I loved this episode. It added richness. Not every episode has to move the plot forward in some dramatic way.

I think the best scene of this whole series so far has been Jack cleaning the kitchen the night of the fire. His scenes usually portray him as some super dad, but in that one, he was just doing the unrecognized, ordinary caretaking of a parent, not knowing it was that day he could do that for them. There was such a simple tenderness about it.

When do we see Kate and Kevin acting as or becoming the soulmates the show keeps talking about? Kevin seems pretty indifferent to her.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved seeing the old doc again, Gerald McRaney is the shit.

That was the scene that made me cry tonight.

Me, too. And I didn’t cry at all during the Super Bowl one.

Didn’t the doctor die in a previous episode?! Something like when Kevin breaks a bone when he is little?

I hate kate. She emotionally manipulated her dad. Jack was confused, Filled with Adrenaline, shocked and the last thing he wanted to see was his daughter distressed.he was on automatic hero mode. She didn’t even scream at him to not go. It is all her fault. I hope Rebecca thinks so too.

I think watching it two days back-to-back (we watched it on demand Monday night) has actually given me the blues. Anyone else? I think I need to indulge in something funny tonight!

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Anonymous wrote:If I were Becca I would have to deal with a shitton of anger in the aftermath. Maybe you don't have to be superman all the damn time!

I think that level of heroics was completely unrealistic.

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And we're really to believe that in addition to the photo albums, the dog, and the video of Kate, he managed to get Rebecca's necklace??

The part I'm confused about is that if the dog and the albums etc. were on the first floor, where did he get the pillowcase? Aren't the bedrooms on the second floor? Did he go back up there for a pillowcase?

He probably grabbed a pillowcase on his way downstairs, maybe he wet it to cover his mouth and breathe through.

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Anonymous wrote:There was a flashback scene which I thought was when Kate found Kevin to tell him. In that scene, Kevin is standing with his gf, knee in cast in front of a pick up truck. Did Kate find him sleeping on the super bowl episode?

Yes, they were sleeping in the back of a station wagon or truck, when Kate found them. Now I get why Kate thought it was smart for her to find him. I think mom would have been pissed if THAT’s the way she had to find her son to tell him. Kate could handle it better.

This was actually the scene that made me dislike Kate or, rather, confirmed my irritation at her. She makes a big deal about how she needs to be the one to tell Kevin. But then when they show her telling him in the background, she breaks down into his arms. She acts like it's important that she be there for him, but then she basically demands that he comfort her seconds after getting this awful news that she's already had some time to process. I mean, obviously she would still be upset...but it bugs me that the first thing she made Kevin do after hearing the news is comfort her rather than helping him process his shock. She shouldn't have been the one to share the news if she couldn't help him deal with it...compare that to Rebecca talking about needing to be strong so she could go "ruin the rest of [her kids] lives".

Ugh, Kate and her self-pity...

Anonymous wrote:In the scene in the hospital, Rebecca is wearing jeans and a Steelers shirt, the same as what she had been wearing the day before.

Is that what she had worn to bed? What was she wearing when they escaped the fire?

She was in bed in pjs when Jack woke her with “the house is on fire get dressed put your shoes on” So the Steeler shirt was closest.

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Anonymous wrote:I did cry. The Jack storyline got me and so did the foster child flash forward. This show is so much better than anything else on tv.

I didn't understand the little boy foster child storyline. Why was Randall there if another couple was there for the little boy?

Because he was there to take his adult daughter Tess to lunch. She was the one facilitating the placement.

And that was Randall 15-20 yrs from now and an adult Tess. A preview to season 10.

they should have at least made Randalls hair gray so that would be more clear.

It was! And this was right after the scene with present-day Randall talking to young Tess about how he would come visit her at her "fancy" office and they'd have lunch. Not to be snarky, but do you people even pay attention??

They also did some tweaks through makeup or prosthetics to change the shape of his face a bit. My husband bears a passing resemblance to Sterling (sadly, less hot), and his face is morphing in the same way in his late 40s.

In the scene in the hospital, Rebecca is wearing jeans and a Steelers shirt, the same as what she had been wearing the day before.

Is that what she had worn to bed? What was she wearing when they escaped the fire?

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Anonymous wrote:I liked Kate more after this episode because she didn't ask her Dad to get the dog, and she explained why she is the way she is to Toby, and she feels guilty and ruined her life because of her Dad's death which wasn't her fault.

Jack was crazy for going back in, no one asked him to do it. Also, it seems like it would have taken more time to gather all of those things.

Kate knew what she was doing. Of course she was asking her dad to go back and get the dog. She knew he would bc that’s what he did every time. He was her hero. Now, it’s not her fault- Jack should have said no but then he wouldn’t be a hero in her eyes.

She didn't ask him. She just said he was in there and she tried calling her dog to come out. She didn't tell Jack not to go in, but then neither did Randall. Jack should've listedned to Rebecca.

He might have died even if he had not gone back in.

Anonymous wrote:I liked Kate more after this episode because she didn't ask her Dad to get the dog, and she explained why she is the way she is to Toby, and she feels guilty and ruined her life because of her Dad's death which wasn't her fault.

Jack was crazy for going back in, no one asked him to do it. Also, it seems like it would have taken more time to gather all of those things.

I think gathering more things was to emphasize that this was his hero complex at play and NOT anything Kate did or said. It was a good way to playing it out. I haven't watched the latest episode, but if I were Rebecca, I would have a LOT of resentment after the shock wore off.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked Kate more after this episode because she didn't ask her Dad to get the dog, and she explained why she is the way she is to Toby, and she feels guilty and ruined her life because of her Dad's death which wasn't her fault.

Jack was crazy for going back in, no one asked him to do it. Also, it seems like it would have taken more time to gather all of those things.

Kate knew what she was doing. Of course she was asking her dad to go back and get the dog. She knew he would bc that’s what he did every time. He was her hero. Now, it’s not her fault- Jack should have said no but then he wouldn’t be a hero in her eyes.

She didn't ask him. She just said he was in there and she tried calling her dog to come out. She didn't tell Jack not to go in, but then neither did Randall. Jack should've listedned to Rebecca.

Anonymous wrote:I liked Kate more after this episode because she didn't ask her Dad to get the dog, and she explained why she is the way she is to Toby, and she feels guilty and ruined her life because of her Dad's death which wasn't her fault.

Jack was crazy for going back in, no one asked him to do it. Also, it seems like it would have taken more time to gather all of those things.

Kate knew what she was doing. Of course she was asking her dad to go back and get the dog. She knew he would bc that’s what he did every time. He was her hero. Now, it’s not her fault- Jack should have said no but then he wouldn’t be a hero in her eyes.