IvySpice

Truth be told, this liberal feminist thinks that parentally-approved Skyping is probably as good a way to find a husband as dating. It wouldn't work for me, but heaven knows that many people given time, freedom, and information still make all kinds of terrible choices about who to marry. Shared values and goals combined with friendly attraction is at least as likely to lead to a strong marriage as all the foolishness we put one another through on the dating scene. So I say, more power to you, Jill. (OK, and I think Derick is really hot. He's a lifeguard. And a former Oklahoma State mascot, so he has a sense of humor. Call me, Derick!)

I LOVE Stephen's reaction to the kerfluffle. Bless him for pointing out that people are angrier about his brilliant critique of racism than about the ACTUAL racism being parodied. I mean, yes, there are some jerks in the world who want to use parody as an excuse to repeat racist/sexist/homophobic BS. That is a real thing. But holy cow, that's not Stephen. The awful things he says in character are the best dissection of ignorance in America today.

I know it was probably in the best interests of the trailer park to give Doug the free house, but damn, the unfairness of that really burns me! The man destroys not one but two retirement idylls and shows not a shred of remorse or willingness to acknowledge that it affected anybody else. But sure, he'll take a free house! His neighbors better pray that he dies before he turns the new one into rodent central, because you know that's coming fast. This was one of those hoarders where the hoarding was just the tip of the iceberg. The mental illness caused him to fill the houses up, but pure narcissism keeps him from apologizing when he makes his fiancee cry. Suzzanne did need to shut up, even though she was right, because she was stirring a pot of snakes. Lord knows I could never watch that "cleanup" process silently, but she needed to sit over by her mom and read a book or something. You can't reason with insanity. I'm guessing that Susan's first husband was an alcoholic or a wife beater who was always promising to change, too. Good for her for standing her ground about the moldy old briefcase. Doug just wouldn't take no for an answer!

Or to teach character lessons to its siblings. You shouldn't have a job description before you're even born, you know? Thank you for using the phrase "man-pee."

I'm Margaret Farquhar. I didn't grow up to be a professor of biology, mother of six, friend to bats. But that was me in middle school, and thank God for the Square Dance episode that showed me, when I was exactly the characters' age, that the Kevins in my world were going to get it someday.