Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the person who wants to buy the house is going to raze it. That would be an interesting and really sad plot twist.

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Anonymous wrote:Adam's and Kristina's house would be extremely expensive. Ditto Julia's.

Re: financial status of the Bravermans in general: what was Zeke's profession before retirement? Maybe it's implied they have family money.

Anonymous wrote:Adam's and Kristina's house would be extremely expensive. Ditto Julia's.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.

Her little martyr routine bugs me. If you didn't want to be a SAHM, you should have gone to work. Both are valid options. But don't live an inauthentic life and then blame your husband and kids.

Love the show too. Last episode totally brought me to tears.

I don't think she is blaming her husband and kids. If you are talking about when she went off at Crosby, he deserved it. I think selling the house will give them the money they need to travel. I think she enjoyed her life as a SAHM but is ready to do some things for her self for once. It's not like she has a bunch if time left, she should be able to do what she wants. Her kids are in their 30's and 40's they need to grow up and let the house go. I mean unless one of them decide to buy it, it's going to be sold at some point.

Fair enough. Good point.

I would like them to address the financial situation of these characters more. Primarily with the broken family holding down two households. I actually think it's a little unfortunate that they kind of make it seem like nice families never have money trouble.

they have shorn all of Sarah"s financial woes. Julia was in a big law firm before she quit. I would assume there are saavings.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.

Her little martyr routine bugs me. If you didn't want to be a SAHM, you should have gone to work. Both are valid options. But don't live an inauthentic life and then blame your husband and kids.

Love the show too. Last episode totally brought me to tears.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.

Her little martyr routine bugs me. If you didn't want to be a SAHM, you should have gone to work. Both are valid options. But don't live an inauthentic life and then blame your husband and kids.

Love the show too. Last episode totally brought me to tears.

I don't think she is blaming her husband and kids. If you are talking about when she went off at Crosby, he deserved it. I think selling the house will give them the money they need to travel. I think she enjoyed her life as a SAHM but is ready to do some things for her self for once. It's not like she has a bunch if time left, she should be able to do what she wants. Her kids are in their 30's and 40's they need to grow up and let the house go. I mean unless one of them decide to buy it, it's going to be sold at some point.

Fair enough. Good point.

I would like them to address the financial situation of these characters more. Primarily with the broken family holding down two households. I actually think it's a little unfortunate that they kind of make it seem like nice families never have money trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.

Her little martyr routine bugs me. If you didn't want to be a SAHM, you should have gone to work. Both are valid options. But don't live an inauthentic life and then blame your husband and kids.

Love the show too. Last episode totally brought me to tears.

I don't think she is blaming her husband and kids. If you are talking about when she went off at Crosby, he deserved it. I think selling the house will give them the money they need to travel. I think she enjoyed her life as a SAHM but is ready to do some things for her self for once. It's not like she has a bunch if time left, she should be able to do what she wants. Her kids are in their 30's and 40's they need to grow up and let the house go. I mean unless one of them decide to buy it, it's going to be sold at some point.

Fair enough. Good point.

I would like them to address the financial situation of these characters more. Primarily with the broken family holding down two households. I actually think it's a little unfortunate that they kind of make it seem like nice families never have money trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm tiring of Kristina and Adam for no good reason but the scene in the mini van on the drive home from camp with Max was a tear-jerker. I think the show does a really good job writing with Max -- but do Aspergers parents agree that this can be life with a Max?

IME with Aspergers kids (not a parent of one) the behavior is very accurate. However, it's unrealistic that Max can articulate his feelings so well. Typically, they're either unaware of what's going on or don't want to talk about it. There's also not enough ability to focus on a conversation like that.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.

Her little martyr routine bugs me. If you didn't want to be a SAHM, you should have gone to work. Both are valid options. But don't live an inauthentic life and then blame your husband and kids.

Love the show too. Last episode totally brought me to tears.

I don't think she is blaming her husband and kids. If you are talking about when she went off at Crosby, he deserved it. I think selling the house will give them the money they need to travel. I think she enjoyed her life as a SAHM but is ready to do some things for her self for once. It's not like she has a bunch if time left, she should be able to do what she wants. Her kids are in their 30's and 40's they need to grow up and let the house go. I mean unless one of them decide to buy it, it's going to be sold at some point.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.

Her little martyr routine bugs me. If you didn't want to be a SAHM, you should have gone to work. Both are valid options. But don't live an inauthentic life and then blame your husband and kids.

Love the show too. Last episode totally brought me to tears.

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy watching Hanks personal growth. Ray Romano is so good!

Yes, love Ray Romano in this role. There's some depth there.

My prediction about the house sale is that the big money will help Zeke get enthusiastically on board-- so that he won't feel like he's making a sacrifice to make Camille happy-- but that Camille will back out at the last minute, realizing that she can get the adventure that she needs without selling the house. It's like there are two sides to her, the mother/matriarch and the artist/adventurer. She's spent the last 40+ years only inhabiting the mother/wife role and has ignored her inner artist. She's a little resentful because she's currently viewing the mother role/wife role as one of sacrifice. She wants to correct the imbalance and thinks selling the house will free them up to be more adventurous. I think in this last episode, she's realizing that her plan to sell the house will actually just shift the imbalance in the other direction. She's remembering what she's loved about that part of her life, now that it's about to slip away from her a bit.