She said that 7 of them have started, and that the rest are soon to follow. It would make sense that they would start to go around the same time, since they stopped being in service around the same time, so yes.

Just want to point out, Allie isn't melting the nuclear reactors, they just haven't been tended to in YEARS and that's what naturally happens.

You're right, not every foster home is like that. I know quite a few that aren't. However, ON TV, they tend to be a crap shoot. And it's not like they were watching him all that well if he got taken.

The dog seemed nice? If that's the only thing that brought him a little bit of happiness there, it's probably dead. Of course he'll go there, it's the only thing about him that's actually the real him, his only memory of his life before. He can be smart enough to realize he wouldn't be loved or cared for there, or…

Why wouldn't Ben go back to the foster home? Do you know how foster homes are? They really aren't all love and happy times.

Not really a big deal, but Thomas's whole "If you knew me blah blah blah" to Baxter had more to do with him telling the cops she knew something about the Bates murder tendencies than his being gay, seeing as they had openly discussed that.