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Problem with the entire PSA on diabetes is not that Dre hasn't been lead to it for a while. I mean he keeps kitkats in an air sealed bag and hides it in the toilet. The problem is with a lot of shows, they just say: "Lose weight and your life will be great." No, sorry. My own father has diebetes and was diagnoised in his early 30s from heavy drinking for years. Sobered up and has managed it for the last 30 years and recently had triple by pass after spending all these years staying healthy, giving up smoking, ect. I know a few series, including Dirt on FX 10 years ago where they tried to put diebetes in for several side characters who had lack of sex drive, but could cheat on their spouses no problem. Because one of the exec had a similar story. Here is a note for writers, GET OVER YOURSELVES! If you have dealt with it in real life, congrats and if you want to give people awareness of it too, I'm open for that. Hell, I've wished a series would deal with epilepsy in a realistic way instead of: "You have seizures, take your medicine and life is great." Here it just shows that Dre is a man-baby who really can't get a clue on how to help himself. Just like Junior never getting any common sense, or Ruby constantly bashing Bow. It gets old, I'm as much of a fan of Rick Fox as the next person, but here is an idea. Either write a funny and compelling story, or move on and not a string of PSA I felt we have been getting the past 2 seasons.

Then you add in Barabra Jean who was not only dim but lacked common sense. Seem to be the theme of the series to not have common sense or oblivious to things that were staring you in the face.

Exactly! Same with Mitch drifting to job to job the last few seasons. When he lost his job and then went to consult for Prichard Closets, that would have paid fine or he could have done it on the side for extra income. It's his family's company, and as we've seen the people working the place are complete idiots. I doubt they have any real good legal authority or at least not coming cheap. Here it would be extra money and Mitch would know he would be fine and the rest of the employees would hand wave it since he wouldn't be there all the time. Plus the fact they also were happy to see Mitch while with Claire they hated her for over two seasons because she was the "boss's daughter". Same goes with Haley drifting from job to job, would she just get something and stick with it at this point, Claire and Phil have plenty of reasons to tell her to get out. Least with Luke, he is working, doing well and even thinks about being a country club owner one day. That at least works.

Yes, he started as corporate, then me moved to the environmental division, which he even said wasn't much different than what he did. Then all of a sudden he lost his job a few seasons later, drifted from consulting at Prichard to where ever. Then decided to start his own firm, but that didn't work out well and he joined another one as a divorce attorney, which he has done the last couple of seasons. The "Mitch" is out of work ended up bring a problem for the writers because they didn't know how to write a lawyer unemployed, especially one who could work for his father's company as a consultant, which would still pay decent money. Now, they have money problems because of Pam living upstairs. Yet, Cam has gone from unemployed, to teaching again, to conference winning football coach to not acting VP. I'm in education, and since this is public, Cam would be making up to the $60K range in California with that record. Yet, remember, people have money problems for no reason outside of they can't spend right on TV.

I was actually hoping that be it for Pam, but sadly. She is still here. Yeah, they don't know what to do with the kids anymore or they put them in very random moments. Though, it was nice to see Claire having the entire company on her side for once. It was a nice change. Wow on those flashbacks of Ed O'Neil.

But that's the point, Dre isn't a man-child, he is a man-baby. I agree with Diane, they are going to have to get some points with Jack's character because who knows when he will finally grow.

Which also continues to ring false on the undercover 21 Jump street, because he would have been told: "Don't talk or have Cam involved in anything, he makes it all about himself and has a BIG mouth. So you keep quiet."

Oh I hated that too, also to imagine that a little girl like that with so many option would want a card board cut out? What was she going to do with it?

I have to say the reunion with Brock and Misty and heading to visit Kato felt like old times. Even Ash beating Mega Garydos with a Z-move. It's funny, see how Sun and Moon is trying to build their Gym League, which now makes sense. Since Team Skull and them using Pokemon in the game was more of a good vs evil which XYZ was doing. However, I like they are now moving into what the series is about now. As the students are leading to set up their own gyms and be Gym Leaders in Aloha.

Right and now with Haley in nowhere land, Luke at the country club and only Alex really doing something. It isn't like he has a lot to go to anymore. The magic shop is a good back drop.

Sad to say it is more common that you think in all of those careers. Phil decided to join the other guys two seasons ago, but it was originally their company. So forcing Phil out is very possible. For Cam, it happens in education. Someone comes into a new position after being at another school or away for a bit and then winds up getting promoted or ask because no one else wants to do the job. Education has become so hit with liberalism, budget cuts and people refusing to enter education and so many people retiring. People are going from classroom positions one year to coaching, admin in no time because there isn't anyone to fill them. Law practices are having constant problems with people who are license to practice because they are forcing out the little people to have more money or there aren't enough jobs. Truth be told though, Mitch shouldn't have the problem as he was practicing for a long while and has been part of corporate and firm legalization. In fact, Jay or Claire could find him a company legal job with no effort, but they don't want to go there. I'm just getting tired of: Haley is a dumb ass and Alex is mean and lacks no common sense. I mean the flashback of where the baby came from and Haley explaining it was her's and why. It made her look like she never learned from anything and the part of not using a classmates "real baby" came off as: "How do you tie your shoes?" As for Manny and his professor, all kinds of wrong and majority of colleges do not allow that practice, especially in California. If she would have been a professor from another university who was guest lecturing and then they hooked up not long after. Ok, that is a different story. I just explained this too and even a hand wave of: "To keep the job, I have to get my admin license" was all that was needed. In Illinois where I am, it depends on the district but if you do go into admin you have a year to get it.

It wasn't like Claire wasn't there early on working with Jay. The problem is, they all come in as complete idiots. They complain about the tiniest thing, they don't get regular talk, they jump to conclusions left and right without thinking. I can get them upset that their boss of so many years left his daughter in charge instead of someone who had been working at the company longer and knew the ins and outs. However, even when Gloria showed up with the massage for Claire after the cut backs. Gloria said how they were such whiners even when Jay was in charged. Including how many of them were still working there was a miracle. Yet, much like the writers not knowing what to do with the kids, they just keep throwing it out going: "Come on it' funny! Please laugh." Speaking of which, the entire thing with Haily's baby doll showing up again out of nowhere. Really, the school never notified Phil and Claire it was missing? Also being around almost 7 years since apparently the party happened? No way it would still work or be in one piece still. Mitch also would have tossed it after showing Cam or donated it.

I agree it was sloppy, I was cracking up with Phil's scenes, but my wife and I both yelled out about him just shutting the water off when the bubbles got to be too much. Then him putting them back in after he cleared them made no sense either. Claire not needing a CDL license to drive could have worked if she didn't tell Phil on her phone that she needed to top by the weigh in station. You have to stop by if you are 500 tons and above. That requires a CDL. I also see the writers still just enjoy writing the Prichard company as a bunch olice of idiots or lacking common sense. Claire having to sign off on paper work the second she walked through the door. That was fine, but constantly handing her package after package when she couldn't hold them. Plus, how the driver schedule got so screwed up. Where is the shipping manager because that is THEIR job and if he screwed that up. His ass would be written up. Cam's under cover 21 Jump Street cop was all screwed up. As acting VP, he would have been notified. Under cover cops like that in high school are a thing, but the Superintendents, board presidents have to OK it with the police force. Then the school principal and even Cam, who is the acting VP would have know about it. If they knew Cam would do his usual "all about me" they would have told the cop: "Just don't say anything." Mitch was going off like a complete idiot in everything. Happy with Lilly learning how well she did with a baby, but the baby doll still working after over 7 years and no updates and the guys not knowing it was there. Especially after 2 fires, don't think so.

I agree, even when she shows Odo her wig. I felt the use of Lwaxana worked very well in DS9. Especially with Odo and lead him towards Kira as the series progressed. However, a small part of me wanted a scene later on after she had her son and Deanna meeting her new little brother.

The episode works on many levels especially towards the end. When it goes from characters babbling to almost dying. The scene where Miles is burning with fever and they realize how bad it's getting. It really changes the dynamic of the episode very quickly.

It has been a good change for Eddie and even showing when his brother ruined the couch, trying to show despite maturity. All the boys are still young, but I think it came with how the REAL Eddie was in life that by this point he started using his brain more for things.

I agree, and considering I have also known people who live in the area. It drives me crazy on the insults at times, because it is too much at times. Not comparing apples to oranges with The Middle. But at least that is a fictional town. Makes fun of small town, Midwestern people, but when it falls on short sighted views. At least you can hand wave it. With American Housewife it comes to the point where not only is Katie just super mean about everything. No one has half a brain about other thing from the rich to even Oliver who you want to smack him sometimes because his "selling out" attitude, it more like a stupid teen who is not only embarresed by his family, but acts like being like these bitchy rich people is a great way to live.

I don't think anyone did. Especially when they hammered it in he was from Canada and never explained what the hell he was doing in Colorado attending high school.

Another problem was when he told them how long he had been off the show and they were surprised by this. If they were so top notch fans, they would have known about it. However, I agree that was the best they have been in years. Poor Billy Crystal, Manny and Gloria had no idea who he was.

One of my new coworkers caught the show in reruns and enjoyed the first Kristen better than Amanda Fuller. She thought the original idea for Ryan worked, but the one they replaced him with she was surprised no one tried to run him over with a car or didn't piss off the wrong person with his right wing idiocy. She did believe the most stupidest thing was making Vanessa getting less and less intelligent as the series went on, that her being a teacher for over 14 years commented how much the show really got it wrong. As I said many posts back, if Vanessa was cut due to pay increases. That would have been done up front, not just pretend to let her work when she was out of a job because: "that will hurt her feelings."

What's worst is when the actors have been pregnant in real life and then putting up some BS reason to have them not be on for several episodes. Then they decide to write it in a year later because: "We have better writers." Where their pregnancies would have made sense (Amelia) instead of: "Oh, drama!" It makes people on Grey's who are doctors look like they are just horny teens who don't know how to put on a condom or use birth control.

That would make sense too if they went that angle. Problem with a lot of shows that have had a spouse abusive is how they automatically go: "Your wife/husband is nuts. How could you be like that?" Of course I am reminded of Dana Delany's character on Desperate House Wives. They made her ex-husband such a super asshole that we were then suppose to believe he was respected by everyone and could make evidence disappear on a whim. Then when he was killed and everyone was told what happened, they had his previous co-workers: "Well, shit, never saw it!" When he was horrible all the time. Least with Paul, they are trying to show that in his professional career and everyday he has the super smile good persona. At home, he is evil!

Yep perfectly said. Jess's upbringing and home life is way to common these days and you know what people, school officials, and townfolk tell these people now? "Get over it." It doesn't make them special, the bad boy/rebel isn't found charming. It comes across as they are assholes who think nothing else matters but them and then they turn around in a couple of years and have: no job, high school diploma and then complain that life is so unfair to them. Yet, they feel they have this entitlement and that everything else is stupid. Yet, they don't. That was Jess for the majority of the series, not some misunderstood rebel, he was an asshole who blamed everyone for his problems but himself.

That's the thing about abusers, they have a superior complex or they try to remove support of the people they are abusing. Something they could have fitted in perfectly that Paul removed Jo's support system. Strutting his stuff, since he is a BIG NAME doctor. Similar to how Owen tried to get his sister in the role he picture himself and her living. His problem was, Owen had this vision their father instilled in him to carry out. Paul, it comes more about being the BMOC. Thinking his is God's gift to the world and is just a horrible asshole as a result. In fact, I could see that if they do go into Paul's background that he wasn't abused or anything, just his ego turned him into a person who believed he was entitled and wouldn't answer to anyone else. More of corrupted by the environment that one person in general.

Someone here who came into an education institute. Where the person 2 years ago, mocked and ridiculed the previous IT person who had built everything from hand and had the school working great. He forced the other guy out, took over and nothing has worked right in 2 years. He keeps trying to fix it and things get worst, yet he still has a job.