S03.E11: Clean Slate

[ElectricBoogaloo]

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On the eve of Chinese New Year, Jessica pushes the entire family to settle all debts, disputes and grudges to ensure good fortune for the coming year. Unsure if she can contain her temper for the remainder of the day, Jessica enlists Emery to makes sure she keeps her cool. Meanwhile, Louis and Evan go on a wild goose chase to hunt down some hate mail, and Eddie is forced to entertain his super lame cousin.

Edited January 19, 2017 by ElectricBoogaloo

[angora]

Actually, this airs TONIGHT (01.18) at 8 p.m. eastern, not next week.

[Artsda]

That was a good episode for the holiday and liked the ending with the website.

Was build a bear popular during the current timeline? 

That dry cleaner should be arrested!

[ElectricBoogaloo]

17 hours ago, angora said:

Actually, this airs TONIGHT (01.18) at 8 p.m. eastern, not next week.

I had the correct airdate (tonight) when I originally posted the thread but I think one of the mods changed the date, probably because it seemed weird that ABC aired this one on a Wednesday instead of their usual Tuesday. I'll fix it!

[paulvdb]

I thought it was funny that the dry-cleaner had the same photo of Gregory Hines on his wall as the barber who used to cut his hair.

[MaryMitch]

8 hours ago, Artsda said:

That dry cleaner should be arrested!

That happened to me and some friends at a restaurant in the Keys in the 90s; I don't know if it was something common back then, but that really made me mad to see it again.

Poor Evan; that hair was awful!

[peeayebee]

1 hour ago, paulvdb said:

I thought it was funny that the dry-cleaner had the same photo of Gregory Hines on his wall as the barber who used to cut his hair.

I didn't notice that!

I almost didn't watch this because I thought it was a rerun, but then I figured if my DVR was recording it, it must be new.

Was the guy who played Simon a real rapper? I haven't googled him.

Loved Evan and his different hair styles, and then Louis with his "Clooney." I had to google George Clooney because I didn't think he was a big name back them. I forgot about ER, which I didn't watch.

I also loved Louis doing his socks song. 

[Matt K]

10 hours ago, Artsda said:

Was build a bear popular during the current timeline? 

Nope, didn't even exist until 1997 (according to Wikipedia) and that location was in St Louis (although it's possible that it expanded quickly to Orlando but I can't find that info).  I believe the show is now supposed to be set in 1997 (1995 for season 1, 1996 for season 2).  

[smash]

11 hours ago, Matt K said:

Nope, didn't even exist until 1997 (according to Wikipedia) and that location was in St Louis (although it's possible that it expanded quickly to Orlando but I can't find that info).  I believe the show is now supposed to be set in 1997 (1995 for season 1, 1996 for season 2).  

yup, didn't realize it's already 1997 with the Chinese New Year. the episodes seem to roughly follow the month of the actual air date, so this season started in the fall of 96 and is now overlapping into 1997 (we're already in the late 90s!).

this is another unique thing about this show. even though the events/trends in the show don't always match the year in real life, it's fun to see the years progress, especially since we have a rough background on what is actually happening throughout those 90s years. i hope we get at least another 3 seasons so we can see how they celebrate Y2K.

[Landlord]

12 hours ago, smash said:

yup, didn't realize it's already 1997 with the Chinese New Year. the episodes seem to roughly follow the month of the actual air date, so this season started in the fall of 96 and is now overlapping into 1997 (we're already in the late 90s!).

this is another unique thing about this show. even though the events/trends in the show don't always match the year in real life, it's fun to see the years progress, especially since we have a rough background on what is actually happening throughout those 90s years. i hope we get at least another 3 seasons so we can see how they celebrate Y2K.

I second! I want to see how Jessica preps for y2k!

[Seelouis]

I don't know why, but I couldn't stop giggling about Louis singing "organize my dress socks" to the tune of "Hit me with your Best Shot." 

[fishcakes]

Clooney is making a weird face in this picture, but this was the best example I could find of the haircut that Louis was going for.

At the time, people talked about his Caesar cut almost as much as people talked about Jennifer Aniston's Rachel cut, but the general consensus was that he was one of the very few people who could carry it off and almost anyone else would look more like Moe. Looking at old photos of Clooney now, I'm not sure how even he got away with it.

[PodcastTown]

Simon needs to come back!

[ItCouldBeWorse]

Evan doesn't have his own room, so why did he look upset when Simon rapped about taking it?

[theatremouse]

Because he's little and assumed it meant he'd have no room at all rather than sharing with a different person than he currently shares with? Or possibly not exactly that but he still didn't like the notion of being displaced/having his stuff usurped etc something similar.

[Jobena]

Spoiler

 

Here is another photo of George. 

[bonniejmac]

On 1/19/2017 at 11:33 AM, Matt K said:

Nope, didn't even exist until 1997 (according to Wikipedia) and that location was in St Louis (although it's possible that it expanded quickly to Orlando but I can't find that info).  I believe the show is now supposed to be set in 1997 (1995 for season 1, 1996 for season 2).  

I went to Build a Bear for the first time in Aug 98, in Myrtle Beach. So it did expand pretty quick to 'touristy' places, but if this episode is Jan 97, still pushing it a little. 

It was insane then. I remember we had to get in line like an hour before the store even opened, otherwise you were looking at more like a 2-3 hour wait. 

[Camera One]

This was the best episode in a while.  

I wanted to see Jessica attack the dry cleaner onscreen.  She could have helped that other lady who was ripped off.