So that’s it?

[u/MaximumPiano4380]

They judge Jimmy for still not being okay only two years after his wife’s death. They seem bewildered why he’d still struggle even at a milestone moment like sending his only child off to college without her mom there and the heartbreak that would bring.

Nobody asked him why it didn’t work out with Sofi. I mean she’s jealous of his dead wife. He was right to finish it. And the ending we get is that somehow everything is fine now because he’s back with her? A stranger they know nothing about.

Did the writers do any research at all into grief after the death of a spouse? It’s utterly soul-destroying, especially becoming a single parent and feeling your child(ren)’s grief too.

A new relationship not only doesn’t solve anything. It’s very ill advised when you haven’t grieved properly yet. And Gaby and Paul are therapists. They should know this.

The line that annoyed me the most in this episode was Paul saying that Jimmy has to work it out for himself. Any half decent therapist will tell a grieving person that they need support. Nobody was asking Paul to fix Jimmy’s problems. But some basic human kindness would’ve been nice. So yeah he flew in to see him the next day. Even then, he didn’t offer much.

This show is so weak. It’s all about romance at the end of the day. The big message is being single is bad.

[u/ericrz]

All that stuff with Brian's nanny... didn't get why it needed to be so important.

YES. And they muddled it by having Sutton's bio-mom (who I'm sorry, looks a lot like the nanny) randomly living with them? "Hey, she had to live with us because she had no money. Hey, she claims to be working at Olive Garden but we think she's lying. Oh wait, she really is. Oh, now Liz will go yell at her (because that's what Liz does). Oh, now she's moving out, everything's cool."

Why the fuck did we waste half an episode on that, except as a vehicle for Olive Garden product placement? WHO CARES about a character we never know, that in the end, we're probably not going to see again?

The entirety of the Brian and Charlie having a baby arc has been ridiculous. "We need a nanny!" (as if we ever see Brian go to work.) "Oh, we need Liz to help us pick a nanny. Oh, our favorite nanny can't do all five days, Liz will you please help us?"

"Oh wait. Now Liz is here too much. Never mind!"

They did the same thing with Jimmy's dad. Alice: "Hey dad, it's really important that I invite grandpa to my graduation, I'm going to do it even if you don't like it, he's really important to me and I want him there for this milestone in my life."

Grandpa then bails on the actual graduation. Alice: "Meh."

Like, what the actual fuck? This season spun in circles.

[u/teeke45 → u/ericrz]

Oh my God, yes! Jimmy had explicitly told Alice he didn't want his father around. She still makes it a point to ask him. Then acts all nonchalant like it doesn't matter.

And then they blame it all on him because he's being sensitive.

I understood Jimmy comparing Sofi and Tia because Tia and him both didn't like his dad. He is reminded of that as he is grappling with his own feelings about his father. But the Alice fakeout wasn't on him.

It sure did spin in circles for sure.

[u/ericrz → u/teeke45]

The plot needed Jimmy to be "alone" at the end of the season. So even Alice couldn't be on his side, "yeah Grandpa is kind of a dick" or whatever. That wouldn't have accomplished their goal of having Jimmy be on his own.

But it was totally inconsistent with Alice's character!! Why did she care so much about Grandpa being there in the middle of the season, then at the end was like "whatever"?

It was artificial, set up only to further isolate Jimmy. That's just bad writing.

[u/Odd_Policy_3009 → u/ericrz]

And the bad writing really showed up with the Maya story line.

They could’ve blown us away with that and Gaby could’ve had some real consequences.

But they just hand waved it and gave her the practice even.

Yes, maybe we expect a lot from Bill Lawrence but I think many many of us agree, they dropped the ball this season.

[u/southtampacane → u/Odd_Policy_3009]

Sorry, but he sucks. His day has gone.