-t, I'm watching. I like Ian, Joey Fatone, and Laila Ali.

sara, please don't beat yourself up. If he was mad at you, you'd know it. The squirmy little buggers can't help themselves. (So says the woman who tripped at the top of the steps and dropped the cat all the way down said steps. She was headbutting me 2 minutes later.)

It was FNL for me

I just finished watching it. OMG, I didn't think it was possible to love this show any more than I already did. I heart those boys. Coach and Tami are my OTP. Best line of the night: "That is so brokeback." Bwah!

Hee! I liked "The wheelchair always trumps." Also so good seeing Street coach Jason. Coach Taylor is clearly a good coach, but Jason has been on the line much more recently. Awesome! Also, also Coach understanding that his daughter needs to know that her feelings are being taken into consideration. That "You are 15 and will not determine the future of this family, but you are 15 and deserve the respect to be considered." The "We're going to move again aren't we." Made me tear up. It wasn't until Dad went back to HS ball that he spent more than 4 years anywhere.

FNL: OMG so much for the win right now.

I know! It felt like I was squeeing over something every 2 minutes. Street has a gift for breaking it down into manageable pieces. I like this new development. Tyra broke me into itty bitty pieces. She wants so badly to be part of a normal family. She was even willing to try Eric's chili. His "award-winning chili!" I love that man.

Ooh, and Tami with the "you're going to the dance and you will make me happy even if it kills you" talk. It's no small feat to shame both husband and daughter in one fell swoop. Lyla and Buddy can bite me. Buddy's a pig, and I lost the last ounce of sympathy for Lyla tonight. She's a spoiled brat.

Riggins! Up until the shot-down attempt at kissage, I was convinced that even he wouldn't go there. He genuinely seems to like Beau, and I don't want to think he's using him to get close to Mama.

Hmm, maybe I'm just hormonal tonight, but I was sighing like a fangurl an awful lot.

I actually feel really sorry for Lyla. Buddy OTOH as a jackass. I don't know that scene at the Garrity's front door where she sees her dad trying, her mom accusing her of taking sides, then her mom dragging out all the past infidelity. I would probably lose my shit too. And she's totally right that just because she slept with his best friend, if he forgave her, to the point that he asked her to marry him, he's not guilt free if he cheats on her.

But then, I love them all!

'Cept Buddy.

See, Lyla lost me when she started crashing into all of the cars on Daddy's lot, and then, for the cherry on top, drives a car right through the damned window. Otherwise, I'm in total agreement with her actions and opinions up to that point.

I need to know that we have a second season of this show RIGHT NOW.

I think I will head over there tomorrow. For *waveshands* supplies. I'll have to think about what to wear.

YAY. Make sure you do.

Make sure you do.

Look! --> MONKEYS!

Bones, hey was that chase scene showing some of that parkour stuff that was in Casino Royale ? And even though I knew it could NEVER happen, I really wanted Bones to go off to the Caribbean for a year. I mean, how many chances like that do you get?

FNL: Oh, I dunno, I kind of liked Lyla actually doing something there. She's been her Daddy's girl all along, after all. And I bet he could afford the damage. It was petty, but the girl is a spoiled 17: I got it.

I loved the boys-- all 4 of them!-- on the field, bonding in a way we've never seen before. "Chair says I win." Hah! And Tim and Jason, friends again! It was kind of like fic, but I'll take it--it's not like they didn't pay for it in angst along the way.

I would like it if the writers played the Tyra and her mother issue out for longer. The whole class issue is so huge, and deserves more than to be addressed in one episode. But I trust them enough to keep it going, or I hope so. Such a tightrope Tami was walking there, trying to get Angela on board without saying, "I don't want Tyra to end up in a dead-end town with no job like you."

It's one thing to want your kid to do better than you, as a parent. It's another thing, it has to be, to feel that your kid doing better means you suck.