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The episode then moves forward to the present day where Brad announces he is planning on proposing to Nadia. Brad reveals to Greg and Em he is planning on proposing to her by going out ten-pin bowling and putting the ring on a hot-dog, as she loves processed meat. Em dismisses his idea and tells him that women want romance and hijacks his proposal completely, after Brad asks her for advice. Later, Greg and Em are discussing their proposal while getting ready for bed and Em tells him that if he helps her with Brad’s proposal, she’ll forgive his proposal to her.

Em’s plans for the proposal become completely over-the-top as she hires a Russian dance troupe to perform and gets Brad to wear a tux, however her plans, of course, begin to unravel. The tux she ordered is a beige colour, Terry tries to solve the issue by putting fake tan on Brad’s face which becomes completely orange as a result. Things go from bad to worse when Greg has to take Chloe to the dentist after she loses an adult tooth falling out of a tree and has to take Nadia with him to distract her. Greg then ruins the plan himself when the dentist finishes early with Chloe and tells Nadia to have a check-up, only to discover her teeth need a lot of work. The dance troupe then cancels and Em’s replacement troupe is a group of geriatric dancers.

Em drives Brad to the car park where he and Nadia first met to find a pile of contaminated dirt, which possibly poisoned the first dance troupe, and Greg drags Nadia, who is still drug-ridden with a dental bib, dental glasses and blood on her, to the car park. Brad proposes and Nadia accepts by saying “why not?”.

Towards the end of the episode, Greg reveals that he actually planned his proposal to Em thoroughly by picking the place where they had their first date, choosing to put the ring in her favourite meal and proposing to her while she had gastro as it showed he was serious. They also agree to pursue the dreams Greg outlined in his proposal, such as Em becoming a best-selling writer and the family going on an overseas holiday.

Meanwhile throughout the episode, Terry is driving everyone crazy with his ideas as he has lost his life coaching business. Marlo tells him he needs to find his own purpose and he decides to go for a walk. The episode ends with him video calling Marlo to let him know he’s going to keep walking until he feels 100 percent better, it’s revealed that he is walking towards Sydney.

Overall this episode had a zany factor, which I mentioned in my previous reviews isn’t a good thing as it makes the episode ridiculous and unrealistic. While I found the episode a little predictable, especially with the proposal plan going awry, I did appreciate the continuation of Brad and Nadia’s relationship with the proposal. It’ll be interesting to see how the wedding goes.

This wasn’t a bad episode, but it wasn’t as good as last week’s.

Stray Observations:

-Brad and Nadia have been together for six months.

-Chloe has a tooth bracelet.

-Terry has lost his life coaching business.

-The replacement dance troupe Em hired is called “Twerk in Progress”.

Best one liners and interactions:

• “You look like an Albino Dracula!” (Marlo to Brad on him in a beige tux)
• “Off-white is a classic shade, it’s your off-white complexion that’s the problem.” (Terry to Brad on his beige tux)
• “Her teeth are as eroded as the Great Barrier Reef.” (Dentist to Greg on Nadia’s teeth)
• “It’s a ‘why not?’, She said ‘why not!?'” (Brad on Nadia’s acceptance of his proposal)