I agree that Joel is not sleeping with Pete. There was that scene between them in which she made it clear she wants no part of his personal life. That sounded more like a boss talking her to employee than two lovers. It's not clear to me that he's even attracted to her.

I think they talked about private schools for a hot second before moving on to Let's Put On a School!, and hand-waved it away by saying there were no schools specifically suited to kids with Max's level of functioning.

Camille has points, but she's also being really insufferable (her enunciation of prosciutto alone!), which goes a long way to making Zeek seem more sympathetic, even when her motivation is reasonable.

Let's not play the "if you're a *real* fan" card. Fans of the show can have strong disagreements about it without anyone being the Better Parenthood Nerd.

I think the review nails the main reason why, for me, the Joel/Julia storyline does not work, at all. Julia has been our POV character for the whole season here—we understand her actions, her reasoning. Joel has become a villain, in part because everything he does is under-motivated and, given what we've seen of St.…

It's so hard to perceive sarcasm on the internet, but I'm going to make myself vulnerable for a second and say I agree with you.

She has a crush on him. He's under no illusions about what an awful person she is. It's sad.

The quick mutual confessions about parental alcoholism was my favorite moment of the episode. That's basically Dr. James' version of bonding!

I think it was a direct parody of It's a Wonderful Life. The whistle is a spin on the bell that rings when an angel gets its wings.

She just had to kill one of them—it didn't matter which! Baghead gets results.

That may just be a way of paying him less than a regular salary. He doesn't need to be in every episode, not with the way they're using him.

I LIKE the opening. I could do without the SEX AND DEATH imagery, but the narration is overblown and cheesy just the way I like it.

Did Diane really not kill Kenna because of scruples? I thought she meant it as a jab at Catherine—she's leaving Court, but not on the Queen's terms.

Eh, that's not always true. Buffy episodes are littered with nobodies killed off for an episode's worth of drama.

"Urban Outfitters says farewell to one of its own."

Fair enough.

What is Piecat? I'm usually pretty good at Parenthood trivia, so this is making me question some important things about myself.

For real. You'd think she could have used some of that mud to take care of Cordelia's eyes while they were being best buds too.

That's what I thought too, except she did kill them. I know people say "It doesn't make sense, and that's the point!" but guys—that whole bit did *not* make sense, and it sucked.

Throw Cordelia in there and you've got the ideal first scene of Macbeth.