The women are always eating, never exercising, and there isn't an ounce of fat amongst them. Ugh!!!!!! It's LA; shouldn't we see them out hiking with their kids, or Crossfit/ Yoga/ Zum/ Pilates/ etc?

Definitely. That's why it makes more sense to me that Whitney did it out of blind (alcohol abetted) rage.

I guess I could see it as

I think it's more like Max felt like he was a part of the Noah/Helen relationship, that they were a trio of lifelong friends. But with Noah always coming for a handout and Helen was never going to be his, he finally understood there was no trio. At which point he let Noah have it.

That statement is true on many levels…. almost too on the nose.

But Brown's Chicken…it tastes better! ;)

Yeah after the show mentioned Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" has been an earworm in my head all day.

Dude, he was humming "love that chicken from Popeye's" so don't fool me with Beach Boys nonsense.

Trust Neil Diamond to dial holiday music up to eleven.

Wouldn't it be a nice Christmas miracle if cloud services saw a slight uptick in photo backups this week?

After this year's Project Greenlight and all the brouhaha about film, I'll always have the knee-jerk reaction that it's pretentious to preserve a moribund medium.

You've got it right, except I don't think he's conflicted about good versus great. I think he's conflicted about wanting to be (his definition of) great but not wanting to be judged as a douchebag for the decision. Trouble is, he IS a douchebag and thinking he can do anything so great to supersede it is his ego and…

Hehe, I'm getting the sense that the next book may not land so well with critics or readers. It is funny (to me) that in his impromptu therapy session he tried to tell the therapist how in tune he is with personal insights, but how clueless he really is (exactly to your point about clichés).

Noah's not sure whether he wants to be good or great? The English language defines great > good. The very labeling says what he believes is the more desirable state. And wow, he's making it up to Alison for being a dirtbag by doing his job as a dad? So what was he making up to Helen by being a dad for seventeen years?

That, and you have so much counterculture already that it's hard too stand out in the noise.

You mean another hundred years of sucking?

Maybe he just needs some smothering ;)

So first there's The Goldbergs episode about Caddyshack, and no Kenny Loggins song. Now there's an episode with Top Gun, and again no Kenny Loggins song. I'm not alright about this. It refuses to cut loose from my mind, my emotions heading straight into the danger zone. You gotta meet me halfway here and give Kenny…

Watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf….

Plus, in her professional life she's the leader. She's the one who will buckle down and get to work, or take ownership of the tough decisions. Should it be any surprise that at home she's become the leader of the household instead of choosing to be a housewife?