S07.E04: Welcome to the Great Beyond

[Harvey]

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The Butlers and Johnsons receive shocking news about their neighbor that changes their outlook on life.

 

[AnimeMania]

Next New Episode: November 25, 2024     

[shapeshifter]

This episode made me want to see a crossover with this show and Ghosts. 
Maybe next Halloween? 

[Browncoat]

Grover seems a little old to be that confused and freaked out by death.

[Empress1]

2 hours ago, Browncoat said:

Grover seems a little old to be that confused and freaked out by death.

I had the same thought. He’s 14, I think - they should have had this conversation long ago. Maybe he hasn’t known anyone who died before? But like … it’s never come up in conversation? There are picture books that explain death. (Years ago my best friend’s son had a friend in his preschool class who lost his mom very unexpectedly and apparently the teacher did great at explaining it to the kids.)

Tichina Arnold dropping the food and running when Miss Kim’s sister showed up was hilarious. She still does good physical comedy.

My mom’s cousin gave me a deviled egg holder that belonged to his mother, who died at 90. I hate deviled eggs. I kept it because it felt wrong to throw it out but it sits in a cabinet unused. So I kind of get what Tina meant about honoring the dead, but if I were Marty those globes would sit in a box. 

[HurricaneVal]

I'm just surprised they didn't go with the typical "seemingly worthless inheritance turns out to be very valuable after it is discarded" trope.  Instead they went to the continuation of the sibling rivalry  "Malcolm took credit for something Marty did" theme.  Which is true to the show.  I was also expecting the Rolex to be fake.

[Katy M]

On 11/12/2024 at 12:11 PM, Empress1 said:

I had the same thought. He’s 14, I think - they should have had this conversation long ago. Maybe he hasn’t known anyone who died before? But like … it’s never come up in conversation? There are picture books that explain death. (Years ago my best friend’s son had a friend in his preschool class who lost his mom very unexpectedly and apparently the teacher did great at explaining it to the kids.)

I think he understood the biological facts about death (although it was ridiculous to ask if Miss Kim was older than Dave*).  But, if this was the first person that he knew that died it makes sense that it might be the first time he thought about it on a more philisophical level.

*When I was a kid, even a teen, I'll admit I had no clue about adult ages.  Everybody was either 25, 50 or 80. But, I don't think I would have put Dave and Kim in the same category.  They would have been 50 and 80.