I am devastated that this show will not be returning. That being said, some of season three wasn't great, at all.
The opening was rushed, with Tessa (the brilliant Jane Levy) returning to live with George (Jeremy Sisto), her father, too quickly. But they couldn't have Malin Ackerman back after all, because she has her own show, so Tessa had to move back immediately with her father. Then again, the show wouldn't work if she didn't live with George so it had to happen. Dahlia (Carly Chaikin) isn't happy that her mother, Dallas (Cheryl Hines) broke up with Daddy Altman, so it takes some time for mother and daughter to mend the fences. Lisa (the great Allie Grant) also decides to propose marriage to Malik (Maestro Harrell), but he has to be the man and proposes to her in a grand fashion. They get married in the second to last episode of the series. And Tessa must deal with Ryan (Parker Young) having a new girlfriend, June (Lindsay Shaw).
Some plot lines are truly horrible, just the beauty pageant, where Tessa tries to coach a girl so the younger girl can beat the blond, mindless clones but when that does happen, Tessa realizes that she has also created a bully. And I didn't really like Nora (Natasha Leggero), George's new dog store owner girlfriend too much. She added very little to the show. I was totally fine with them breaking up. But I did like when Tessa dated the male version of herself, though naturally that didn't last. I hated the episode when Tessa and George double date a mother and son duo, but neither relationship lasted. In the same episode, Dahlia doesn't get into any colleges and nearly marries this crippled old man but, thanks to her doting mother, discovers her true talent in designing belts so she has some sort of career, not a spectacular one, but a career nevertheless.
The Shays (Ana Gasteyer and Chris Parnell) are also lamenting Ryan leaving so they get a foster child, Victor Ha (Bryson Barretto) who doesn't have too much to do for the season, though he gets a couple good lines thrown in every now and then. But I like him, he's a great addition to the white cast. Fred is the dutiful house husband, even going as far breaking in her pumps.
In the finale, George and Dallas are still smarting from the immediate aftermath of them hooking up at Lisa and Malik's wedding. They both regret it, though George wants to be friends. Dallas, likewise, can't get the sex out of her head, but she doesn't know exactly what she wants. Tessa is feeling left out with Lisa being married so she joins a sewing circle, though they are misnamed because the group mostly crochets, but whatever. As for the newlyweds, things aren't pleasant in paradise. After all, the two are still in high school and coordinating everything isn't easy and they also wrongly believe that a married couple must share everything, to which her parents just snort at. In fact, they share that they share less now that they are married. Which gives the newlyweds hope, so hopefully things will work out but they will always have an uphill battle.
Tessa tries to keep things platonic with Ryan, who is visiting from college for the wedding, as he is still dating June, but that doesn't last, as neither can stay away from each other. They, literally, start tearing off each other's clothes in the middle of the stair as they have a hot make out session. A sweet way to end the season, but I wish there would have been even more closure for a series finale, as Shelia pushes the curtain shut so June doesn't see what is happening.
This was without a doubt the series weakest season as the first two were fantastic with much fewer false notes and stupid plot lines and the lines were sharper with more laughs to be had. That being said, I will miss this show as the talent is great all-around. This show has a strong cast and they deserve a show that is given better material than this season. Fortunately, the last two episodes of the season are brilliant and remind me of the first two, so at least it went out on a good note. Grade: A-, Season: B, Series: B+
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