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8/10
Great episode
jpapanone18 May 2021
Almost a 9...could have easily done 9.

Again. An early episode that made us all keep tuning in over and over again.

Oh...if the show could stay this young forever.

But...it had to grow up...and stop being so endearing.
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8/10
Lily's will get a brother
jotix10026 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Claire and Phil are grocery shopping. Phil spots an attractive woman in the produce section, not realizing Claire is behind him, he inadvertently pushes her into a stack in a corner and she has a stack of goods fall on her. She is clearly mortified and wants to get to the bottom of it. For that she gets a copy of the security tape that shows just what happened.

Cam and Mitch are doing everything to adopt a boy, a brother for little Lily. Cam has issues with Mitch's way of doing things. Cam thinks Mitch has an egotistical streak. Lily, on the other hand, wants no part of an intruder taking her place. She rejects the idea of having a brat come into her territory.

Jay and Gloria are discussing Manny's behavior in school. He accidentally takes a girl's locket. He was sent to the principal's office, but he denied having it. Jay questions Manny; at first, the boy says he is not guilty of any wrongdoing, but eventually Jay is able to get to the bottom of the situation. He makes no bones: Manny must fess up and apologize. Gloria goes with him to school. Instead of going directly to the principal's, she asks to see the girl's locker. Manny points at it and Gloria opens it with a credit card, shoving the chain inside. Gloria asks Manny to keep quiet about the incident.

Later on, all the family comes to Cam and Mitch where the official announcement is made about the adoption. Michael Spiller directed the screenplay written by Jeffrey Richman. The chapter deals with the difficulty of sharing as well as how easy it is to Gloria to hide the fact that Manny did not do the right thing. Mr. Spiller gets good results from this talented cast.
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6/10
What's wrong with being right?
blakemonkey25 March 2024
What is wrong with being right? Nothing. Everyone, at some point, has gone out of their way to prove their point that they were right. Phil definitely should have apologised and so should have the kids who were being pretty cocky and loudmouthy. Gloria is forever trying to prove she's right and so too are some of the others. Point being - why was everyone so annoyed and also surprised that Claire had gone to so much trouble to prove Phil was wrong? Everyone and I mean everyone was just staring at her instead of maybe a few of them - especially Luke - should have said "good one mum" or "wow, that's impressive!" Sorry but I did not like the way it was written about Claire - I didn't find it funny, only belittling.
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