This is the end, beautiful friends. From thewb.com:

Bright and Hannah kiss? HOT!.

Andy and Nina kiss? Meh.

Dr. McDimples isn't as warm and fuzzy and I totally saw shades of his going all abuser on her sometime next season. Creepy.

Mama Abbott, she lives!

How cool was it to have all the MEOWS in one room? And no one really fed Andy's ego! Hee.

All in all, a nice ep (especially with the lack of Ephram).

It was literally less than 30 seconds into the episode that I started outright weeping, and that continued through the credits, but that was the last of the tears until Rose told Treat to stay in Everwood. So all in all, less emotional for me than last week, I think, but still a tearjerker.

I was kind of surprised that they started out with Rose's surgery, thinking there would be more build-up, but man, they sure had a lot of stuff to get through in this episode. Rose's surgery, Hannah breaking up with Topher, Bright and Hannah getting together, Jake moving in with Nina, Treat confessing his feelings. It was a busy episode.

I thought the whole gathering of former patients pleading with Treat to stay was a bit twee, but when Rose showed up I completely lost it, so I guess that scene worked on me afterall. Although, I definitely could've done without the bear in the office.

So, I was skeptical about Bright and Hannah, but Bright was so cute tonight, and so adorably nervous when he finally went for it with Hannah that I couldn't help but love it. And I loved that his confession basically amounted to "You got HOT!". Love him.

Also, Delia has a boyfriend! Oh, they grow up so fast. I miss the little girl in the baseball cap.

And in this week of confessions of love (Bright to Hannah, Treat to Nina, Delia to Ethan), by far the best confession of all was Patch's confession of love for Treat. When he was talking about how he was his best friend and made his life better (by ruining it), was I the only one who thought it wouldn't have been inappropriate for him to grab Treat and kiss him? I swear, that was one hot scene.

Looks like Nina should call up the Salingers so they can do another intervention. How lame!

How neat to see John Savage, Treat's old buddy from Hair. Was he really a MEOW once or was that just a cameo?

Aw I really liked this episiode. There was no big cliffhanger as to whether or not Rose would live, I really thought that after the credits, the rest of the epp would take place eariler on in the week.

Bright and Hannah were awesome, they actually made me squeal with delight when they kissed. They are my favorite tv couple.

Oh, the Everwood love I am feeling tonight! Is it just because GS wasn't in this ep at all?

NO! It was everything else. So many great Bright lines ("Shasta McSpastic" being my favorite), Patch's Party sucking wind, Rose once again saving his ass by 'making' Dr. Brown stay, Delia growing up (sniffle), Patch telling Amy, "I trust you" -- tears on that one, people.

And I even got into the Treat/Nina love at the end! I couldn't really see it before, but, hey, his speech persuaded me! Now we'lll see if it affected Nina.

OH. MY. The hotness of the Bright/Hannah kiss was SO extreme that I'm having trouble focusing long enough to spell everything in this post correctly.

*SWOON*

Great acting all around. My sister (my partner in Everwood watching crime and the person who dances around the living room with me when the episodes are JUST THIS GOOD) particularly liked Andy's line about "We missed our moment." Such a genuine line.

And, of course, the Amy/Patch relationship was touching as always.

Wow. So what was up with the bear? (Mountain man was funny, though. Good continuity with STD business man, too. "It bought us another 6 months!" Hilarious!)

And -- how many people think Dimples was lying about the Percocet?

I'm going to go home rewind the Bright/Hannah kiss over and over again. And then I'll watch it again.

HOT!

Okay, this will get me shot, tarred, and feathered, but I have to express my opinions:


Totally classless for Andy to tell Nina how he feels about her while she is in a relationship with another man. Totally classless of Nina to make assumptions about Jake without talking to him. Personally, I don’t think she deserves to be with him. Jake deserves someone who loves him totally – I don’t think Nina does. Or ever did, really. Even if he is taking prescription drugs, you talk to him about it! Not Andy – at least wait until you talk to Jake.

If I had any doubts about the Hannah/Bright relationship, I have none now. They have absolutely no chemistry, IMO. That kiss was not even half-passionate to me.

Pooor Topher. I guess the writers had to make him a bumbling twit to make room for Bright. He had such potential. Plus, Hannah didn’t specifically say they should break up, although it was heavily implied. I guess Topher does better with straight talk.

Love Delia! She is wise beyond her years.

Props to Amy for making a hard decision. I’m sure she’ll do well.

Glad Rose is doing better – hope her recovery continues upward!

All in all, a rather boring finale in my opinion. The only characters I appreciated were Patch, Amy, and Delia.

Bright + Hannah = <3 <3 <3

Topher: "Um, we broke up?" (Laughing my head off at this point.)

Oh, and I loved the part when Amy's like, "Oh my God.. you like Hannah!"

Bright and Hannah: was I the only one yelling at the t.v. for Topher to leave when Bright pulled up in front of Nina's?

I wish that, when Nina was telling Treat how crazy her day had been she had mentioned that she hadn't had to take Hannah to the airport after all. Hello!


Jake: I totally think that Jake has a dark side we haven't seen yet. I mean, just how well does Nina really know this guy, anyway? The temper and the Percocet were really setting off alarm bells.

Patch and Rose: Tears, just tears and tears. When he was praying in the bathroom and when she came to the party to tell Treat he wasn't leaving. Here I go again.

And the bear in the office was great!

Bright and Hannah kissed! Bright and Hannah kissed! Bright and Hannah kissed! Bright and Hannah kissed! Bright and Hannah kissed! Bright and Hannah kissed!

...And then Andy kissed Nina and I started cussing. Andy, that was definitely selfish.

I was so scared that they were going to make Dimples an asshat with the remote scene so they could hook Andy and Nina up without too much resistance. I really hope they don't go that route. Don't mess with the Ninja, Berlanti.

Someday, I will watch the scene where Amy finds out that Bright likes Hannah and the scene on House where Wilson learns House might have feelings for Cameron and compare and comtrast thier faces.

Damn you, Berlanti, for making me cry before the credits.

Overall, it was pretty good. I'm still squeeing over Bright and Hannah, even though I was originally opposed to them.

Andy Brown is one selfish S.O.B.

That is all.

Oh, that was great. That was probably my favorite scene, actually. Amy and Bright were fantastic together tonight. EVC and Chris Pratt have great sister/brother chemistry.

I know that the viewing experience is totally subjective and all but IMHO, they've had loads of chemistry from the get-go and I completely agreed with Hannah about the feelin' "sweaty" because that? Was one damn hot kiss! Hee.

Now, Nina and Andy, on the other hand don't even have a tenth of the chemistry that I saw between Bright and Hannah. I was thinking the whole way through "okay, aren't you with McDimples, though he probably scared the hell outta you with his Dr. Jekyll routine so I wouldn't blame you if you wanted out but with ANDY?...ew." Yeah, they weren't really doing much for me.

YMMV, of course.

Having said that, Patch and Amy always rock in their scenes together and seeing Rose at the "bon voyage" party totally rocked. And I can't believe that I missed saying this but I was totallycrying when Patch was asking God to make things right. And I know I must not have been the only one thinking "God's probably a lot less busy now that JoA's been cancelled so you have a pretty good shot in getting your prayer answered, Patch."

Definitely not as great as last week's ep but pretty good all around.

It was, wasn't it? I dunno, but I guess I was expecting something more than nice from a season finale. Maybe dramatic, touching, tear-jerking? I think last week's cry-fest set the bar pretty high; I had big expectations that this episode would somehow even top that. I even stocked up on Kleenex! Berlanti faked us all out, though. He took things in an totally different, pretty upbeat direction. Well played, monsieur. Okay, except for the part where Treat considers moving to Chicago for all of two commercial breaks, that was lame.

I was bawling the whole time.

Amy and Bright are the cutest brother and sister on TV. Her reaction to realizing Bright's feelings for Hannah were spot on.

Patch made me cry twice, when he told Treat that he needed him to stay..." You're my best friend". Wah! Also, lost it when he told Amy he trusted her. Personally, I think it's totally normal to defer a year when your mom has cancer.

Delia is so cute. I love her.

I want to date Bright...his confession to Hannah is going to send me to the Moments That Make You Go Hell Yeah! Thread.

As to Andy and Nina, having not told someone how I felt about them in the past, I can understand his doing it. My father always says..."It's not over until someone says I do." The only thing that rang false for me was making something wrong with Jake. I thought it wuld have been more honest if Nina had to pick between two people as they were.

P.S. Loved Treat's cataloguing of his screwups. So funny.

Great episode, screamed "aww" many a time during the episode, although is it sad that I really didn't miss Ephram?

Loved the Bright/Hannah kiss but I did feel bad for Topher, I mean he did get dumped...twice.

I also have to say I didn't think I'd see the day where I could actually say how much I admire Amy. The girl has really grown up in these past three years.

Yay! Rose lives! Tears fell when Harold was telling God to "fix her." Although as much as I love Rose and Harold, and think that Nina and Andy will eventually wind up together, I was secretely hoping for a Harold/Treat kiss. Bring on the HoYay!

EVC's acting, especially with Bright, was amazing. I was squealing with delight at how good she is. Is she trained/educated as an actress?

The one thing I don't like is how these shows, for the sake of convenience, contrive all their high school seniors away from college. IRL, Ephram would be going to Juilliard and Amy would be going to Princeton, no but's about it. My father is chronically, terribly sick but me and my twin sister are both getting our butts to college next year! [Granted, I'll be 40 minutes away and she'll be three hours away.]
I just hate how Willow would've gone to Oxford, and all the kids on The O.C. would be seniors in high school this year because they were juniors last year, but now they're "mysteriously" written as juniors again for convenience, etc...

But seriously. EVC rocks.

Emily van Camp made the most awesome facial expression ever in the hospital when Amy was figuring out why Bright was acting so shifty. It was the perfect "Now what in--who--no--wait a minute--HOLY HANNAH" face.

And shut up, Andy. (I had to say it to one of the Brown men, and Ephram's not around this week [thank goodness].)

ETA: Rose lives! Whew. (Don't you dare make me eat my words, Berlanti.)

Tears while Patch prayed, tears while Rose told Andy to stay, also when Bright and Hannah finally got their stuff together.

Glad the episode ended on a good note, Berlanti and I would have had some words if things went down the toilet.

I'll join you--I've always wanted to be shot--although I will skip the tarring--I've learned from Deadwood that it can be quite painful. You know, of the 40 minutes of the show, I can confidently say I loved 32 of them. But still...Fuck you, Berlanti. You had a good thing with Nina and Jake. Why, why, why did you have to ruin it, and assasinate Jake and Nina's characters in the process? (Dr. Brown's actions, while inexcusable, were completely in character)

On the other hand...

Bright and Anna? Swoon. I wish Topher had been dealt with more fairly--he's really not a bad catch at all--but that kiss!

The farewell party? Sweet, and it was nice to see previous MEOW--even if the only one I actually recognized was the cutie with the stutter. And did my eyes decieve me, or was there actually a fourth black man in Everwood?

Amy's moment of inspiration when she realized that Bright liked Hannah? Priceless.

Oh, it was just so fitting to have poor Jake cluelessly and merrily bringing his boxes in as dumbo Treat does what he thinks is the right thing by kissing his girlfriend. Shame on you Treat! You had your chance! Nina, wake up! Jake is the best boyfriend ever!

Boy Amy has come a long way this year. Good for her. I know that the show would be hard with her in Princeton, so she kinda had to stay somehow, but I really felt it rang true and showed how close she's been with her family this year.

Pushing Bright and yelling "you're so lame!" was hilarious.

Bright and Hannah's kiss was definitely the highlight of the episode for me. I love how Bright was trying to explain how he felt, failed miserably, made a throaty "Ahhh..." sound, and then just grabbed her and kissed her. I thought it was adorable and the closeups made it even hotter. I like the two of them together.

What is with this sudden darkening of Dimples' character? We knew about the financial problems and prescription problems from his old job, but now he has to have a new problem, just so that Nina and Treat can eventually be together? I didn't like that. Why not just let Nina find out for herself that she doesn't like Dimples as much as Treat without introducing a new issue into the mix? I didn't like Treat's declaration of his feelings for Nina, followed by a kiss ON HER FRONT LAWN, where Dimples could pop up and see them. I'm sure we were supposed to be swooning over all of that, but I didn't like it. I did like, though, how Nina didn't just pick Treat and really seemed conflicted going into the end of the episode. I would have been pissed if she had just tossed aside Dimples after all of that buildup.

I'd have to say that the former patients bit was the only major misstep of this episode, that is, until Rose showed up. Everyone else... meh. I really didn't care. And that bear was just too much.

When Treat said that he had to talk to someone else about a possible move to Chicago, did anyone else immediately think that he was going to ask Nina about it before Delia? I did. I'm surprised that Treat even asked Delia about it. But it was nice of him to acknowledge the pony agreement from the Everwood move.

I didn't miss Ephram at all.

I respectfully disagree - I think he was frustrated b/c he could sense something was wrong, but Nina wouldn't talk to him about it. When you're moving into someone's place, it's not the best feeling to have. So, he shows anger or frustration one time, and he has the makings of an abuser?

As far as him lying about the prescription drugs, I wouldn't be surprised. Besides, there has to be some kind of contrived plot to get him out of the picture and Andy and Nina into each other's arms.

I think Andy and Nina do have chemistry, but the writers, IMO, rushed the whole Andy realizing Nina was in love with him bit to get to the season finale. And Nina? She had my respect, until this episode. If Nina & Jake do break up, I say more power to Jake. If he does indeed have a problem with prescription drugs, I hope he gets help. I still think he's a great guy. I'd take him over Andy any day. At least Jake appreciates a good woman (well, she was) when she sees one, and doesn't wait until she is in a full-fledged relationship to tell her how he feels.

OK - I am ducking as the tomatoes fly by my head!

Completely classless and self absorbed. Andy should come equipped with a giant neon dunce cap festooned in blinking lights that proclaim, "Danger! Asshat who filters any and all events through his own enormous ego lives here!"
Hello: Let's waltz up to Delia and blithely proclaim that he's thinking about uprooting the poor girl after she's finally settled down from having a rather awful several years. It shouldn't even be a conversation. He should just look at Delia, and politely decline the job offer. But no, instead he had a conversation all peppered with what he needs and isn't getting. Here's a memo, Andy: Sometimes in life, we make decisions about what's better for those we love, not ourselves. A shocking and rather scandalous thought, I know.


COmpletely agree. What is wrong with having Dimples be a good guy, and having Nina have to make a decision with no easy outs, one in which somebody is going to get hurt? I don't like the easy out. I'd prefer to see it shake out as a tough choice, as life decisions generally do.

Hand in the air. There has to be something going on with him. I don't think this show has every really brought in someone for as long as Jake to be just a love interest. There is always some other story going on. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Yes, Beard guy with the bear was in Season 1. He lives in the woods, with the bear, and was tracked down to donate a kidney to his brother. I liked seeing old MEOW's, that was nice. Hey, Martha was there too.

Count me in with the ones that think it is good Amy is delaying college for a year or whatever. Plenty of people do so for many reasons, and I really liked hers. Everything she said with Patch in the hall was spot on. And damn, her high school years did suck.

Nitpicky and stupid, but I went to overnight camp for 9 years and we were only allowed to get phone calls from our parents if we had be sick for days, on a birthday, or had gotten hurt. I mean, I know what Andy was calling for was important, but still....

Yay! Patch loves Andy...that is all.

I think this is a really nice ending to the season. I really enjoyed it and was laughing at points, expect for the beginning when there were tears. But laughing is something I have not done during this show lately. The one thing I would have liked was to see Delia, Bright, or even Amy at least reading a postcard from Ephram, but whatever.

A solid finale, with more out-loud laughs than tears. I guess that's OK. Strange, but OK. Some of the situations were strained for me--Patch's stall prayer (thank you, God, that the toilet had a lid) and the goofy party, which as smrou points out, was turned around by Rose's moment (DY!B). But there was so much delightful stuff--namely any scene with Hannah or Bright, and then both of them. Yowza! Funny, romantic, charming. They're both going to have a long summer.

Delia looked very grown-up. VC is quite the little beauty.

Mark my words. Dr. Dimples is an addict and a practiced liar. Because he and Nina will have to break up next year, right?

And, no, it wasn't a good episode because Ephram wasn't there! Come back, Greg. I'll miss you, I'm sure. Eventually. Soon. Seriously.

Amy's and Bright's scenes were so great, you could totally believe they were brother and sister. Particularly his comment about smothering her with his bare ass cheeks and her pushing him around in the kitchen.

Not at all. It was a combination of the tossing the remote control (definitely anger issues) and then his speech about how he was already frustrated about other things and then this "thing" with Nina was adding to it all (which I could easily imagine this turning into his justification for getting abusive, if Berlanti does indeed choose to go this route). All IMHO of course because that scene was just really unsettling to me. Kudos to SN for playing Nina's reaction so subtly that you could easily miss it: she was definitely startled (maybe even a little frightened) by Dr. McDimple's outburst and I couldn't help but think that her "smile" after he was done and was back to his old "charming" self was somewhat forced. I know *I* was creeped out by it all, especially with his whole "I don't have the energy to play the charming act" (paraphrased but I think I got the gist of it).

Definitely not getting any flying tomatoes from me, dapwilson, especially not when this site's all about the lack of pity for the mighty big television. ;)

I was at an orientation for work and rushed home to see Everwood...just made it. I'm so glad I did, b/c that was sooooo THE AWESOME.

Bright/Hannah. Yes. Totally. 100%. Yes. Their relationship is going to be a very interesting one. Not super duper perfect, but more realistic with the problems that realistic relationships entail. Awesome and also HAWT. Those two together are just great.

Don't know what I think about Dimples. SW was maybe playing him differently tonight or something, but there was something odd, different about him that I couldn't place. Which leads me to freaking Treat, who was doing fine for the entire epi until the kiss. He is totally about unavailable women. I hate the position he has thrown Nina in, but to be fair, she didn't look repulsed by the kiss. Sigh. This is going to be one hell of a mess either way she chooses.

I love every Abbott. They are the best.

I would have like to see me some Ephram (I think Gregory Smith is really cute) but I like that they took him out early. Fact is there really was no place for him in this episode. If he were at the hospital to support Bright, there would have been tension between him and Amy. Which just was not needed this episode.

At one point I was thinking, "Ok, so Delia and Andy are going to move to Chicago and what, leave a note on the door for Ephram with their new address?"

This episode was almost all fluff... and while that's all right, that's not really what I've come to expect from Everwood. I just feel like the characters were giving huge cliched speeches all ep long when usually every action on this show is carefully motivated. Oh well. It would've been extremely hard to top last week's ep, which was probably the best of the season. I'd rank this as next to last, right above The Birds and the Batteries. It was pretty useless, but at least they have a blank slate for season 4.

I agree with whoever said Bright/Hannah have no chemistry. That kiss? Yeesh. Total "we're actors kissing so we can't actually move our mouths" kiss. Bright was so cute being nervous, but after he turned around and came back to her, I just cracked up. hahaha... so funny. And I hope we've seen the last of Topher. What a waste of screentime!

Lastly, I missed Ephram. I don't like this show half as much without him, as he is a major force. Everwood isn't nearly as good at sort of happy-go-lucky eps like these... they need the hard-hitting stuff (like last week, brilliant!), and that comes hand in hand with Ephram and all the stories he's attached to. Except Rose's cancer, which strangely wasn't the emotional focus of this ep.

I do hope Berlanti comes back as showrunner next season. Rina Mimoun.... you're okay, but not good enough.

Thank you, smijca, for sparing me! I guess it just bothers me that that Jake's one time behavior, from what we have seen, gathers an assumption about him being "dark". I agree the scene was unsettling, but who knows how long he had been trying to get the remote to work? Who knows what kind of behavior Nina had been displaying towards him before that scene? I know we can only make assumptions on what we see, but there are so many things we may not have seen.

Edited to emphasize smijca's quote.

Indeed, I was also surprised. As I said before, I bawled (BAWLED) all through the teaser and credits, but then the first scene after the credits had me laughing. It was much less emotionally draining than last week's episode, and I thought it was a good mix of sad, happy, and moving (with an extra helping of corny, which I honestly could've done without). I think that's not a bad way to end a season.


Great description. Spot on.


That's what I think, too. I thought Nina was overreacting about the Percocet, first of all, and then I thought Dimples's frustration was totally understandable under the circumstances. I totally believe what he said; he was in the middle of a stressful move, and to have her basically ignoring him and giving him he sense that she doesn't trust him on top of it was just more frustration than he could take.

I'm undecided as yet about how I feel about Treat admitting his feelings to Nina while she's involved with Jake. I definitely feel that he stepped over the line by kissing her, but as far as just telling her how he feels, well, I don't think I can really blame him for that. I don't think he really went over there with the intent to break up Nina and Jake--I think he really just wanted Nina to know how he felt so that if she still felt the same way, she could make her choice. What I mean is, if she said that she didn't love him anymore and loved Jake, I don't think he would've pushed the issue.

However, as I said, I definitely think that kissing her was over the line.


Yeah, that was weird.

DYB!!!!!

I guess I'm among the minority that wants Andy and Nina to get together....Dimples just dosen't do it for me..I enjoy my bearded asshats who never learn

Overall one of the best episodes since like Season 1 (which I have on right now)...I think the past few weeks have really made up for most of the season.

Yay Bright & Hannah!!!

She gets my support too! (Unlike Rory, but that's another thread) I would have been one thing if she was going to a school closer to home, but I can't help but think that I'd think she was being selfish if she just went across the country when her family needs her. A couple hours away? Doable. Thousands of miles? Not so much.

That being said, I hope Patch puts his foot down before too long. She better not try to take more than a year.

Season Finale III: Revenge of the MEoWs. Cool to have all those people there, but… shudder. Get that assy Las Vegas guy far, far away. Couldn’t we have had a miraculously alive Ernie Hudson instead?

Repeat after me, Berlanti: “Bear in office equals NO.” HELLS NO.

Nice reflection that Treat went through. Puts it all into perspective and stuff. What reason does Treat have to stay now since Nina’s going to reject him? Stupid non-cliffhangery cliffhanger of stupidness. They have to get rid of this Dimples/Nina/Treat triangle. It’s a hard decision and all, but someone has got to move on with their life. Stephanie Niznik was pretty good with everything she had to do, though. As for whatever they might be developing with Jake… ugh, please let it just be my imagination. My resolution for everyone: Nina stay with good Jake, Treat marries Patch and Rose.

Bright/Hannah: Yay, except the commercial totally spoiled the ending, not that we wouldn’t have predicted it anyway.

A few “Damn you, Berlanti” moments, but on the overall I want more plot development than this. Also, give Edna and Irv more to do than other MEoWs, like maybe helping out with Rose. Treat may stay because he loves the town and he loooooves Nina, but the conception of this show was centered on him becoming a better father. There was little development in that aspect. Granted, Ephram’s gone so it’s hard give a happy ending about Treat as a father, but it still sucks.

Everything Delia did in this episode kept on impressing me.

I miss Ephram’s story.

It can’t ever be said enough: Emily VanCamp rocks.
Martha’s random appearances are always fun.

I really thought I was in for a snotty sob fest, because I, too, was choked up before the credits. But how can I cry when Bright and Hannah are the greatest ever? I've always been on the Bright-train, but now? He's, like? A responsible, caring person? Love him. And Hannah.

The whole Treat/Nina/Dimples thing is just meh to me. Didn't Treat basically have the "soulmates-you-complete-me-fishcakes" talk with all the other ladies of Everwood? It's like, how many times can you find "the one". I could care less. Nina deserves some happiness, but, uh...great timing, Treat.

EVC is officially my favorite actress. Could she be any more realistic?

I really liked this episode, though it wasn't the brilliance of last week's and I didn't cry as much. I wouldn't call it fluff at all. The emotions were there, yet it was certainly more lighthearted.

The continuity in this episode was amazing, though. Patch's prayer, the former MEOWs, Bright and the butterscotch pudding, Amy mentioning Tommy, Treat mentioning Linda and Amanda. Great moments of continuity.


Yep...Grizzly Adams was in the first season's Thanksgiving episode. Nice to see old faces again, and I'm glad Irv and Edna got to show up for a bit, too. Too bad Kristen Bell couldn't have been there as a former MEOW, heh.

As for Jake and his foreboding doom, I'm not sure what to think. Is there something about him that isn't perfect? Certainly, but it doesn't make him the bad guy. Does Nina have more feelings for him than she does Treat? I don't even know that answer either. All I know is that Treat gave her a great, albeit cliched, speech, and she kissed him back. For all those that say it was selfish, yeah it was. Treat said so himself, so I can't fault the guy. He definitely has the worst timing in the world...but at least Nina isn't married to Jake yet.

Bright/Hannah...perfection. All of it. I've already replayed the entire scene when he shows up several times. I love the callback to the two of them on Nina's porch, with Hannah on a step above Bright. The kiss and the scene carried tons of chemistry, and Bright's little growl of frustration before he kissed Hannah was perhaps the hottest sound I've ever heard in my life.

One thing I did notice was the parallels between Nina/Treat and Bright/Hannah in those two scenes. You've got two couples in front yards (both at Nina's place), both guys wearing blue shirts with stripes, both women wearing brown jackets, and both women having another man either leave the scene/arrive on the scene. And both Bright and Treat were hoping to regain their lost moments. Anyway, I liked the parallels a lot.

Perhaps not the best episode, but a satisfying end for this season.

One of the things that did bother me this episode was that it took Rose dragging her critically ill self into that party for Andy to stay. I totally got why Andy told Nina how he felt, but the Rose thing, along with kissing another guy's girlfriend and jerking Delia around. Andy still has a lot of growing to do and if Nina's the prize, I don't think it's going to happen with them any time soon. Man, contrast how much Patch has grown since the first season and how Andy still keeps taking one step forward two steps back.


Edited to ask, wasn't the butterscotch pudding thing continuity from last season? Didn't he say something about butterscotch being the like underdog of puddings or something?

Okay, I squealed so hard after the Bright and Hannah kiss that my cat freaked out and ran away from me. I have to respectfully disagree with those who have commented that those two don't have chemistry. I used to dislike Bright, but he has totally grown on me this year. Chris Pratt is really starting to impress me and the actress who plays Hannah - sorry, I am forgetting her name - is unbelievably good. As different as their characters are, their attraction seems totally believeable to me. I LOVED the "You got HOT" line. Excellent. Amy's realization of Bright's feelings - also excellent. EVC is growing on me as well.
I think it was good decision for Amy to put off going to college. I know I personally would not be able to function properly if I was thousands of miles away from a loved one who was really sick. I'm glad Patch accepted the decision. Tom Amandes amazes me every week and I would watch the show just to watch him even if I didn't like anything else about the show.
I was just as glad that Ephrem was absent from this episode. He has just really annoyed me since the whole baby revelation. Yes, what Andy did was horrible, awful, even unforgiveable, but Ephrem wasn't doing himself any favors by being so uncontrollably angry and giving up Julliard, etc.
In spite of all the crappy and selfish things he's done, I do still like and have some sympathy for Andy. I want him to be with Nina (I have never liked Nina with Dimples), but I thought the way the show is putting them together is lame. Way to go Andy - finally begin appreciating Nina and tell her how you feel just as her BOYFRIEND is MOVING IN with her.

I missed it! I'm so sad, but I figure it will repeat eventually. I'm most dissapointed about the Hannah/Bright stuff. Can anyone give a recap or quotes about their stuff? I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

I was so disappointed in this episode and I'm even more confused every time I come here and read about how everyone dislikes Ephram. I just don't get it. Why isn't he allowed to be angry and act like an asshole? Yeah, he did stupid things and was an asshole. But why did that translate to hating the character for so many people? I'm horribly confused and my opinions don't fit in anywhere on this board, though I find it quite funny to read (as is all of TWoP). I think the Madison/baby storyline was abandoned WAY too early... after all that time it just disappeared and Ephram is expected to be his old self again? Can someone offer me an explanation as to why that is?

I wish I could say I liked this episode. There certainly were many things to like. But it generally helps if an episode builds to a climax, and here we had the climax before the opening credits. Sitting on a toilet, and using the diaper changing station as your altar for prayer was an amazing image, and the heartfelt plea for God to fix it was wonderfully written and wonderfully delivered. But nothing else in the episode came close to that peak, so it just seemed like it petered out. (OK, Rose showing up at the testimonial was close, but played out too quickly).

I haven't been posting in this forum for very long, so I don't understand all of the Ephram hate myself. I don't agree with all of his behavior, but I certainly don't think the kid is an asshat overall. It may be posters are just venting about the way he handled the Madison baby sitch. Don't feel that your opinions don't fit, though. Everyone is entitled to their view of the show and its characters. I, for one, have some views contrary to the majority of other posters. But I don't think my views don't fit because it's not the majority view. Feel free to respectfully state your perspective, Kate6058!

LINK TO photos, please.

I never post on these forums, just read, but after tonight I had to say a few things!

1. Emily VanCamp is officially my favorite actress ever! Her facial expressions kill me! Her and Chris Pratt have awesome comedic timing...especialy together. Her face as she realized Bright liked Hannah was my favorite moment of the episode! She's so real, and continues to amaze me.

2. Could Bright be ANY hotter? Not without combusting. His chemistry with Hannah is great and they are what I look forward to every week...or did I suppose. *sigh*

3. Delia is too cute! I can't believe how grown up she's looking...after watching my season 1 DVD's over the weekend. Vivian Cardone is one incredible actress! She's going to be one gorgeous girl when she gets older (she is now!).

I just loved this season...I always loved the show, but the obsession grew to a probably unhealthy level when Hannah showed up! *sets up camp to wait until next season*

I...mmmmfff....BRIGHT!!! Thank God for TiVo. That scene is now immortalized on my TV and I can watch it whenever I need to be happy!! "...and then we became friends, and.....you got HOT! Not like taking off the glasses or anything, but...oh man..." It was the "oh man" that got me. Like he didn't have anything else to say 'cause he was so overwhelmed. Chris Pratt acted the shit out of that scene, which is awesome. I may just be an overzealous Bright/Hannah enthusiast, but that scene made my week.

The other scenes, I grant you, were not as strong as they could have been. I'm going to go ahead and disagree with a bunch of people on the contrived nature of Amy's deferral. If I were in her shoes, I'd do the same thing. Amy never seemed really hyped up or ready for college anyway- better to wait a year or two until the idea's actually appealing.

The only thing that really bothered me (and a bunch of you, by the looks of it) was that Andy stayed only when Rose came out. I love Patch and I love Andy in Everwood, but it did make more sense for him to go to Chicago. The writers ended up giving me so many reasons for him to go that when he stayed I didn't quite get it.

And Treat and Nina? Meh. I feel bad for Nina for having to choose, and I hate Andy for having the WORST TIMING IN THE WORLD, but honestly? That plotline is the least interesting, and since it's the only one with a really visible cliffhanger, I'm going to have a relaxing summer.

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That statement gets the biggest WORD ever!

Hi, new to the forums.

I also agree... It was so meh.

Agree with those who love Tom Amandes's acting. It's a shame the Emmy committee is so snotty toward WB shows 'cause his work makes some of the leading actor nominees' work look sub par. EVC also needs a nomination-- it's amazing how she can perform every emotion and have me grinning like an idiot or bawling like a baby.

Other than that, I don't have much to say. I too was disappointed with this episode. I'm in total agreement with BigTomDC...