NutmegsDad

Show: Okay, 'Cameron buys the pot from the dealer, bakes the brownies, but before he can get them to Oscar, Franco takes and eats them, and he gets goofier than usual.' Done! Now to film it.... ABCD: Hey, we don't want to show underaged kids buying pot, or pot brownies, so you're gonna have to rewrite it... Show: Ew.... okay, then Cameron can tell the dealer that the deal is off.... ABCD: Oh, we want Cameron to have consequences for his actions, so he's going to be forced to buy the pot from the dealer, then get busted. Show: *sighhhhhh* This is the only show where the response from the 'heroes' to two elderly people with Alzheimer's are lost isn't Silver Alert, but "DON'T CALL THE COPS!"

I'm more in line with this than Nina interrupting everyone to tell how empowered Charlotte is and it's all Aiden's fault, and THEN give Charlotte ice cream. All things considered, even if Charlotte is just going through the motions, I'll but it for now. One thing about Aiden that we're speculating: Aiden is high-functioning autistic, and his monotone and non-reaction to Charlotte's apology is giving us indication. It's interesting, but if Show is going there, hopefully Show won't fuck it up.

Even forwarding through the JaSam crap, it took forever for us to get through this episode at Haus Nutmeg because of us stopping the DVR and talking about our respective experiences with our parents with Alzheimers. The consensus is that Marcus should be further along in accepting that the Yvonne he knew is slipping away, and soon, he will be taking care of an entity that looks like his wife, but isn't his wife. Carly and Sonny have been more accepting and adaptable to Mike's situation (Marcus is still trying to tell Yvonne that she's his wife, rather than working in whatever reality she's in, like Sonny). What pisses us off is that it should be Stella and the other at the nursing home to counsel Marcus, and not Sonny/Carly. Also, they do need to have more orderlies to watch over and step in, and it's not Sonny's job to so. It's also pissing us off they shoehorned the Croyton subplot into Mike's storyline to make it all about Sonny, and to make Mike more aware and lucid at times than he should be, all to benefit Sonny. Hopefully, Marcus' need for counseling opens an opportunity for Dr. Andre to return, because he's one person who can relate to Marcus directly. Maybe with Drew in possession of the USB, it's in the future.

Show has been getting the good hand-me-down plot points from Greys Anatomy, (two patients, one benefits while the other deteriorating to oblivion, forgetting the spouse), but because of Sonny and Carly and Mike's happiness, hey, Marcus, sucks to be you. Nina needs to be ballgagged and shipped to a Swiss clinic. Nothing they say will change her mind that Charlotte is perfect and Valentine just wants to bone her. Way to go, Poppa!

Oh, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan.... You do NOT want to shitstir Ava and Carly, you do NOT want to reignite the umpteenth custody battle for Avery, and you do NOT want to be on Sonny's radar. You WILL fail.

TFGH has been delving into interesting plotlines that Show doesn't have the finesse to complete, first with Oscar (Can a teen refuse questionable treatment for Quality of Life?) and now with Drew (You can have your full memories except the last five years, or the last five years plus someone else's memories). If they were done on "The Good Doctor" or "Black Mirror", I would suspect they would be more thoughprovoking. I will be happily surprised if the Drew Memory Situation is completed to "Black Mirror" levels. It was a memorial service (with casket), not a Mass, and Show usually calls God (now with his own show on CBS) to have God/Sonny scenes. Even though Sonny and Carly made Kiki's death all about Morgan, at least they kept quiet until after the service.

UO: I liked Franco's eulogy. It was.... deja vu. Did Griffin say something? I tuned out when he said "his faith was taken from him". Yay for suspicious Scotty! Yay for Carly and Sonny sitting in the back and STFU. Also yay for Nina for staying quiet. I like MW without raccoon eyes. Yay for Michael and the Jeromes coming together for Avery. Again.... deja vu. Will Carly kick Ava when she's down?

Too bad Disney didn't tell ABCD the title, or else they could have worked in Ryan wearing a glove and snapping his fingers. We'd lose half the cast, but with our luck, Carson, Jasam, and Nina would survive.

I am unusually intrigued. I know she will ultimately fail because of Sonny/Carly/Jason, but I'm wondering the angle. Show will say Holistic Bad Medicine Good, but positive thoughts can't hurt. I'm wondering if the cult is targeting Kristina specifically.

I understand how disappointed people were that we wouldn't see any other YS characters other than Sheldon, George, and Georgie, but in the context of the episode, it wouldn't make sense to add any other characters the way the plot was presented in the show. I'm satisfied the way the show addressed the Russian paper disproving the Shammy Theory, but it was maddening we had to wait three weeks to find out. Wonderful reaction Sheldon had to his dad's speech. I'm sorry, but I cringed all throughout the Howard magician subplot, as soon as Howard said he wasn't interested in reapplying. Bernie went into full Stage Mom Mode, and I mentally FF'd, Even the last scene at the Castle with the Rolex, I could see coming a mile away. Yes, Leonard's mom is the mom that Sheldon never had, and Sheldon is the son she never had. We get it.

Morgan's headstone put a birth year before I was (re)watching the show with NutmegsMom, and before we even met.

Lost in the preemption was Dr. Kim having a very nice moment with Julian, apologizing for being a Slagbeast and getting upset he didn't get back into the mob (after all those times she held him at arm's length that every comment he made meant he was going back into the mob). Sasha wants to high-tail it out of there, but Valentin is cop-blocking and lawyer-blocking her from leaving. Look for her to be the next Ryan victim.

It's a very, very sad state of affairs that I gave them credit for not bashing Ava as a horrible person after hearing about Kiki's death.

Assuming that Lauren is an Ex-Kiki, this is going to be devastating for Ava, as the closest she'll be able to grieve for her daughter will be on the Canadian side of the border. Every single person she interacts with will give a mini-diatribe about how awful she is, and she has no right to be in the same Zip Code as the funeral services. I give the over/under of interactions at 10.

So far, she's not in the Charlotte bullying storyline... But if Willow and Michael get together....

I was going to post a simple "Dr. Kim, GFY", especially after today with Julian, but I have a feeling TB beat me to it.

"Clean off the Death Couch, Hardwick..... Lauren's coming!"

So much to love about the 2000 episode. I'll just add that pre-botox MB playing a Sonny that was only The Most Powerful Mobster This Side of Spoon Island with SJB!Carly was not watchable, it was fun. And AJ saved the day with the pizza. So many dead characters, so many deceased actors, and when Michael was the only spawn. Compared to 2017 (which redeemed itself with the wonderful filling of the Q Mansion at the end), and 2016 (when oh poor lonely Sonny which we all thought he killed Morgan, for a moment....), which we binged as well.

Depends. Is Nina part Sicilian?

And fuck you, Valentin, for running after her and propping her.

The snow storm is Ava's fault, because she killed Morgan, and Nina is outraged at the mayor, because the storm reminds her of Elsa from Frozen, who is a strong feminist role model.

The Missus had another theory about Howard translating the Russian paper. He purposely mistranslated it to torpedo Sheldon's theory. Unfortunately, it's also Amy's theory, and the writers wouldn't be cruel enough to suggest Howard would go that low..... .....would they?

Unfortunately, he was too late for the Houston Aeros.

Howard went into freaking SPACE. He's a fucking ISS Astronaut, and the writers use it as a punchline. When he trained with the Russians for the ISS, he may have picked it up from that.

NutmegsMom pointed out the benefit of having a second opinion for translating, especially since Howard's skill was spotty. So, Amy can at least go back to her research---- oh wait, the University Sheldon took it away from her, so now she's stuck. Bazinga and womp womp, I guess. I like the way Stuart's relationship is developing offscreen, and with no big issues or pitfalls coming out. Sometimes, people click, and there's no explanation. Oh, yeah, I do remember that line. It was pretty funny... We had to pause and rewind the DVR, we were laughing so hard.