Tearjerker tonight, so let’s get right into it.
Adam and Christina
are at their first oncologist appointment, where they meet Gypsy from Gilmore
Girls(okay, not really, but same actress), who also has cancer, and a very open
attitude. They go in and discuss with their
doctor, but the doctor is rather cold and clinical, for lack of a better
term. He even takes two phone calls
during her appointment. Adam and
Christina later discuss the coldness of the doctor, and Adam convinces Chrstina
to go get a second opinion. They do, and
the woman doctor is much more friendly, and focused purely on them. Adam really seems to like her, but Christina
is still feeling all depressed and whatnot, for obvious reasons. She goes and visits with Gypsy, who has an
open and frank discussion with her, talking about spousal support, and what she
needs. And from this, Christina realizes
it’s okay to be scared, and that Adam can’t fix everything, nor should he
try. She tells him this later in the evening,
and it honestly really hit home, and was a misty moment for me. We don’t need the husbands to fix everything,
we just need them to say it’s okay to feel.
Max on the other
hand, did not have nearly the heavy story line.
The vending machine in his school was taken away, and he nearly had a
breakdown over it. He was fixating over
the course of the whole episode on it, to the detriment of nearly everyone, and
it even lead to some actual nearly good Asperger’s parenting. Max was only focusing on the vending machine
when his friend was over, and so his friend wanted to leave. Adam went and talked to Max about expectations
in friendships, and how he should behave in those kind of situations, which I
thought was really good. He did kind of
foul it up in the end, but seeing as that’s the first time I’ve even heard him
attempt this form of behavior modification, it was a pleasant surprise. Anyway, Max decided that instead of talking
about how unfair it is that the vending machine is gone 24/7, he is going to
run for student council, and get the vending machine back.
Zeek, the patriarch
of the whole family, is pulled over for doing an illegal u-turn, and manages to
get himself arrested with a backseat full of grandchildren. Turns out he had an expired license as well,
and when the kids were discussing if they felt comfortable with him driving their
kids around, it came out that Zeek is on heart medication. Drama drama drama, angst angst angst, and the
kids have a family meeting to discuss with Zeek his driving, and everyone
manages to get PO’d at one another. It
does seem like they may be working toward a driving issue, when Zeek and Camille
were practicing for the driving test, she was reminding him of a couple of
things to remember while driving, but it didn’t lead anywhere tonight: he
passed with a 98%.
Sarah is still
working with Hank, and I think we saw the side Max’s Asperger’s came from. Sarah was fixating hardcore on Hank’s
unpersonableness, to the discomfort of Mark, who she bitched to for at least
two scenes. Hank didn’t want to do a
wedding, and she practically forced him to do it. After they finished, and were watching the
dance, Sarah and Hank had a little conversation about past relationships, and
it was a bit strange. Sarah was talking
about how her next wedding to Mark was going to last forever, and you could
practically see the story arc forming:
Sarah and Mark plan their wedding, Sarah and Hank subconsciously flirt,
Sarah and Mark plan, Sarah and Hank flirt, plan, flirt, plan, until it all
blows up, and Sarah and Hank are together.
The only thing I’m not sure of is if it’ll happen before or after Sarah
and Mark get married.
Amber had the
last story of the evening, and the other one with a misty moment. So, Amber is working, and Adam comes in all
tense. Amber had burned some coffee, and
Adam flips out, not wanting burnt coffee smell, or disorganized magazines, or
any mess whatsoever. Amber freak out a
bit, and starts manically cleaning the entire building, and manages to stay
until 10 in the evening, when Crosby shows up.
He calms her down, and asks if she wants to start her apprenticeship,
and she of course agrees. However, the
next day, Adam is in again, and when she talks to him, he still wants her to be
the gofer. Amber is not impressed, and
they have a chat. Amber NEEDS more responsibility,
and she is being underutilized, according to her. Adam breaks it down for her: my wife has cancer, so suck it up. He may have said it a bit more eloquently. That was my second misty moment, Mae Whitman’s
reaction killed me dead.
Grade: B+
There were some nice character building moments, and the
emotional stuff was well played, I think.
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