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It was a Boston Bruins billboard spray painted (by Greta) with the words “Gary was here,” an echo of the “Maggie was here” graffiti from an earlier season.

Did I miss where they explained the top-secret legal papers Katherine helped Gary with? Why did they air that scene if they weren’t going to refer to it again? This episode was hard for me to watch because I have Stage IV cancer myself (stable at the moment, but the diagnosis remains). Interestingly, I’ve talked to my husband about this very scenario. However, I felt that Gary acted prematurely. Rome mentioned that he wasn’t eating, but he was still mentally sharp, still able to communicate, still able to make jokes, still able to hold his son, and did not *appear* to be in intense pain. I know I would not be ready to end things at that point. Maybe the writers just didn’t want to show a realistic, messy death from cancer, and that’s understandable, I suppose.

The dirty, unbrushed hair bothered me a lot. And it bothered me even more when her hair looked washed and brushed in the middle of the same scene. The continuity director is not paying attention. I am loving Rufus Sewell in this role. After watching him as a stern Nazi, it’s great to see his mischievous smile and his charm. I can totally understand why Kate would be annoyed with him, but he’s entertaining on the screen.

Agree! She’s unwatchable.

I’m 70, and I was rattled when a neighborhood cat killed a beautiful red-bellied woodpecker under our bird feeder. 😢

Apparently, Esprit stores were around until 2011, when the company started losing boatloads of money. Per Wikipedia: In February 2012, Esprit announced that it planned to close all retail stores in North America because they were not competitive in this market and were losing money.

As a Jeopardy addict, I’m wondering if Canadian champion Ray Lalonde was the set designer. (He designed sets for Handmaid’s Tale.) I wish credits on tv series were as comprehensive as credits at the end of films. I also wish Netflix and others wouldn’t move them into tiny boxes and cut them off prematurely, but that’s an off-topic gripe.

Priceless, tennisgurl! When Anna said goodbye to Eddie and started to pull out of the driveway, I totally expected her to be hit by a truck.

I have an ongoing problem with the lack of morals among these characters: Gary not returning the elderly woman’s dog (As a dog lover, that REALLY bugged me), his involvement in the Peter retribution, and now Danny insisting that Gary shoplift (and Gary — supposedly — going along with it). While maybe not immoral, I think Maggie registering for expensive baby gifts she fully plans to return is unfair to friends who purchase gifts they think she wants. Seems out of character for Katherine to encourage this. The writers want us to like and root for these characters, but sometimes it’s hard to respect them. YMMV

I disagree with your criticism of the doctor’s scene. Except for the “Let me look at your file” part, my experience with oncologists has been very similar. (I have Stage 4 cancer.) Even though I can read raw scan results online, my oncologist reviews and explains scan results in person, never over the phone. And Gary’s breast cancer wasn’t Stage 4 until it had spread to his lung (which was new information just learned at this appointment) so he would not have explained Stage 4 to his friends what it means.

I went to a spring festival over the weekend, and after seeing a food truck charge $7 for a small helping of tater tots, I think Gina’s $8 seafood croquettes were a bargain! Second writing inconsistency in as many episodes: First, Gary’s doctor says “not cancer,” then famous psychologist/cancer survivor says margins were clear. Huh? Then, Maggie’s doctor says she has several years to have a baby, then she and childish man who should NOT be a father are paying for fertility treatments. Things that make you say “Wut?”

I have cancer — for the second time — and my hospital often posts CT scan results within 24 hours on the health portal. I usually see my doctor to discuss results two days after my scans. My mother, on the other hand, (in a smaller town) has to wait a week or more even for results of simple blood tests. You are so right about the waiting. It’s brutal. There’s a great word for it, in case you haven’t heard it yet: scanxiety. I’m happy your dad got good news.

That was awful, but he was already dead to me after he "returned" an imposter dog to an elderly widow, and kept her beloved dog. That was unforgivable, and I lost respect for him at that point.

I immediately thought it was because her husband(?) might have been abusive.

Could they have written that Xander guy to be any more shallow? And can’t Rome clue him in to the fact that the ad idea would not be well-received (to put it mildly)? Glad Sophie is going to report Pervy Peter. She can stop him from harming other girls.