So a third of the characters had the week off (when's the last time that happened in a {quasi} holiday episode of any show?) and they still tried to do five different stories? It was not the worst episode of the year by any means (the best line was Principal Brown saying everyone noticed Gloria running a hose at the…

I just watched that episode of SVU - As intense as Alex has been I hope she never gets anywhere nearly that crazed.

Someday, hopefully, Ariel will have a thriving movie career. Right now the only movie she has waiting to be released is "Dog Years".

She was behind the counter at the coffee shop getting watered, just like the rest of the plants.

I'll withhold final judgement until we see how things play out with Alex and her new job and how it may or may not affect her going back to CalTech early next year, but so far it's puzzling why they went to all the trouble to have her withdraw this semester and not do much with her since (IOW, why not just let her…

It took a while to get there but I loved the "ha, ha - we fooled you" ending where the co-conspirators got what they wanted (vacationing in Italy) while making the Prichetts think they were punishing them for their sins.

She is (was?) going to CalTech - it's more like scrawny chicken wings than meat.

So if Cam was so worried about Dwight contracting mono from Alex, for the selfish reason that he didn't want him getting sick before the big game, then why in the world did he let Dwight participate in the family football game? Yes the likelihood that Dwight would get hurt in a pickup game is small (had Phil tried to…

I absolutely agree it would be a cop-out, and I would be royally ticked off if it happened. Unfortunately, this show hasn't always been kind to Alex in the past and I wouldn't put it past the people running the show to screw around with her again.

One problem I already have with Alex's barista story - I think they should've shown her first day(s) at the job, which is highly unlikely to happen now (next week is the Thanksgiving episode, and the next new episode won't be until at least 3 weeks from now). I would think if she was going to have that "Eureka! I've…

For all the criticism this show gets for not being as good as it used to be, last night did show it could be worse - it's still nowhere near as bad as that interactive theater show - acting-wise Mitch ran circles around everyone without even breaking a sweat.

She took the semester off to recover from mono - she figured she'd fall too far behind to try and catch up this semester. She plans on going back next semester (January?) but would anyone be surprised if something else happens first?

Given the B- grade, I feel like the article title is missing a ", but".

And here I was wondering why they made a Broadway show based on a Formula One driver…

Sorry, but I totally disagree - this was probably the worst episode since "The Day We Almost Died" (which I think is the worst MF episode ever). It was such a big swing and a miss there should've been a hurricane warning attached to it (yes, I went there with the weather cliché). There were maybe two chuckles (and…

(Overheard in the writers' room):

That's what I was wondering - probably not illegal in the sense that Cam almost(?) certainly won't go to jail for it but I'm curious as to what the scholastic athletic rules in California have to say about this.

What they should've done is give Alex more stories at school (they really only did one after she moved out, the one where Phil managed to talk her into doing the cannonball tradition in a cheesy prom dress). Unfortunately, the show is too wedded to the family dynamic to ever show much of her life away from her family.

I would've tried that, but I stunk so much at Madden if I did I probably would've accidentally scored a touchdown for the bad guys.

Whomever was coaching the other team should have been fired on the spot - what idiot calls a regular running play with time running out near the end zone with his team winning 20-19? Talk about making "all the wrong moves"…