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If I was putting a hit out on someone I definitely wouldn't use my real name or try to make any kind of close contact with whoever I hired. I'd be pretty worried about blackmail, at the very least.

🤦‍♀️ *My God, Robert Goulet!* Technically Sally hasn't been a good partner at all herself. Her "Barry should be seen and not heard" set policy was pretty gross, not to mention the fact that it's been months and he's clearly been deeply depressed, which she never noticed or even seemed to question.

I feel like I need to see Blade Runner before next week if I want to truly appreciate the whole two-parter. What was shown was fun though. I like that Tina talked to Mr. Grant about the segment, even though it would make more sense for her to go to Principle Spoors or even Frond. It's a tip of the hat to the fact that what Tammy and Jocelyn are doing is school-sanctioned bullying, and in the real world within a week parents would probably get the segment cut, toss Tammy and Jocelyn off the school news and earn Mr. Grant a suspension.

I like that Wolf gives off a completely natural "bumbling doofus that we all love" vibe while also actually having some mad Alaska problem-solving skills. Beef doesn't raise a child who can't survive anything as simple as falling down into a sewer pipe. Anyone else notice the animation on Moon's two hairs on the top of his head as he walked? I've never seen a show do that kind of detail before!

I'm calling it that Annabeth Gish put out the hit on her husband. Also, Fuches is an idiot using Robert Goulet, because someone is bound to go to the cops with his info and that alias is in their system. While she broke up with Barry for the right reasons, no way did I think Sally would stay with Barry a second past her becoming successful. Now that she doesn't need him there to bolster her ego by being her errand boy while never surpassing her in ambition or ability, I could totally see her wanting to trade up in the celebrity dating scene. (This was totally Sarah Goldberg's Emmy episode though, she was amazing. Her laugh-crying was just this side of heartwarming with a touch of sheer cringe and man, is that a difficult line to walk.) It's probably wishful thinking, but I feel like Barry may have gotten his senses blown straight again by seeing Hank with Cristobal. Like he got an idea of what mattered in life (or just general humanity), which is why he went to Gene to put things right. I hope he can stay in that more grounded headspace but I doubt it.

I had to literally pause the episode because I laughed so hard at Danica calling any animal at the zoo with babies "whore".

I guess I'm a tad too vindictive because stealing someone's dream house and wearing a wedding gown to someone else's wedding? I could forgive one or the other, but not both. (Although weirdly the forking I could easily get past as an accident.) I say that feud was at least founded on solid ground, even if it became a petty mess. Ever since the Pop-Pop tree story I've been wondering if any of the kids were named after Bob's mom. Now we know several names on Linda's side that weren't passed down, so I'm keeping up that headcanon. (My guess would be Tina, but you never know. Gene specifically wasn't named Bob III, maybe in general Bob and Linda don't do family names.)

The spinning the camera around to show the crew was done on the season 1 finale too, I don't think it has anything to do with the show's chances of cancellation or renewal.

And this was so clearly written exactly for Anthony Carrigan's skills as well. Noho Hank was originally a bit character with almost no lines but Anthony got the part because of the way he listened during a script reading. Literally they just watched him react to other peoples' dialog and then had to cast him. It was what I thought of the whole scene where they just kept the camera on his face. Gotta love how generous Bill is to other actors and how much he loves watching them shine. Barry yelling at Sally was so so uncomfortable, but as someone deeply enmeshed in mental health issues lately, man I wish someone had brought up the possibility that Barry was going through a psychotic episode and needs to see a doctor. Then again, it's only Sally who can attest to the fact that over (at least?) a year of being in a relationship, Barry hasn't really thrown up any flags as an abuser until now. It's just so sad that everyone including her just automatically assumed his demeanor was part of an ongoing abusive relationship. To be clear, his behavior was absolutely abusive and someone needs to help Sally face that it's not okay and she shouldn't brush it off. At the same time, please get Barry on the right meds.

I really hope Kat realizes just how much fire she can use against Nick if he gets nasty as her landlord. The selling beer without a liquor license alone could destroy him permanently as a restaurateur. She'll have to move quick though, I bet he starts sewing up all those illegal activities of his now that he has increased visibility in the area. Of course, telling the health department about him selling cheese they had sex on could probably turn into a standing threat...

This actually brings up a point about Nick's dodgy-ass business. Can you imagine the legal hoops and endless health department interaction that Kat had to go through to set up her business? She clearly is the type to follow all the rules and correct procedures, which means she must have spent a ton of time and money getting her business up on its feet. And here Nick's just importing illegal food, selling beer without a liquor license, and has his dog in the restaurant - which I'm not sure is a health code violation (I know several stores with in-house dogs, but they don't handle food) but Nick definitely hasn't checked. If I'd gone through a ton of trouble to follow correct procedure and a rival business owner showed up with none of that work behind him AND kept insulting me AND deliberately trying to sabotage my business, I'd have a call in to the health department and the ATF before closing time.

NO. BAD SHOW. NO. Seriously I can't believe Mayim let them pull this bullshit - you do not perpetuate the stereotype of boys treating girls badly as "romance"!!! This dude is a complete asshole, and the response to "panties in a twist" is "oh my panties aren't in a twist, but say it again and your balls are going into a vice grip". He's not challenging, he's gross! I wish this show would remember that Kat is not only a grown-ass woman but a successful business owner and a PHD! Giving her feelings for what is clearly a misogynist douchebag with a "bad boy" disregard for the law everyone else has to follow for a damn reason is regressive as hell. There's nothing wrong with having a business rival - that's a fun old trope. But she has to have a crush on him? Because she's a girl? UGH.

I didn't see Gene as a brat, considering he tried really hard to avoid hurting Courtney's feelings while trying to duck out. I actually admire his surprising sense of artistic integrity. I even thought Courtney bursting into tears so easily was because she sensed the song sucked. I can see how Gene seems like a hypocrite making others listen to his music, but I thought the part where he lost it made sense: his songs may be annoying, but he never insisted on roping everyone into something that public and permanent. I mean that video will never be able to leave the internet. I LOVE that the Walnut Man story will never have any explanation or closure. I usually give Linda a pass with her shenanigans, but I thought she went way too far breaking into that briefcase with Teddy. I hope she loses sleep trying to figure out what happened, but I'm betting it'll be Bob who lies awake at night.

Yeah, my final episode impression was: "So... Miss McNamara is a straight-up bitch." I actually was giving her too much credit throughout the episode; I saw the whole "Chrissy needs to be forced to shine" motive for her, but I thought Judy was more of an accidental casualty of the help-Chrissy-plan. It was only when McNamara started in on Judy being an attention-seeking pain that I was like, oh, she's that teacher/school administrator. (This episode hit me hard. When I was in elementary, I missed a ton of school being sick. More than once other students would do ostentatiously "nice" things for me that were super performative, not particularly thoughtful and clearly egged on by teachers. I always felt humiliated af. This whole episode I was identifying with Judy, thinking about being the person who has to look bad for someone else to shine, but now I think about it I was also Chrissy, this person that did not want the attention for that specific reason. )

I KNEW I spotted a tattoo on Wolf's back last episode (I think when he found the pot holder in the shower)! I do believe we have an out-of-order episode airing. I have to say, I never thought we'd actually see Cheesecake because the stories about him were so wildly weird (like him just tearing off Wolf's rattail). Like, if they had carried on mentioning him without showing him he would have become impossible to design to fit everyone's imaginations. The fact that they decided to give him the most bland, neat and harmless-seeming look is inspired.

What kind of monsters see a woman run into traffic to save a kitty and then don't let her have her place in line back? TSK. I know naughty cookies are a cheap laugh but I laughed so hard.

Has anyone else noticed that Kat has worn the same dress in three different prints this season?: https://wornontv.net/270337/ I love her wardrobe, but I also like the implication that if she likes something she buys it in every color. Very practical! I appreciate that, whatever mishegas she's wrapped in, Kat is consistently shown to be a good business woman and her cafe is successful. I like to think her clothes are a collection of thrift-store finds and sale pieces. (She does wear different clothes every episode which does stretch her imaginary budget, but that's TV magic I'm willing to let go of.)

This is a fun reminder of how big Mayim's range is. Amy is very very different than Kat.

I honestly expected them to see the price list on options and Bob would immediately capitulate to cremation, burial is so insanely expensive (and in my religion, extremely necessary. It cost 17k altogether to bury my Grandmother last summer. We had to use her savings.) Also, if Bob wants them to be together, maybe keep their ashes together in an urn? I know Linda wants to be scattered but that seems like a good compromise. The fact that they didn't talk about who gets the kids was somewhat alarming to me. I've done work for a lawyer before and she once told me the stupidest thing people do is fail to make post-death contingency plans for their kids and assets in general. (This, btw, is the whole plot impetus of A Little Princess. Sara's father was an immortal-feeling young stupid guy who didn't even think to tell people where he'd sent his own daughter to boarding school. They were searching for her in Russia ffs because they had to guess so hard.) It does bring up a somewhat scary question about who would automatically get the kids. I mean Linda's parents are a couple and that counts in their favor, but that would mean relocating the kids to Florida and courts do not like disrupting childrens' lives like that. Which means they could end up with Gayle, which is terrifying. Big Bob is probably the best choice? Lives in the same town (or nearby), steadily employed, on good terms with the kids. A huge legal battle could be avoided by them just leaving the kids to Teddy (which, I know, but he is mostly reliable and adores those kids) with a stipulation that their relatives be allowed access to them. (I think about this a lot because I'm in University right now, later in life than I should be. I absolutely hate it and one of the only things keeping me going is the promise of guardianship of my nephews upon my becoming gainfully employed. If God forbid the worst happen I do not want to have to fight their uncle on the other side of the family, for them. He looks better on paper but does not know or love those children anywhere near like I do.) I didn't realize teacher evaluations below college level existed. I mostly think of them as an annoyance, although I have told at least two TAs that they were unreasonable in their expectations. I appreciated that fear wasn't the motivator of the teachers on the show but greed for that parking space. And also that it meant nothing because the principle heard Louise and made the choice himself to give LaBonz her parking space. I was a little surprised that Louise was so resentful of her, she seems like the type of give-no-shits, bask-in-your-own-awesomeness kind of lady Louise would aspire to be. I do love the glimpse into Louise actually being very bright, and how LaBonz figured out pissing her off got her to do her work out of spite.

I wonder if Noodie the Noodle didn't ever take off their costume because they know of Dick Chateau's...predilections.

I love that Bob can impromptu rise to the challenge of feeding an entire nursing home a full Thanksgiving meal, complete with extra dishes. Combine that with Linda's almost supernaturally good service, it really makes you think, how they weren't so firmly set on working for themselves, Bob and Linda could probably be running a high-end kitchen in a swanky part of town, in a hotel maybe? I love the balance of their silliness against the fact that they are truly masterfully competent. Whatever Tina, Gene and Louise end up doing themselves, you know they'll be just as great as their folks. The Belchers are the kind of people who, if they care about what they're doing, they'll do it really well. That improvised parade float was actually pretty impressive.

I think it's best that Moon's swear-word is bleeped, because it'll never be as funny as what we have in our heads. The family reaction had me rolling!

Turns out Loren Bouchard stepped in for Mickey. Here's hoping Bill Hader can redub the episode before it ever reairs.

That was a really fun episode (particularly when it turned out that the poop was chocolate - I did not enjoy the concept of someone actually handling poop-smeared underwear)! Glad Alanis is back. I completely forgot that Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are married! Great rewatch bonus for this episode. I loved Amelia explaining why she's not homeschooled anymore, because that's pretty much how my homeschooling ended: I met fractions and my mother decided I was educated enough. (She sent me to City College to learn math when I was 16. I was by far and away the youngest in the class AND for some reason I could do fractions without even having to think about it. Crazy what the mind can learn if you let it relax.)

I actually stopped and looked up "Did Bill Hader do anything socially unacceptable?" I was so horrified. I know. He's a busy man, and they needed a character from the wharf for the plot. But frikkin' use The Nose or Sally the Snow-Cone Lady!!! It'd be a reward for long-time viewers. Don't just replace Bill Hader! It's BILL HADER!