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Good episode. I liked the Nancy storyline and her interactions with Sr Frances, her understanding feeling about a teen mom growing up in care being delighted with home of her own even if it wasn't best home. And her later talk with Hilda, frustration that she hasn't had the opportunity to raise her daughter and having work get in way of one of their special days. It was nice to see her get really enthusiastic about the conference. The father to be headaches was sure to spell disaster though I didn't expect it on this scale. I feel Dr Turner will be fine, Sr Julianne I'm not so sure of, I also wonder if there will be twist that Nurse Crane was on train coming back early from holidays and she will be the one to die.

It's good to see Lucille get some interesting storylines. I was surprised when I checked that she's been around since season 7 because she hasn't had much memorable stories. This season she got her wedding and the whole miscarriage storyline was well handled and well acted.

It was nice to see some of Fanny's background in the episode (I think tat just leaves Robin and Mary who haven't had flashback yet) It wasn't very laugh out loud episode but very nice Christmas spirit. I loved Captain and Julian going to tell Kitty about Santa then changing their minds and keeping up the fantasy.

Well Alberta said she had to drag suitcase from hotel, as she wasn't allowed to stay in house, so it's possible someone slipped the poison in the bottle at her hotel so the other ghosts didn't see what happened and assumed heart attack.

Agree with the other comments too much personal drama and too much cop/detective stuff. It's not why I tune into this show. While I don't mind giving characters or side characters more personal drama to deal with, in previous seasons, they spread it out better. Here we had Taylor reporting and hints of tragic past, Chim's search for Matty, Hen and ex drama, Athena's whole family drama, and just 1 rescue that was then focused on as a whole detective case. It reminds a bit of that old show Third Watch that I used to like when it was about EMTs Firefighters and Police, and slowly they got rid of firefighter and most EMT and became another cop show. I just want to see some fun rescues and 1 maybe 2 characters per episode deal with personal stuff.

My thoughts on the last few episodes: Mary Anne and the Great Romance - MA and Richard have a great relationship loved the note-cards and the awkward double date. I liked that MA was annoyed with her friends for just assuming she'd be with her boyfriend instead of walking with them. I was glad MA and Logan decided not to be serious at the end of the episode. Dawn's Wicked Stepsister - I love the Schafer/Spier dynamic, so this was one of my favourite episodes. MA and Sharon bonding was nice also understandable that Dawn got jealous, particularly as it seemed they were ganging up on her with a few comments, coupled with the other annoyances no wonder she blew up. But good on MA for also calling her out on bottling things up. Richard and Dawn having a little bonding moment was also nice. It's good Richard and Sharon aren't rushing things but I wouldn't mind seeing them all leaving in the same house in future episodes (though doubt we'll get that far). It's nice Mal got subplot of being uncomfortable being charity-case, gave her a bit more to do then just play the over-entusastic member, even though it didn't get much time to delve into it with 1/2 hour episode. Claudia and the Sad Goodbye - Yep I teared up for this episode, really well done, Claudia actress did such a good job, also her avoiding emotions paired up with emotional Mary Anne (who was close to Mimi) to finally break through was well done. I liked that it was traditional funeral arrangements and the funny stories they told while Claudia made special tea was nice. Kristy and the Baby Parade - Loved they kept the disaster float with Mal's terrible clashing outfits. Knew Patrick was going to let them down, glad Watson and MA called him out, though I did think Watson maybe talked too long without any of the kids speaking up. Felt particularly bad for David Michael who still wanted to send photo album. It's very sweet tat Watson wants to adopt them all, nice end to the season.

I enjoyed this season, particularly the later episodes, it would nice if they get 1 more season. Obviously compared to last season, the episode titles in most cases were a lot looser adaptation, but also noticed they seemed to be taking influence from the series as a whole. Such as Mary Anne setting up the alarm at Dawn's house is like her bugler alarms from "Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls" Mary Anne and Logan's relationship seemed to take things from "Logan Likes Mary Anne" and "Mary Anne vs Logan" (MA missing friends due to relationship) and Mallory not wanting to be charity case comes from"Poor Mallory". Interesting that they wanted to "Little Miss Stoneybrook and Dawn" I wonder what other plans were changed because of Covid. We did get 2 less episodes than last season, and in 1st episode I thought they were building up some Kristy/Jessi conflict that didn't go anywhere. Thoughts on the first few episodes: Kristy and the Snobs - The Louie stuff was sad, glad it happened off screen, Kristy struggling to fit in and Liz also having issues with Delaneys was good. Shannon as resue pup was good. No teen Shannon, and awkward more than snobby Amanda was missed, feel it didn't give Kristy as much conflict as the book. Claudia and the New Girl - totally different from the book, would have been nice to see Ashley bond more with Claudia overall though I'm fine with the changes with Ashley as a minor character, but I kind of wish they just made this a "Hello, Mallory" episode instead, it was interesting to see how Claudia felt about Mal's over-enthusiasm, but as it was Mal focused it would have been nice just to have her narrate an episode Stacey's Emergency - I liked Stacey as the overachiever, I was expecting her to collapse on stage so the "emergency" was a bit underwhelming (more knowledgeable people than me have already commented the inaccurate diabetes levels). Also as they brought up the McGill's arguing in later episodes, seems like missed opportunity for conflict here (blaming each other for Stacey's lapse) Jessi and the Superbrat - this is the point where the season really picked up for me. I liked Jessi and her conflict of no longer enjoying ballet because she wasn't the best. Derek no longer a film star but personality wise seemed accurate and like him and Jessi bonding. Jessi's family were also great loved the back and forth with her mum. Also the pair up of Jessi and Mary Anne was unusual but fun. Kristy standing up for Jessi as her "manager" very funny how business like she is. I'll post thoughts on the other episodes soon.

2 weeks to go! I am so excited! I'm even so much of BSC geek that I started a blog last summer doing a 3 way comparison of the original books, the graphic novels and netflix series. (https://bscbooksgraphixtv.blogspot.com/) I'm interested to where this season goes as in the original series once Mal and Jessi join, timeloop starts so I imagine we'll actually get parts from different books across the episodes

After the last few darker episodes, this was nice change of pace, a lot of fun.

Interesting book choices some unexpected ones in there. “Kristy and the Snobs” and “Claudia and the New Girl" make sense as next in continuity and the early books are the best books. "Stacey’s Emergency” seems they are not doing Stacey moving back to New York then back to Stoneybrook, so that means they had to skip over a couple of books (I wonder if her parents will get divorced if there's a season 3) “Jessi and the Superbrat” I would have thought Jessi's Secret Language would be good to adapt but this is fine too. “Mary Anne and the Great Romance” and “Dawn and the Wicked Stepsister” surprised there's another wedding this season but I suppose it will be more Mary Anne and Dawn adjusting to being sisters. “Claudia and the Sad Goodbye” this will be devastating but a good book to adapt. “Kristy and the Baby Parade” - another surprising choice, I'm guessing that it will start with Watson-Brewers adopting Emily Michelle (as she was adopted in Kristy's Mother Day Surprise) @LadyChatts I don't know if you've read the graphic novels, they stick closely to the books but have made some changes like Mal joins in book 5 "Dawn and the Impossible 3" it's fun to see how they adjusted for that. It is disappointing Mallory doesn't get an episode, Hello Mallory wouldn't make sense any more but I was thinking "Poor, Mallory" or "Mallory on Strike" would be contenders.

If the sitcom parts are a more idealised verson of events, I can imagine in reality Kevin is abusive to her, probably emotionally and controlling more than physically. We've already got hints of this from Alison's conversation with other people, that he's been breaking down her confidence, isolating her and controlling aspects of her life. Such as convincing her she is bad at money so he handles the finances, telling her she is a bad driver so he drives their car the most, which also limits her ability the travel. Only his friend group being around. Her comment to librarian that if she left "he'd find her" all points to abusive relationship to me.

Nia was so adorable and her asking to play with Denny and her "see you later" was heartbreaking, glad she has happy ending with her mom. Hen did annoy me when she nixed the idea of fostering straight after goodbye, while Karen who was also upset about saying bye,was acknowledging it was tough but open to discussion. Chim/Maddie baby situation just reminds me how crap maternity leave is in the US! They were cute doing their swap overs though

Thanks very much tomorrowgirl, I was sure that I associated with some other dramatic show.

Agree this was strong episode with the 2 best characters. I do find it funny that returning episodes for this and regular 9-1-1 had a drunk driver nearly killing a beloved family member (Grace/Albert), a character dealing with death of someone they were partially responsible for (Judd/Bobby) and pregnancy (Tommy & Grace/ Maddie) in both stories!

On the pregnancy, I'm glad their was no drama other than them having to wait so long. Would have thought they would tried medical induction rather than the home remedies. I was overdue with my child and they induced me, which then failed and I ended up having c-section, which was fine I opted to do that over their suggestion of trying to induce again! I'd no strong feelings for Albert prior to this episode, but the tears started coming when I thought he was going to die! I'm glad he didn't especially for Chim, because I only want happy things to happen for him, i also felt for Buck when he was calling out for Albert and him having to tell Chim. What was the song playing during birth/Albert scene? I feel it's been other shows for dramatic death scene before, which made me think Albert was a goner!