack taught Kate that food = love. I don't want to generalize over-eaters in any way, but for me, that is exactly the crux of my issues. Food makes me feel good and it's a dangerous, vicious cycle. Kate used food after Jack's death because that was their "thing" and it made her feel better, albeit temporarily. Jack bears some responsibility for Kate's issues with food and was not in the right against Rebecca.
  6. I started sobbing with the football field breakdown and didn't stop until well after the show ended. I found the lawn breakdown a little cringey, specifically a couple of times when he said "I'm in pain" but when he was face down on the lawn asking for someone to help him, ugh, I bawled. But there was a moment in each scene and if they were the actor's specific choice then definitely his Emmy reels....but each time he mentioned his father, his voice broke. On the football field when he said he got up just in time to "bury his father", the crack in his voice was so raw and that's when my tears started. Then he did the same crack on the doctor's lawn when he said the necklace was the only thing he had of Jack's and holy crap I was gone. I understand what y'all are saying about the ending taking away from a Kevin-centric episode because it was about Kate but I saw it as being something Kevin missed because of his addiction. Addicts are so wrapped up in their own shit that they tend to miss everything happening around them, good and bad. Ironically, the same applies to friends and families of addicts who don't see the addiction because they're wrapped up in their own lives. Anyway, Kate's miscarriage can be about Kate next week. This week it was about the look on Kevin's face when Randall said those words and Kevin realized that he had been ignoring Kate's and Toby's calls because he needed a fix, effectively making him miss being there for Kate when she needed him the most. It was about the guilt he will carry for that and the continuation of the seemingly unending cycle of bad choices that Kevin makes. Like he said in his speech on the football field, even when he makes a good choice (going to Randall's to tell him about the addiction), he makes a bad one (not answering or returning Kate's calls) and screws up yet again.
  7. I think he was planning to shoot up, not smoke, the crack. Hence the needle. The lighter was to heat the crack to a liquid in order to shoot it. I assume the belt was to tie around his arm to pop a vein? On Kevin's addiction story, I think they're getting it mostly right. My ex was an addict, starting with crack and a stint in rehab before I met him. He was sober for six years and then hurt his back and started getting pain pills prescribed. The first time, the addiction took months to progress to the level that Kevin's is at. BUT, the subsequent times (and there were many), it was quick and seamless the way Kevin's has been. And each time, I did not notice (or rather, I did not allow myself to notice) until it was really, really bad. Until you've loved an addict, you'll never fully grasp the denial part of that love. You believe the excuses and you even make the excuses on their behalf when there is no explanation. You hold on to every tiny last bit of hope that they are not using again and that you have not "let it happen" again. Breaking that cycle of denial, excuses, and ultimately enabling the addiction can be just as difficult as kicking the addiction itself. I don't fault Sophie or Kate for not noticing or recognizing (yet) the extent of Kevin's addiction, they are still very much in the denial period. Although, Kevin's breakup should be Sophie's first clue, it may not be since he's hurt her before (although I guess it remains to be seen whether or not Kevin cheated during his previous addiction or after he got clean). But relapse is honestly the very last consideration when you love an addict. You don't want to ever believe it's happening, again.
  8. Did anyone else hear April at the beginning of the ep instructing people to "CHECK EVERY AIRWAY!"? I thought that was nice, subtle callback to I Saw What I Saw when April was ultimately fired for not checking an airway. I loved that episode.
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