WHAT AN EPISODE. things that made me tear up:
- Gail’s revelation, which I totally called on the TLMOE subreddit yesterday. I wonder what her son died of and how old he was.
- Lewis breaking down at the pictures of him and Mark. a+ acting from Ken Choi and also :( :( :( I kept wondering if Mark was an actor we knew in the photos (they did the same trick with Jason S) but actually, though I did wonder if it was Zachary Quinto, I don’t think it was
- aaaaand the Mike question remains unanswered but devastating. I’m not surprised Phil couldn’t go in the room in the end. I wonder what he put in the note, but I suppose the point is that we’ll never know. Maybe the point is that we’ll never actually know if Mike is dead or not, too. This show
is very adamant about the fact that there isn’t always closure.
other things I loved:
- “And ‘cos I love you.” “I love you too, Carol”. This show does female friendship really well (except when they completely forget about how close Carol and Melissa were, which they have done)
- Gail and Carol as a mother-daughter pair is a good substitute, though
- “Kris and Caitlyn Jenner. Double granny whammy there!” And Carol’s whole weird gran scrapbook in fact
- Phil’s speech about how Carol saved him. I think he meant saved in more ways than one.
- “You are the most frustrating, annoying lunatic I have ever met!And I was on a boat with PAT!”
- I love how the Miller family wall is packed with photos celebrating Mike’s achievements, but the ridiculous photo of Phil winning a burrito eating competition is also center stage. Phil’s mum and dad were good parents
other other things:
- GIVE ERICA SOMETHING TO DO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
- She dated Mike! She really liked him! Next episode should have her and Phil talking about him FOR SURE, but it probably won’t
- This episode has done nothing to dissuade my opinion that Phil is bisexual and just remarkably….bad at it
- Who would’ve thought Melissa (poor Melissa) would be into Shawshank Redemption slash
what. an. episode.