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Yes, all great episodes for everything you listed. Plus, I am surprised that Brad didn't realize that the guy telling him to give money and he pretend it never happened right there showed something was up. Even when Brad explains to both Randy and Mark that the guy shut off his lights and he thought he turned off. This was a classic set up for someone to cause an accident for money. You don't just stop at a Stop Sign and then "turn off your lights" so no one can tell you are there at night. Even how Randy a year later told Jill her rules of him not driving for a full month at night after what happened to Brad. Randy countering: "You mean the same guy that Brad hit who then sued and just happened to turn his lights off at a stop sign? That guy?" Basically saying, how much he was a scam artist trying to make money.

Right just like the section chief. He comes in that he is all: "Professional" when Andy and Lewis meet him. However, then by the last two episodes he is all: "We follow protocol!" And everyone is: "Sir, the building is on fire and not contain. We should get people out." "No, we follow protocol!" Building starts exploding, people rush out in a panic, he knows there are other fire crews in the building and not out. What does he do? Locks down the elevators and tells Andy: "Fine, go die!" Then he gets shown he almost let several people die, gets yelled at and knows if the Fire Commissioner was there, he have his ass handed him and he is all: "You can't get emotionally attached to people or others die!" Oh please.

I am looking forward to the new captain. However, the section chief was the classic: "I can't get personal because that will kill others." Who was the fucking idiot didn't evacuated the building right away? Who locked down all the elevators when he knew other people were still in the building? Who knew the fire was not contained and yet continued to keep civilians in the building until three floors exploded from the fire getting in-between the structure? Especially, when in a high rise building, that is something that is most likely to occur. But his excuse: "It's protocol!" Yes, you don't become a Section Chief without following the rules, but they also require "Common sense"! Especially, when he was drilling the deputy chief on how she personally hated members of Station 19. She even showed she marked down people just because of what station they were at. That's grounds for being suspended right there in the Emergency field. I know, it's a TV show, but don't introduce them as one thing and then go: "Well, we have to show that he has to be one of those guys in charge, that doesn't want to get personal, but then makes things worst." Did Captain Herra cause this mess with not keeping people in check? Oh yes, however, while he doesn't mind chewing out the deputy chief last season, when it's the section chief its: "Well, you are right, I'm a good soldier sir!"

Yes and if his lawyer brother comes back next week, I hope that Alex goes; "And when he kills the next patience because he keeps think he is the best?" "And after that he kills someone's child because he doesn't like kids?" "Then what?" The problem was, Alex is made chief and there is no transition or training. It's basically: "Here are the keys and good luck to you." Maggie? Would you just grow the fuck up! Seriously, if you are that problem with thinking that Teddy's little pregnancy is going to just devastate poor Amelia. I have and idea just go to Teddy and say: "Hey, you know what? Go be a fucking adult and talk to Owen!"

The problem was, the last two years of LMS on ABC, the show was the same spin back and forth. Mike was angry about something or felt that Vanessa's job wasn't important. Vanessa, Krisitin and Ryan got stupider every episode. Ed would complain about something and Mike and Chuck had some stupid fight about race and Mike and Ryan would argue. Eve bordered on stupid or just down right hateful. Mandy was one of the few bright spots, even with Kyle's stories. They wash rinse and repeated for two years. Yes, the show was slowly falling in ratings and ABC honestly through Friday night news or dramas would be a big hit with older people. Which backfired on them not even 3 months later after starting. Seriously, ABC should have just said: "Dr. Ken is low in ratings, hey Tim, LMS is still good, but you are getting to expensive and honestly, we will end next year and then try to go drama for a while." As a result, they would have just hyped as the end of LMS this past year and life would have moved on. Instead, everyone was; "You just don't like politics." and Fox was: "We love politics, but we cancelled two of our higher rated shows because you know... well we can." Then Neflix and NBC said: "Hey, come over to our networks we love you guys." Yet, no one went up in arms going: "They just don't like comedy, sci-fi and religion anymore at Fox."

That's why I also thought it was a HUGE missed opportunity to have Lucille interact with either Fred or Lillian. I mean, it would have been great if Fred would have admitted that he respected Lucille for all the utter hell she had to go through. Yet, having his excuse be: "Well, look at your boys, one never can keep a job, one complains about you know, earning a living. none of us have seen the ones in years and then there is Tim." I would have loved Lucille to just then go: "Yes, because you hate everything that isn't the way you lived and who is the only daughter still married and with kids?" Hmmm... the daughter who keeps acting like you, but then admits she hates being that."

They really shot themselves in the foot having both Haley and Luke being morons and Alex being the cliche: "middle child" and being the smart and yet completely bitter one of the family. It wasn't like she was ignored and everyone focused on kids 1 and 3. Just, they didn't know how to relate to her. However, after 10 years you can see just how they really made it where both Haley and Luke, you just wonder how they are even still alive at this point. At least with Dylan, he has not only caught a clue but also realized he is an idiot by himself.

That also plays out with Mark and his horror movie or Trudy giving Al the car. Even at times when she got mad at Tim for not fixing an issue with Scott and Heidi when it was her fault at things. Jill looks for problems, because she wants to feel superior. However, thinking back to her father, Fred's problem is, he looked for faults in everything so he could hate on it. That isn't a superior complex, that is someone who wants to feel like they have control over their own world. Fred hated: dancing, opinions, politics that weren't his own, the Taylor Men, ect. After he died, Lillian as much as she missed him, all of a sudden started doing things she loved, but couldn't because Fred hated it. Jill's problem was, she felt like she also had to fix someone else's problems, but it made her feel so superior. The entire thing with Bert happened, because the boys wouldn't tell her their problems anymore. Even when she got Randy to admit the fighting with Brad was because he felt left out. Jill turned it around to make it look like she was the hero and Tim was a moron who didn't Randy to confess to it. However, it was apparently Tim getting Mark to wake up from his goth problems over the summer. Yet, when the final season starts, all of Mark's goth issues including Ronnie are just swept and forgotten. It wasn't like Tim didn't solve problems, because he did, including the entire stupidity of Jill upset that Brad's girlfriend was making him lunch or helping with his chores. Yet, she had to rub it that it was all her amazing education that did it.

Yes, the episode falls apart from the beginning, because here is another thing. Why would Ilene even tell Al in the first place? Even later, Al goes and says: "Then why did you dream about Tim?" Yeah, Al, once again how does Ilene have any control over what she dreams. As much as years later when Jill was dreaming about Tim ruining her life at an old age. She wakes up and starts hitting him going: "I'm an old bitty?" Tim looks confused and then says: "Well... some times." I think at that moment I be more of: "What did I do?" It's not like things like this aren't common on all TV shows about some one dreaming weird stuff. However, it's one thing when it's played for laughs and then they act like it's a big deal, when it's not. Al not feeling secure about Ilene dreaming of another guy? Sure. However, to the point he is mad at Tim and this even cemented that you just can't tell Tim things because he can't stay quite about it.

True, I think the problem is, Katie was suppose to be that House Wife who wasn't like the rest. She stayed home and involved in things she cared about while everyone wondered why she wasn't being like all the other "rich house wives" in the town. Plus, it seemed like then last season it became about trying to ruin Katie from getting more "popular" in the town with her ideas and events. Because you know "Being middle class is a bad thing." She was suppose to lie, cheat and sell out like the kids think you should in life. However, as both in real life and in TV shows, it starts becoming: "Why do you need to be at home now?" The main premise was that Anna-Kat would get help for her OCD and other issues, but now those have been pretty much swept under the rug since last season. Now, with Taylor close to being done with high school, Oliver involved more both in and out of school and Anna-Kat being her own self. Leaves basically Katie to be at home, and what is she going to do? Her returning to the working world and into something she is not only good at, but made a living makes sense. Now the conflict comes is Katie has found kind of a "happy place" and she can't have that according to all the other house wives. Because if they didn't have their money from their husbands (who don't like to have sex with them anymore) they would have no lives. So, now the direction is coming to hate on Katie more than ever. Which means she is going to have to decide if it's worth it, or just wait until all the kids are out of the house and then just quietly retire by her 50s.

Last Man Standing ratings shockingly high. ‘Last Man Standing’ Review: Season 7 Is Not ‘Roseanne’ 2.0, Which Helps the Bland Fox Sitcom Feel Somewhat Soothing Very impressive considering how LMS was down in ratings the past 2 years. Of course, considering all the media and talk on what lead to the series ending and now being brought back on another network. It's not surprise, but... will it continue with those ratings?

Right and something that both critics and even die hard fans said the show doesn't work when they have to push politics on the characters. When it's suttle, things are fine, but when they are purposely writing it that way, it becomes very cringe worthy. The show is falling into the trap again of: "plot over character." Which was very obvious the last few years when they did. The biggest one is when Ryan makes Boyd dress like coal and make Vanessa feel so bad about her job she out right quits and then remembers: "I wanted to be a teacher." Then she loses her job because they had to cut a teacher for the new salary, but her apparent friend and principals feels so bad about telling Vanessa she is out of a job. Yet, she was apparently still going to the school, teaching a set of students and yet not even the Superintendent was going: "Umm... you don't work here anymore and why do you even have a class? That would have been reassigned from day 1." Or let's not forget Ed not wanting the ODM restaurant to have a morning brunch because: "He hated fat people." Yet, everyone wanted told and showed him people wanted it and it was more money for the company and he is: "I don't care, I don't like FAT people!" Yet, the next episode: "We need to make more money, we need an idea." The writers don't pay attention with what they write or the episodes were about the previous day.

I know, and it's not like adults who end up being teachers or TA don't do foreign exchange students. I work with three who do that, but they have been doing this for years. They are basically saying that Vanessa is going to do this because she did it some 40 years ago (though she proves not to have the brain to do that or have a PhD). Plus, she is: "My kids are out of the house, I want another kid in the house who will be with us at least a year and go through high school again." Considering that they retro everything by having Mandy and Kyle still living at the house for another two years when Mike was on the verge of kicking them out because he wanted all the kids gone! When the writers are more: "We want to piss Mike off more because Ryan complaining about Trump and taking over Bud's pot shop isn't enough." "Let's have a clash of politics with a Chinese exchange student, that will be great comedy!"

That's why I had a problem later on with Dylan, it just worked in high school, Haley is in her mid to approaching her late 20s now. She is still going: "I need to have an awesome fashion/super money job." It's been played out and we have been hit over the head and Haley (literally at times) it just doesn't work. Phil and Claire are tired of it, but they just don't go: "Get out of the house, and go get a fucking brain!" Of course, then they drop it right back with both Alex and Luke. Alex still is miss: "I'm smarter than everyone else in my family, but then I go to school with people smarter than me. That's not fair! Wahhh!" With Luke, he showed so much last season seeing he was good at business management, he wanted out of the house, but now he is: "I don't be an adult, it's not easy." Well duh! All the characters are stuck from Mitch starting job number 50 to Jay still going: "I know better than everyone else, but still come off looking like I don't know best." The show needs to come to an end. Trying to push it out to another season, isn't going to work.

Yes, basically they just: "Tell it how it is." Which you can go: "yes, they are outspoken, but they are stating the facts." The problem is, it was really simple, ABC thought they could get more viewers on Friday nights, but looking at older crowds who don't go out and thought drama and news was the way to go. They saw that Dr. Ken had lost a lot of ratings and LMS, while still good for it's time slot was starting to decrease. One show knew it most likely wouldn't be back since it wasn't naive in knowing those kind of ratings spell cancellations. Another show, just didn't see or hear anything until the last minute. One handled it with: "Well, that's show biz" the other was: "How dare you!" "You just don't like my politics!"

The problem is, they said that the Baxters moved on and that the last year and a half did pass for them. Well, if that's true, then Kyle and Mandy's house would have been built. Eve back from the air force made sense timing. However, Ryan basically sitting at home doing nothing because; "Trump is president and I have to complain about that no matter what". The move of more politics is not a good move, sorry Fox you are not going to get more viewers that way. No matter how much you said you "saved the show". Plus, the cast is big enough and they want to bring in a foreign exchange student to do more political talk between Mike and her because you know, we don't have enough right wing issues between Mike and Ryan already.

My problems in later seasons, Jill becomes not only a nag, but she is: "My way or the high way!" attitude and the plots force characters to cater to the story lines. Tim as the landlord is a grand example as he basically says: "Everyone tells me to just be calm, but why? I want to go to the extreme on everything!" Basically saying if Tim had a chance to go to a shooting range, he would rewire the pistol and most likely blow himself up and kill himself. Same with Jill's dragging on of college courses and showing every reasons to get kicked out of school. Then the boys seem to have lost touch with just using common sense with things.

That's the problem, I've seen the previews for the new season and they are apparently keeping Lisa's pregnancy going and having Martin still be: "Umm... me pick nose now, oh wait shoe unties, me go drives for 2 hours now." Followed by Lena: "You never do it the right, way, I'm going to complain and then show how awesome of a parent I am and then everyone else look at me and wonder why I haven't been committed!" Because that's all it is, this is where ABC really need to go: "Yeah, this isn't worth it because we we have to keep as many old shows on TV."

Oh you know all the other "Mean Housewives" will soon go after Katie, because how dare she work, while they spend their rich husband (ex) money and complain how they know better.

Look it's when Amanda Fuller's hairstylist knew how to cut and style hair.

I know, plus you had to wonder too when Al went into the Navy. Cal and him are only a couple years apart (make sense since their father was so much older than Alma). So what happened when Al went into basic training and then station into most likely 5 years in Arizona? What did Cal do everything and then when Al came home to Detroit, Al just went back to waiting on his mother hand and foot? Did Alma inherit a ton of money from her late husband, since it sounds like she was a house wife and just stayed involved in town? Questions that they seem to try and answer on two shows, but of course didn't go there since they really could cast an actress to play Alma.

That's right, on Soul Man, which had Dan Akryod and was in the HI Universe. Pastor Mike talked about Alma involvement, but also joking how they had to get bigger chairs and make extra pancakes for their Friday Night Bingo. It wasn't like other people, including Alma's and Al's pastor commented on her weight and even joked about it. Al still got mad about it, but then was: "You're my pastor, I can't be angry with you." It seemed that Alma had a life, but the way she told her boys to jump they would say: "how high?"

I was reading the tweet feed and many people are both ways with the episode. Many are saying they are just happy to have the show back, but others are going: "This is one of the reasons why ABC cancelled it." Fans saving the show or what, I feel the show should have just did what most people have done in the last year and a half and just moved on with their lives. Ryan is still at home whining about how the world is all wrong. Mike trying to basically say that it doesn't matter as long as the Republicans are in charge. Kristin and Mandy have really lost intelligence, and the "new" Mandy is very glaring she is not Molly Ephram. She is someone trying to "be" Mandy instead of making the character her own. However, Kyle looks great with the shorter hair and Ed and Chuck are still the same. Just like I said, the "new" Boyd can actually act.

Well, I have to say, the "new" Boyd is a much better actor than the previous one. However, I see both Ryan and Kristin have not changed. Sure, Ryan is like a lot of people and not happy with Trump, so what does he do? He quits his tutoring job with Vanessa and has to decide he needs to get a new job again, because Boyd runs away. The McCook as Mandy, doesn't feel right. I'm sorry, chemistry doesn't feel right with anyone, not even Kyle. I also see that Vanessa still apparently got her PhD through a mail in rebate.

That was something I never got about Jill's character. Same with how Al kept getting upset at the jokes about his mother when both Tim and even Harry commented that she never had a problem with them. Even Antonio at the restaurant explain how he complimented her because usually she just laughed at any weight jokes. Yet, Al hated them and yet Kal never cared. So, why Alma who was apparently very vocal on having her boys drop everything for her didn't go: "Would you just relax, Al. I Know I'm a big person, but I'm fine with it." Same with the library, half-way house or who ever the Hell, Jill seemed to be a part of just directly saying: "Jill, you can't cook!" "When you do cook, you follow a recipe and it tastes great!" "Why the HELL can't you figure out to just use the cook books and stop trying to 'improve' your cooking like your husband has to have 'more power'?" Plus, really Lillian who apparently could cook great, never taught her daughters how to cook her way and Jill and apparently Linda cooked like Fred? How the hell did that happen or continue?