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Unless he was using the restaurant to hide money. If it is money issues, that would make sense. I am also perplexed about Eddie and Delilah's lack of guilt. As I said earlier, Delilah's response to her husband's suicide doesn't really make sense to me and the knowledge that she was having his affair with his friend makes it even more nonsensical. And I would think that Eddie, after eulogizing his friend, would at least feel somewhat guilty about the affair and would NOT go running to Delilah later that evening as if nothing had happened. I know that Eddie is supposed to be the immature one, but I would think that would make the guilt worse for him.

While I liked Maggie the best of the women (although Rome's wife...can't remember her name...I don't feel like we got to know her), I do agree with this. Actually, I found all the women to be unrealistic. Katherine was just a tired cliche, we barely got to know Rome's wife, and Delilah just didn't seem "real" in her reactions to anything. Honestly, it came off as Nash not writing women well. (I think this is the first of his shows that I've seen, so maybe I'm wrong...I'm only going by what I saw here).

Honestly, I think it is a good possibility that Eddie has slept with the Constance Zimmer character. As I think about it, I can see him womanizing as a way to deal with feeling dominated/ignored/whatever by his wife. He "loves" Delilah probably more because of John. John was the one who kept saying how toxic Katherine was...IIRC he was the only one of the friends to come out and say something like that. Because I have seen TV before, I don't think it is an unreasonable prediction that his feelings for Delilah are more about his adoration and possible jealousy of John than about Delilah. Despite my GP issues (I can already tell this is going to be a struggle for me), I hope that Katherine actually gets some redemption here. For one reason, I am sick to death of the "ball-busting, domineering woman" and I would like to see that blown apart. Secondly, I personally would much rather watch Eddie get his life in order than chase after his dead friend's wife.

It certainly seemed that way...as soon as she knew the code for his phone, I felt that IT WAS OH SO SUBTLY HINTED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE!!! I was a little surprised with whom Eddie was having an affair, I thought it would Constance Zimmer (wasn't that Constance Zimmer?) Actually, I wish it would have been, only because my love-triangle dance card is more than filled up. A strange thing that made me laugh a little is how obvious it was that Grace Park was spliced into her scenes. I mean, I get why and I don't blame them. However, even if I hadn't known there had been a casting change I would have picked up that something was going on with that.

Yesterday, I ran my mouth off (in a friendly way) with a TIU fan and somehow committed to watching 1.5 seasons + 1 episode of this show. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to pay up on that. What I liked: The performances were strong, stronger than TIU honestly. I did like the relationship between the men. I also really liked Maggie. What I didn't like: There was a lot. What bugged me most (and the revelation at the end doesn't change this) is that the women, especially Delilah, seemed completely unrealistic. In Delilah's case, I can only compare it to my own experiences, but it just seems wrong. I know people who have lost their partners after a long illness when they knew death was coming and I know people who lost their partners suddenly and without any notice (including a couple of suicides). Delilah's reaction is much more like camp A than camp B, which I just don't get. The other women were flat and/or cliche, although--as I said--I did like Maggie. I also found myself having some sympathy for Katherine, which pisses me off because off-screen Grace Park is troublesome to me. I know that's not fair, but there you go. Because Hulu was having some sort of glitch and only had the commercial version of this show, I had a chance to tweet out "I feel like hooking up with someone from a support group is something I've seen before." Despite all its claims that this is nothing like TIU, it sure seemed a hell of a lot like TIU. I'm not a fan of love-triangles and while I can see that it adds story opportunities for Eddie to be sleeping with Delilah, I hate love triangles and this is the most love triangle-y love triangle they could have come up with. I'm still in (apparently for another season and a half unless I never want to hear the end of it) and I hope it can turn itself around. I do think that, if TIU was not a thing, this would be an easier show to like. It would also have been easier to like if I hadn't been told for the last 6 months that I would cry because, surprise!, I was completely dry-eyed. And I cry at everything (except this, apparently. And TIU).

Aaah, I missed that. Thanks!

The daughter might not know...it was established that she is, um, "delicate" and struggled with the supposed deaths of her father and twin. I can conceivably see the Mom keeping a romantic relationship from the daughter (although that would be a stupid thing to do...)

Plus, I doubt that Georgie really wants to be sharing a room with Sheldon. He already has to share classes with him. It also seems from what I've seen that the Coopers tend to parent in 2 groups. Either they parent Georgie one way and Sheldon and Missy another (which makes sense, given the ages) or they parent Georgie and Missy one way and Sheldon another (which isn't fair, but...Sheldon). Both scenarios separate Georgie from Sheldon and the room situation is one more example. That being said, isn't Georgie supposed to be 14? If so, they would probably expect him to be out of the house in 4 years, which would put Sheldon at 13, when he would get a room separate from his sister's. There is also a case to be made that Sheldon and Missy sharing a room allows the show to give those two characters more time together, which is something that works well in this show. It might be no more than a convention to up the number of Sheldon and Missy scenes.

You're a few steps ahead of me. I remembered "Michaela" only because of course she'd be named Michaela. Angel figures are frequently named Michael (Michaela, Michelle, Mike, etc). Until reading this thread, Ben was still "the brother" in my mind, along with ex-boyfriend, wife, sick kid, teenaged daughter, doctor lady, doctor guy, etc. None of the characters stood out enough for me to actually remember their non-significant names. Sigh.

I wasn't sure I was going to give this one a try, but the hubs and I couldn't find anything else to watch that interested us, so we pulled this up on Hulu. It was okay...I guess. The acting was not great and there was a lot about it that didn't make much sense, such as how these people were introduced back into their old lives after only a few hours (or so it appeared). I'm not a fan of love triangles, so the fact that we have 2 going on here is not promising. I also really thought we'd get a lot of "What? That happened in the last 5 years?" moments, but there was next to none of that. I'm actually surprised that there is a religious bent to this show and, from what I saw in this episode, it doesn't look well-executed. But, all that being said, I feel like I need to give this a 2-3 episode run before I decide if it gets a slot on my viewing list.

I know people who will have opposite-sex siblings share a room if needed. My guess is that the Cooper house has 3 bedrooms, so Sheldon would either have to share with Missy or with Georgie and I think there are possible issues with both scenarios, although--at this (prepubescent) point--less with him sharing with Missy.

Oops, that what I meant! ;-D Thanks for the catch!

Well, both shows also have Maya Rudolph in common.

Count me in with those of you who found Amy's irritation with Sheldon a bit unrealistic. I mean, I get why someone would be irritated with Sheldon, but Amy was irritated about things they've already covered in their years together. Bringing it all up now just seemed like lazy writing. I also found the whole Penny's parents v. Penny and Leonard more than a little uncomfortable to watch.

I'm so glad this show is back. Like many of you, Sheldon crying broke my heart...but Sheldon sneaking into Meemaw's house (and bed) was more than a little bit creepy. Georgie does seem much older this year. I get that the actor is of that age physical development ebbs and flows and he must have had a growth spurt during the hiatus. That being said, I think it actually works better now that he less like a kid.

Yikes! A Million Little Things’ Review: Nearly 1 Million Things Wrong With ‘This Is Us’ Knockoff I don't put a lot of weight into one review, and I've read several reviews that run the spectrum for this show. But this one makes me nervous as it sounds the things that worry me about this show are valid.

I call this one "taking a shit on feminism."

I felt it read like fan fiction, honestly. Now, I was reading it around the time I saw Hamilton, so my view might be a bit colored there. However, after reading My Dear Hamilton, I read Hamilton's Battalion, which is unabashed fan-fic and I enjoyed that one much more.

I'm spoiler-tagging this one as it has to do with the plot of The Good Place.

I recently finished The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, which I loved more than I expected, and Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins, which I enjoyed but found a bit triggering in terms of body image issues. Since I'm still trying to get the anxiety under control, I'm sticking with lighter reads (I have There There out from the library and on my kindle, but I think I'm going to have to wait a bit on that one.) I'm slowly working my way through my backlog of Book of the Month Books and a started Goodbye, Paris by Anstey Harris yesterday. I'm not far into it, but it has yet to grab me. I'll give it a bit more before deciding whether or not to pull the plug. Then, on my kindle, I am just starting Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren. I've enjoyed a few her (their...) other books, so I hope this one is a good diversion.

This is the only team my daughter has played so far, so I'm not sure if this is a widespread thing or not I will say that the parents on her team are pretty chill, so maybe things will be better when she plays other teams.

You know what, I'm okay being uncomfortable with child molestation. In fact, I think it is actually OKAY to think that child molestation is a bad thing. I'm also okay with not respecting those who think that child molestation is something with which we should sympathize. Also, when authors (or creators of some sort) tell me how I should feel and then, if I don't feel that way, they deem me to be wrong, I put them on my hate list. So, Greenwood...have fun there with Picoult. Ugh.

For the record, I will like any post that contains this phrase.

The one that comes to me first is All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. I mean, the whole book gets my blood boiling, but what really riled me up with my book club discussion on it with over half the group talking about how romantic it was and a few of us countering with, "It's not romantic, it's child molestation!" To which, the response was, "Yeah, but this is different." No. No, it is not. Also Small Great Things. There are no words for how much I despised this book. I felt like I was being preached at--badly--from page one. Plus, there were so many stupid plot "devices" and just nonsensical details that I couldn't take any of it seriously. This was another book club book and my one friend and I were afraid that our hatred would offend some other members, so we went out for margaritas beforehand (I'm not sure if that would lessen anyone's offense, but we cared less about what people would think after our pre-funking session). Fortunately, everyone else in attendance that night felt pretty much the same way about it.

My pet peeve of the day: Youth Sports Parents. I just got back from my 9-year-old daughter's soccer game and her team played one that has 4 girls from her school on it and I ended up sitting next to one of her classmate's dads who I have known at about an acquaintance level for 6-7 years. I always thought he was a mild-mannered guy, but yeesh...not anymore! Not only was he heavily into the backseat coaching, but he kept urging the girls on his team to injure one of the girls on our team. Yes, one of the little 4th grade girls (well, the one who happened to be playing circles around all the other girls on both teams...) After the game, he said to me, "I'm sorry but I get carried away and just can't help it. Don't worry, my wife will yell at me all the way home." Sorry, dude, that doesn't make your behavior even remotely okay....