NIMBY

The best part of this episode was the Frank, Kev, Liam team-up. The Milkovich family moves in next door and that is like a slaughterhouse and a nuclear waste dump opening up. Frank is beside himself and quick to say his family is way better than them (the Gallaghers are well known in the neighborhood, to say the least). He wants them out. Kev doesn’t seem too bothered at the start buy quickly changes his mind. Liam is afraid for his life. A few plans are made up and none of them work. This will be a long term problem for Frank.

Another thing with Frank, he has one moment where he loses track of what he’s saying. He repeats himself just a minute later and does his best to cover it. It looked like Kev noticed it. It’s quickly forgotten as the Milkovich issue takes over but I think Kev will see it again and start to ask questions when he realizes it’s something that is happening frequently.

Carl is out on patrol with Janes and her hard stance on “justice” is putting him into more questionable situations. Their beat is Carl’s home so he’s seeing people he knows. He knows what they do and why they do it. He knows the struggle. He wants to give people warnings for the little things when she wants zero tolerance. He now has the power to arrest people and alter their lives forever and I think that responsibility is just dawning on him. Then, Janes takes harassment way too far and his conscience gets the best of him. He goes back after he goes off-duty to help. This is some of the best stuff they’ve done for Carl on the show. It’s interesting to see him redraw his lines and assess his values. He’s done horrible stuff over the years, he’s no saint. But it’s reassuring to see that he has morals and cares about other people.

V and Deb duke it out at the beauty pageant with some much needed comedy. Mad Deb is always fun and I always like seeing V flex her smarts and get things done. She’s a great “stage mom.”

A now unemployed Ian gets stuck following Mickey around. Ian doesn’t want him to carry a gun while he does security for Kev and V (not a good idea for a felon to have a gun) so he has to help Mickey as back up. Two is a bigger show of force anyway and Ian does have military training. They stumble upon a very lucrative job offer.

Lip gets dragged to brunch with Tami to meet up with an old teacher. Turns out they were way more than teacher/student. Lip didn’t even have to ask her the guy is so overt. Lip tells her he’s gross because the guy is a predator and she denies it until they meet his fiance. She can’t deny what this guy is and it makes her think about her past. Who needs to pay a crazy amount of money to a psychologist to reach a mind altering revelation? Not Tami! Well, she probably still does. She has layers. Like an onion.