I agree with this entirely. It's a very well-made sitcom, in the sense of the "well-made play" use of the term. It dosen't always feel fresh, but it always works, and sometimes it really earns its laughs or its sentimentality.

I think it's smart of them to move away from the Ava Show, because I do think the split focus was a problem, but what I really enjoyed about this show, as a woman with kids and a full time job and a Canadian husband who runs a small business from home and watches hockey, was getting to see a comedy version of my own…

I think it's smart of them to move away from the Ava Show, because I do think the split focus was a problem, but what I really enjoyed about this show, as a woman with kids and a full time job and a Canadian husband who runs a small business from home and watches hockey, was getting to see a comedy version of my own…

He's Ophelia. He had to kill himself eventually. There was zero suspense about that once the premise was set up.

He's Ophelia. He had to kill himself eventually. There was zero suspense about that once the premise was set up.

No, it's because Canadians are just excited to be mentioned at all.

No, it's because Canadians are just excited to be mentioned at all.

Do yellow umbrellas actually exist outside of this show? because in all my many decades of life on this earth I do not believe I've ever seen one.

Do yellow umbrellas actually exist outside of this show? because in all my many decades of life on this earth I do not believe I've ever seen one.

I want to love this show, but it's making it really hard. I feel like I missed an episode where Maguire reacts to Molly's implausible suicide, but instead she's barely mentioned and he's already moved on. The lecherous uncle is predictable, Elizabeth doesn't act remotely like a respectable socialite of the era,…

I want to love this show, but it's making it really hard. I feel like I missed an episode where Maguire reacts to Molly's implausible suicide, but instead she's barely mentioned and he's already moved on. The lecherous uncle is predictable, Elizabeth doesn't act remotely like a respectable socialite of the era,…

This is also my suspicion and fear. It would be really really really lame.

This is also my suspicion and fear. It would be really really really lame.

I found this one totally boring. We've seen all these beats before, some multiple times. This felt like a "moving pieces around" episode, which is pretty lame considering it's only the second one of the season.

I found this one totally boring. We've seen all these beats before, some multiple times. This felt like a "moving pieces around" episode, which is pretty lame considering it's only the second one of the season.

I really need the top to separate from the cup and send the whole thing splashing all over her.

I really need the top to separate from the cup and send the whole thing splashing all over her.

Yeah, like the old dudes who crash Lindsey's party on Freaks & Geeks

Yeah, like the old dudes who crash Lindsey's party on Freaks & Geeks

And of course buying ice cream for all the neighborhood kids! A low-rent Gus Fring.