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"the problem of the hotel room"?
Yeah, I did a doubletake when Henry said that. How long have they been back now?
One thing I thought was (unintentionally?) hilarious was that tiny boxing-ring/VIP area that the General was sitting in during the launch. You only saw it for a few seconds so I wonder if there was more to it that got left on the cutting room floor.
I caught the VIP seating area, too!
YAY!! The viewing area for Mansfield was a larger bit that got cut but I LOVED it and wanted someone to see it. I was so pleased when I was allowed to do it with some comedy.
And, yeah, Joe and I had a lot of raised eyebrows about "the problem of the Hotel room...."..... what's he been doing? Isn't it the same as SHARING A HOUSE?
Totally agree. But we won a couple of other battles instead, so that logic point died well and with honor on the battlefield....
But we won a couple of other battles instead, so that logic point died well and with honor on the battlefield....
Who knew comedy was so contentious? Keep fighting the good fight! Somebody has to hold the line in a culture of fanboys/girls who notice everything.
I'm afraid I'm in the camp that finds Allison's action out of character.
I do and I don't. It's been shown countless times that she is willing to do anything for her son, to make him happy. That made a little more sense when he was autistic, because she felt like she had to go above and beyond because she didn't know how to deal with him. I think that she is having trouble getting out of that mentality with a normal child.
I'm with Vortex on the yes and no understanding of Allison's behavior. It would, I think, have made more sense to me if she'd done what so many 'normal' parents would do which is to 'help' with science projects...with Kevin's knowledge. The out and out cheating just rings wrong.
Not to mention the fact that she has, up until now, been presented as a genius in her own right, and someone whose job it has been to save the world from other people doing bonehead things. I can't imagine, no matter how motherly she was being, that she would not have thought this action through to its inevitable and potentially tragic conclusion.
I think that her intelligence was her downfall in this case. She knew that the TAP was inert unless stimulated by a particular frequency, so she reasoned that nothing could go wrong. A less intelligent parent would have been more worried about the consequences, so might not have done it.
I'm with Vortex on the yes and no understanding of Allison's behavior. It would, I think, have made more sense to me if she'd done what so many 'normal' parents would do which is to 'help' with science projects...with Kevin's knowledge. The out and out cheating just rings wrong.
I'm biting my tongue/fingers on the topic of how they have portrayed Kevin's autism as well as Allison's relationship with him. Full stop. More on the topic would be an ugly rant.
I can totally see why Andi. Totally. This is one of those cases where I wave frantically and focus on the entertainment portion of the program. But I get it.
More on the topic would be an ugly rant.
I know how you feel. Inaccurate portrayals of things that you have intimate knowledge of burns. It's not as personal as when they fuck up legal stuff, but I get it.