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As a mom of a young teenager, I thought Cindy‘s “we don’t track phones“ stance was a little odd. I don’t track my kid’s every move but it certainly comes in handy when he can’t find his phone. I would especially think you might want to keep an eye on an 11-year-old. I guess it was set up to be a funny storyline for Hermann, but it just didn’t really ring true. I’m also guessing the new kid will turn out to be Severide’s. He has a similar look so it makes sense.

I've only watched 20 minutes of today's episode because I needed to get back to work, but two observations: 1. Tucker and Audra remain fun to watch. 2. I hate when shows make people dumber than they are. Why have the Abbotts -- especially Traci --not figured out that Ashley is dealing with multiple personalities? These aren't subtle shifts -- a cold, angry version; a teen version complete with dated lingo and messy hair; and now this Dixie Carter version. I'll pick up the show again in a bit, but so far, Traci sitting at lunch entertaining this version is absurd. She should have texted Jack to get down there immediately.

What was Phyllis and Nick’s conversation about how Harrison had made Phyllis a grandmother all about? Didn’t she become a “hot granny“ when Lucy was born 14 or 15 years ago? How did nobody catch that? And I know he’s only 7, so I should give him a break. But shouldn’t Harrison comments about Claire have come up when he was interviewed by the police? But as others have said, yesterday‘s Board of Directors meeting was a complete farce, so I guess I shouldn’t expect accuracy in police interviews.

Thanks for that. I'm trying to remember if anyone ever said "Jordan Howard." The constant references to "Jordan" or even "that Jordan woman" always seemed odd, especially since folks keep saying "Eve Howard."

I didn't hate it. lol Given that it's based on Claire's very limited knowledge of the inner workings of the family, it totally makes sense that she thinks it's one big happy extended family. And she grew up being told that she wasn't wanted, so all the adoration and praise proves she was very much wanted (at least in her mind). Plus her final conversation with Jordan (how did that character not get a last name?) proved that she really and truly isn't playing the Newmans. I mostly thought that, but wasn't 100% certain. Finally, we LOVE college basketball in this house. My college team won yesterday and I'll need to figure out how to keep up with our game tomorrow because our 14-year-old has his own basketball tournament. I see and hear a lot of bouncing balls this time of year. lol

That dream sequence was something. It shows how much Claire/Eve needs to learn about her family. Summer and Abby being besties? But I guess Eve being around means Nick and Sharon never split because Cassie never dies. Also, Cole and Vickie are married, so none of her other children exists.

I know some folks find it boring, but I'm liking the Connor storyline. I agree the young actor is doing a nice job. I also understand Chelsea's freakout. And Chelsea and Adam disagreeing on how to handle it is also pretty common. While not close to the same thing, when our son was diagnosed with ADHD, our pediatrician told me that in his experience, moms asks for the advice and seem faster to move on treatment options (medicines, therapies) than dads, who think you can talk through anything and this issue will take care of itself. That said, I agree with a previous comment on the doctor. She's super clinical and while nice, doesn't seem to really have any emotion.

I need to catch up on the last two days, but I co-sign all of this. I really enjoy Nina and Chance's scenes and it finally hit me "why." It seems like a real mother-son relationship. Is she a bit fussy and overbearing? Maybe. But it's also a very warm relationship. And he doesn't fly off the handle because he knows she means well. As someone else said, we know of lots of these relationships in real life. The kid may occasionally roll their eyes, but wouldn't trade their mom for anything. It really hits a note that the other parent-child relationships seem to lack.

They showed the other unit packing up right before the chief gave his big speech about 51 being a family like week. Yeah, my guess is Gibson is the new guy on truck. I recognized him right away from his time on The Bold and the Beautiful and a couple of other shows. I figured he wasn’t on for just a bit part. Then they did a scan of his turnout coat so that we could see his name, just like they did when Gallo joined.

THIS! It drives me crazy that Jabot, Newman and I guess Winters-Chancellors all have co-CEOs when that's not really a thing in the business world, especially not in huge international companies. Most have a CEO and a president and they would have different responsibilities. And I know this is not a show about business, but I always roll my eyes when they sit around to have a two-minute "business" discussion." It's always the most surface BS ever. Kyle's idea to amp up (I hope not actually start) the internship program, which earned kudos from Jack, was silly. This is a company that has been in business for decades. I assume it would already have a very robust internship program. I'd be more impressed it he said focus on bringing in more women interns, interns from HBCUs, interns from underserved high schools, etc.

Ok. Thanks. I’m a day behind, so I just saw that flashback. I thought I had missed it the first go around but I guess it’s new because it’s different from the flashback we saw from Tucker‘s point of view a few weeks ago. That was frightening, and seems really out of character as others have mentioned.

Wait. Did they seriously not know what happened to Chance until he woke up and told them? He wasn’t shot on the street with no witnesses. He said he and other officers were working a scene. No one bothered to tell his closest of kin or Elena what went down? And as others have said, he I won’t even get into the fact that the only thing he was hooked up to was a pulse ox. Lawd.

Just a couple of minor points, but seeing Abby today and then seeing the rest of the kids gathered in Victor’s office made me realize how easy it is to forget that she’s the fourth child. When was the last time they had a scene together? Also, I know we haven’t seen the Williams house in 15 years lol, but why wouldn’t Heather and Lucy stay there in the short term? We wouldn’t have to see it, but just hear about it in passing.

This is the observant neighbors one. “Some people clean as they cook. Not these folks.” Lol

I’m seeing two Geico commercials a lot lately. My current favorite is the couple who moved in next to the observant neighbors, who are styled as newscasters. I think they are hilarious. There’s also one with the Dad and the two girls who have invasive weeds. That one creeps me out a bit because the weeds are very close to slithering. *shivers* I also really like the commercial in the airport where the dad reflexively tells the TSA agent to have a nice flight after she says it to him. I do that all the time! It’s funny how put out his family, the other passenger and the TSA agents are. lastly, I’m still really loving all of the Wendy’s spots.