Twist: it wasn't HIS beautiful house.

Let's guess how likely it is that we'll ever see the retooled version on actual TV.  I'll start with 40%.

Let's guess how likely it is that we'll ever see the retooled version on actual TV.  I'll start with 40%.

I thought at the time that it was impressively ballsy to follow up OMWF with TR, since it's two play-with-the-format episodes in a row.

I thought at the time that it was impressively ballsy to follow up OMWF with TR, since it's two play-with-the-format episodes in a row.

At that point Adam didn't want the whole family to know (because THAT WOULD WORK) and Crosby is the only one where that could even conceivably happen.

At that point Adam didn't want the whole family to know (because THAT WOULD WORK) and Crosby is the only one where that could even conceivably happen.

Yes, and there's that great bit early on where Max is panicked about his mother being in the hospital…but only because it ruins his plan to go to the mall.

Yes, and there's that great bit early on where Max is panicked about his mother being in the hospital…but only because it ruins his plan to go to the mall.

Which is too bad, since I just decided that the last episode, whenever it is, must be titled "May God Bless and Keep You Always".

Which is too bad, since I just decided that the last episode, whenever it is, must be titled "May God Bless and Keep You Always".

I figure the department store provides/rents the Santa and elf costumes.

I figure the department store provides/rents the Santa and elf costumes.

And you just know that Adam is thinking "Well, when I was 10…but that's not the point."

And you just know that Adam is thinking "Well, when I was 10…but that's not the point."

But the alternative to Santa is "Mommy and Daddy love you and buy you presents".  I don't see how "cynical" is the right word for that.

But the alternative to Santa is "Mommy and Daddy love you and buy you presents".  I don't see how "cynical" is the right word for that.

Hard to get the timing right on a murder/murder pact, though.

Hard to get the timing right on a murder/murder pact, though.

Possible in-show justification: Grace's father was a high-profile guy, and her own rise through the ranks would likely be under public scrutiny, relatively speaking.  That sounds like a bad choice of someone for the CIA to make into a spy.