S03.E18: Time to Get Ill

[ElectricBoogaloo]

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When Jessica tries to sleep off a bad flu, Louis and the boys splurge on a PPV wrestling match that she would never allow. As they watch, taking every precaution to ensure she's not disturbed, they're shocked to learn she's having some fun of her own.

Edited March 29, 2017 by ElectricBoogaloo

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Ha, I love that both Evan and Jessica picked the crawfish to win because he has claws. 

[rmontro]

This episode was just okay for me.  Jessica explaining about how she woke up and went to the wrestling match just seemed to go on and on, without much point.  She woke up, Honey had tickets, and she decided to go.  Did we really need that much backstory just to say that?

I also thought it was a little out of character for her to let the money spend on the pay per view go, and suddenly dropping her supervision of the soy milk and cereal.  I get that she wanted to change, but I still think it was out of character.

[Hero]

I love how Dave thinks every famous guy could be his dad. 

[tennisgurl]

I loved Emory saying that he would have bet money that the first person who would sneak out of their house would be Eddie, and Eddie was like "I know right?!?!"

I also laughed at Honey throwing away her martini after Jessica made a comment about it, and the Eye jokes.

[peeayebee]

I liked this one, particularly for the scenes with Evan, Emory, Eddie, and Louis, either apart or together. I thought it was great (and funny) how they all banded together. 

It was also funny to see everyone getting excited quietly as they watched the wrestling event. The quiet cheering was good.

I was so-so on Jessica getting sick and then sneaking out, but the rest of the ep was pretty darn good.

[biakbiak]

I am really starting to hate Jessica.

[Mellowyellow]

I loved this episode. I always love Jessica and identify with her completely but this episode takes the cake.

Hubby was like "Are they basing this on your life story?"

The scene with the boys buying snacks was gold. Once a blue moon I let my boys set foot in the supermarket and they go nuts too  (minus Carmen Electra cutout).

LOVED the bit at the end when Evan and Jessica both picked the Crawfish and she was like "My favourite"

LOVED Marvin making Evan polish his car. 

I REALLY loved this episode!!!!!!

[Snow Apple]

I with they'll give Jessica more story-lines other than having others call her out and learning her lesson.

[ClareWalks]

As the series goes on, I find Jessica more and more tedious, and Louis more and more endearing. I am also gradually shifting from liking Evan/Emery better to liking Eddie better. But for me, the scene-stealers are always Eddie's friends. I friggin' LOVE them. When the little guy stole the Carmen Electra cutout I died.

[NYCFree]

I love Eddie's friends as well. They each have their little quirks, and play them beautifully.

I can get Jessica trying to change.  It was perfect timing with her realizing just how much she needed a break, she could easily see how her family would need a break as well.  Jessica has always been upfront about her drill sergeant persona, she genuinely feels the family needs that or it will fall apart.  The thing is, she does it out of love, so she could also see they do need some room as well (like she does). 

[Tiger]

On 4/6/2017 at 10:05 AM, Snow Apple said:

I with they'll give Jessica more story-lines other than having others call her out and learning her lesson.

I liked the episode, but I'm really tired of the 'Jessica learns a lesson' stories. It seems as ifstarting back in Jan every episode has a 'Jessica learns a lesson' story.  

[biakbiak]

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3 minutes ago, Tiger said:

I liked the episode, but I'm really tired of the 'Jessica learns a lesson' stories. It seems as ifstarting back in Jan every episode has a 'Jessica learns a lesson' story.  

And then doesn't retain it past the episode.

[Vyk]

2 hours ago, Tiger said:

I liked the episode, but I'm really tired of the 'Jessica learns a lesson' stories. It seems as ifstarting back in Jan every episode has a 'Jessica learns a lesson' story.  

I don't get the problem.  This show, despite being about Eddie's life as a kid, is quite clearly Louis and Jessica's vehicle.  Of course most of the episodes will be about them and lessons they end up learning.

[Mellowyellow]

2 hours ago, Vyk said:

I don't get the problem.  This show, despite being about Eddie's life as a kid, is quite clearly Louis and Jessica's vehicle.  Of course most of the episodes will be about them and lessons they end up learning.

Exactly! Plus when you have a steamroller personality like Jessica's and so used to getting her way and being right there are a lot of lessons to learn and a lot of times where she realises she needs to keep an open mind about things.

Her default is "I'm efficient and I'm right." 

[biakbiak]

4 hours ago, Vyk said:

I don't get the problem.  This show, despite being about Eddie's life as a kid, is quite clearly Louis and Jessica's vehicle.  Of course most of the episodes will be about them and lessons they end up learning.

For me not that the story is about her, though I prefer Louis center eps or ones that focus them as a couple/family my issue is that several recent episodes that have focused on her have had the same repetitive formula and I find it boring and not funny.

[LAgator77]

I wish this show would stop acting like basements are a thing in Florida, cuz they're not. They're filming in my neighborhood tomorrow and I'm tempted to walk over there and talk to them about this issue... Which sorta seems like something Jessica would do. 

Edited April 10, 2017 by LAgator77

[ElectricBoogaloo]

1 hour ago, LAgator77 said:

I wish this show would stop acting like basements are a thing in Florida, cuz they're not. They're filming in my neighborhood tomorrow and I'm tempted to walk over there and talk to them about this issue... Which sorta seems like something Jessica would do. 

They showed a basement in this episode? I must have completely forgotten that scene. 

[Tiger]

14 hours ago, biakbiak said:

For me not that the story is about her, though I prefer Louis center eps or ones that focus them as a couple/family my issue is that several recent episodes that have focused on her have had the same repetitive formula and I find it boring and not funny.

Exactly. I think Constance is fantastic in the role, I really like the Jessica character, and continue to enjoy the show on the whole.  But the show has done way too many 'Jessica learns a lesson' plots in a short amount of time and then keep resetting her the next/two week(s) later when for the next 'lesson' plot.  

I think The Middle has always done a great show with '[character] learns a lesson' stories because they pace them out and do show actual growth over time.   For example, earlier this season they did an episode with the kids calling the parents out on their crap, and since done multiple plots showing the parents did listen to the criticism.  Frankie and Mike didnt change a lot, but they have grown.

[HawaiiTVGuy]

16 hours ago, ElectricBoogaloo said:

They showed a basement in this episode? I must have completely forgotten that scene. 

Only time was at the end with Eddie's friend and the Carmen Electra cutout.  I don't actually remember them having any basement scenes in other episodes.

[theatremouse]

I don't like that friend character. He's smarmy in a way I find very unnerving given the age the character is supposed to be. It might be part of the point, but he sort of screams someone who grows up to be super creepy. I don't find it funny because I find it quite off-putting. At the same time, I also sort of feel like I might be overreacting to it, which is equally not fun. It's weird.

[LAgator77]

6 hours ago, HawaiiTVGuy said:

Only time was at the end with Eddie's friend and the Carmen Electra cutout.  I don't actually remember them having any basement scenes in other episodes.

I think the first house Jessica and Honey sold had a "finished basement" mentioned but not seen. So that's twice. 

4 hours ago, theatremouse said:

I don't like that friend character. He's smarmy in a way I find very unnerving given the age the character is supposed to be. It might be part of the point, but he sort of screams someone who grows up to be super creepy. I don't find it funny because I find it quite off-putting. At the same time, I also sort of feel like I might be overreacting to it, which is equally not fun. It's weird.

Middle school boys are weird. I had a similar misfit crew when I was in middle school in FL in the early 90s. They're barely scratching the surface of how weird we were.