Tommy is NEVER EVER going to pull bullshit on Mickey.

What do you mean?

I was surprised how much I enjoyed Janet this week, though that was mostly for the beauty of the Chief basking in the moment. I don't understnad why he is doing Sheila's bidding at all. Sleeping with her when she throws herself at him, sure, but showing up when she tells him to come by at 7:30, she's leaving at 7:45 and he better already have eaten? Seriously?

That had to have been Tommy's first fully honest share at a meeting, much as it sucked for his poor sponsee. Well, not fully honest, but from the heart. I'm interested to see if having Mickey Mantle rattling around in his brain knocks anything loose.

I don't know - I think that Tommy kind of topped Mickey with his speech. I don't think that Mickey expected that at all.

No, I agree, he didn't expect that; but I think it was actually better for Tommy to get all that out and at least admit that he's drinking than the skulking around pretending to be sober and grateful that he's been doing.

Oh yeah, I agree with that. Not sure what effect the dvd will have on him.

You're quite right...usually Mickey is a step ahead, but the bottoms up speech was a new one. But mostly, I would say Father Mickey is good at anticipating Tommy's...phases. Not "Phases", cause how frightening would Gavin werewolves be?

Hmmm, when was the last time we saw Tommy's wolfhound?

I love how Earl really showed his emotions.

That was a surprise: I don't think we've ever seen Earl upset before. It was disconcerting.

Hmmm, when was the last time we saw Tommy's wolfhound?

Last week or the week before, I think, the dog was sleeping next to him in one scene and he said something about him to someone else. I only remember that much because I thought, at the time "Oh, right, Tommy has a dog" and then forgot again.

I almost have a thought about Saving Grace but I can't quite nail it down.

No 3.0, so I can't cut and paste. When Earl was upset, you gpt the Sense that something had gone horribly wrong. Usually, Earl's all smug, talking about God's plan, but not this time.

I really like Sean's musical fantasy numbers. Among other things, they show off Pasquale's chops.