Well, Frankie's (Patricia Heaton's) actions from last week are still having consequences. Axl (Charlie McDermott) is still not talking to her though he does text Mike (Neil Flynn) to ask if he is allergic to penicillin. She is still furious at him, livid that he is mad at her when she should be mad at him for skipping Thanksgiving.
Frankie tries, even sending him a picture of a anatomically correct mutant carrot which he found hilarious, but she insulted his lady and that does not fly with him. Mike even drives all the way up there just to get him to mend the fences with Frankie, but then only makes things worse, saying that April is indeed as dumb as a box of hammers and that Sue (Eden Sher) and Brick (Atticus Shaffer) agree. So now Axl isn't talking to the whole family. Which is just great.
Sue finally gets some sparkle or glitter in her life when Brad (J. Brock Ciarlelli) comes to visit. She is in temporary housing which sucks as there are some kids of both genders with just half a bunk bed to call their own. Brad helps decorate the temporary housing and fortunately the warden ultimately doesn't care. But he has a bombshell of his own. Upset with the dark people at NYU, he dropped out, shocking Sue. Sue urges him not to change who he is and that he should still follow his theatre dreams and that East Indy has a great program.
Brick is having issues but it takes you a little while to figure out that him saying "You're going to love our pizza," is a new tick. Anxious over all the family drama, he has taken to saying that whenever he first talks before moving on to something relevant. It lands him in detention which means that he has to have a talk with Dr. Fulton (Dave Foley) who encourages Brick to have more fun to let off some steam.
His parents are upset that the family drama is having such a devastating affect on him and let off some built up tension and hit the mutant fruit pieces in the backyard, having fun. It is nice and truly wonderful to see them having fun with their youngest son.
Though I wish things had mended with Axl, he is truly in love with April and believes that he was a whole different person before he met her, things like that are not forgiven overnight and it will be some time before the family is whole again. I'm glad we will probably be seeing more of Brad as his presence is always welcome. Sue is always excellent in the role of the most positive character on TV. Frankie and Mike have honed their roles to a perfection over the years and while Brick needs more screen time, he makes the most of what he is given. Grade: B+
Side Notes:
-Frankie got some misshapen fruit from a store that is even cheaper than the Frugal Hoosier. It is called Yesterday's Bounty.
-Frankie bites into some of the cereal she bought and chokes thinking that it is dishwasher detergent but then changes her mind and decides that it is actually cereal.
-In New York, you can get a hot pretzel any time of the day.
-Brad fainted when he thought he saw Greg Kinnear at a coffee shop.
-The twenty-four mini mart doesn't close until eleven at night.
-Dr. Fulton is seeing a sixty-eight year old woman who is great at power walking.
-If you don't want it to be a karaoke bar, then you shouldn't play Katy Perry.
-Telling Sue not to decorate her room is like telling Michael Phelps not to get wet. That is a mental image I did not need.
-Sue's name in the bin is retainer drooler before they finally introduce themselves to each other.
-When Brad first arrives, he pretends to be a predator and so Lexie (Daniela Bodadilla) attacks him. When Sue offers to give him a tour of the campus, he asks to start with the ice machine.
-Axl's Winnebago home still has a hole in the roof which sucks now that it is winter.
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