They could do so much more than they do plot wise They need individual backstory episodes for Zona, the data miner and the Chinese.

She looked too much like a priss to me — like a 2016 version of Diane Court before she started going out with Lloyd Dobler.

The market demands pandering. The South Side has changed. You can either stay in the past like Etta and get consumed by North Side yuppies or you can adapt like Fiona is trying to, both at the diner (new chef, new menu) and laundromat.

Youens told Lip the hedge fund was on Wall Street time. Odd, since the NYSE runs from 9:30-4 M-F and Chicago is only one hour behind NYC. Using that as a guide, the hedge fund should have been open at 8 or 8:30 am Central time.

No I didn't get that sense. She seemed rather entitled and too bourgeois to be a South Sider.

That seemed obvious. I wonder if she works for those North Side yuppies or for Sharon Lawrence, giving places bad reviews so they go out of business for them to snatch them for a song and dance.

Agreed. I blame Lip for not intervening. It was wrong for her to want to kick Sierra and her son out. He could have at least tried to talk some sense into her. She hadn't even married Neil yet and she was kicking his family to the curb. If she stayed, she could have had a built in baby sitter, although she probably…

She's judgment proof for a lawsuit for damages by the kidnapping grannie (aka Chuny from ER). She's got no money and will be dead (assuming her brain tumor is real).

Handing him the gun was totally unhinged in a creepy stalker kind of way. He should have been arrested and banned from the school.

To put it bluntly, it was fucking stupid. This was a good job. There was no guarantee that Robert could pocket half of her salary, especially since the offer came after they had filed for separation. And EVEN IF he was successful in sponging her money, working for free for six months was clearly not the answer. To…

Didn't see your Simpsons reference until I posted. I would triple recco. your post if possible.

Simpsons did it! The loser apartment of Kurt Van Hauten in a complex of loser divorcees was classic.

OK. It was the first time that I noticed. Still, I think there is some significance to his name.

I believe this is the first time we learned that Ford's first name is Robert. IMO that is a significant Easter Egg as in "The Assassination of Jesse James By That Coward Robert Ford" immortalized in both song and celluloid.

I like his outer borough accent in American Hustle. Also hearing Jennifer Lawrence talk about a "science oven" and nail polish that smells like "flowe -ahs and gah-bage."

Speaking of a real Bal'Mor accent, may I present Danny DeVito from Tin Men.

Agreed. Had he mentioned it, they probably would have been screwed.

Then grandma should have petitioned the court for custody rather than kidnap Franny. The fact that Derek is a deadbeat IMO makes this situation that more infuriating. Perhaps if he (or his parents) provided even nominal support, she wouldn't have been in the situation in the first place.

Agreed. This was kidnapping. Period.

You mean kidnapped Franny.