I felt for Missy. Sheldon gets the attention and the enabling. Georgie gets attention, even negatively, through his life choices. Missy is often thrown back on her own devices, which is great for independence, not so great when you’re in those in-between years after having already grown up through attention being given elsewhere.
George should recall more strongly what kind of teenager he was, and also recall that his present self when at home rarely seems to be without a beer can, sitting, or passing through the house on the way to more beer, more sitting, or to take a dump. If he only just now realizes that Missy is no longer a pint-sized preteen and her interests have grown with her, then that is on him.
It’s not always easy for teenagers to express what they want, especially if the family has groomed them to expect a “No” in response. And “daddy-daughter dates” as a phrase sounds puerile at any age. Just go spend time together, FFS, don’t label it like it’s an entry in your planner. YMMV.
I was perhaps unaccountably disappointed that Dr. Sturgis’s response to the armadillo was really only because he’s feeling so alone. I had liked the unexpected facet of his personality to care for the animal for the animal’s sake, and hopefully teach Sheldon some empathy. Oh well. And now, can Linkletter and Sturgis continue to sit on Sheldon’s proclivities when they’re back at college the way they were doing in the van, or will all the adults continue to piss and moan and jump whenever Sheldon shouts, “Frog!”? Oh, how I wish the former would be so.
Edited March 7, 2022 by HouseofBeckncG1vNJzZmien6fCrr%2BNqamipZWptq6x0WeaqKVfqbyxtcJoaGtvY2eBbr%2BPbpxqbV2Weq27wayrnqpdlrturdGmmJ2hnKG8bq3NnWSaZaeWxm6uyKCenqpdo8KursSrZg%3D%3D