Loveday Writing

Later, Grace gets a phone call from Bonnie, who is in labour pains in the hospital car park. Grace and Max go to get her, but the labour progresses too quickly for them to get Bonnie into the hospital. Grace manages to FaceTime Max during the birth, where Bonnie confides in him that she is scared that her birth will be the same as Grace’s birth to Henry. He manages to reassure her and she gives birth to a healthy baby boy. Just as she is being wheeled away by paramedics into the hospital, Grace discovers she is experiencing a post-partum haemorrhage. Dr. Sebastian performs surgery on Bonnie and removes the retained placenta causing the haemorrhage. Bonnie makes a full recovery, and Grace goes to see her and Jim, giving them the signed house contract and tells Jim that she has hired a handy man to fix a dripping tap, symbolising that she is letting him go and moving on.

Throughout this subplot, the trauma of losing Henry came back to both Jim and Grace. I honestly thought for a moment that Bonnie was going to die from the haemorrhage, but thankfully she didn’t, as I felt that would be taking it too far. I felt that the trauma was addressed in a realistic manner for the context of this subplot.

Grace, Sophia, Kirk and Jeremy – This episode deals with Jeremy wanting custody of Eady. Sophia takes Jeremy to the adoption counselling session and tries to force his hand so it goes her way, but the counsellor sees through this and offers to have a session with him alone.

After the session, Sophia goes to see Diane for help. Diane asks for Jeremy’s phone number and gives Sophia the keys to her house, telling her to let herself in. Later, Grace gets a phone call from Kirk, who tells her that apparently Diane bribed Jeremy’s parents so Jeremy would stop fighting for custody. When Grace confronts Diane, she denies that she bribed them and tells Grace that she believes Sophia is right and Jeremy’s parents are the driving force behind the custody battle. Diane also tells Grace to come over to her house for dinner.

Later, Jeremy’s parents, Kirk, Grace, Diane, Sophia and Jeremy meet at Diane’s house. When Jeremy is asked if he really wants custody of Eady and what his plans are to look after her, and Jeremy’s parents tell Sophia that Eady is their blood, she reveals that Jeremy is not Eady’s father, she had him pretend to be the father so the adoption papers could be signed. However, Jeremy did want to raise Eady with Sophia.

After Jeremy and his parents leave, Grace and Kirk ask Sophia why she lied and kept secrets, Sophia then asks Grace why she won’t tell her who her father is.

When Kirk and Grace leave Diane’s house, they discuss their disbelief that Sophia is about to turn 18, and Kirks shows appreciation for Grace’s handling of the situation. Later, Sophia agrees to having the girl’s night that Grace suggested they have earlier in the episode.

Overall I didn’t see the twist of Jeremy not being Eady’s father coming, however it was clever writing as it was a genius plan to get the adoption finalised. I also appreciated this twist as it prevented a long and drawn-out custody battle story arc. I’m looking forward to seeing where the adoption story arc goes from here.

Sasha and Dr. Tiffany Adams – While attending to her client, Bree, Dr. Tiffany Adams come into the birthing suite, providing advice to Bree much to Sasha’s chagrin, as Sasha feels Dr. Adams is stepping on her toes. When Bree’s birth doesn’t go to plan, Sasha gets Dr. Adams to step in and help, she agrees to help, and asks Sasha out.

After Bree manages to successfully give birth to a healthy baby after a few hiccups, Dr. Adams asks Sasha where she would like to go on their date. Sasha tells her that she only agreed so Bree could get the help that she needed, however she tells her that they can go to a sushi restaurant nearby (despite Dr. Adams hating sushi).

Overall I could see Dr. Adams asking Sasha out from a mile away, and when she first appeared I thought Sasha’s antagonism towards her was because she had already dated her. I’m hoping that Dr. Adams will continue to be a part of the show as Sasha’s love interest.

Laney – Laney only had brief appearances in this episode, in comparison to the other characters, but they certainly weren’t wasted.

Laney has another run in with Paul’s wife, Christina, in her baby swaddling class. This time, Christina is more direct with Laney, asking her outright if she knows that Christina knows about her affair with Paul. Laney admits that she is aware of Christina’s knowledge of it and apologises to her, telling her that she thought that her and Paul were no longer intimate (and admits that is no excuse). Christina surprisingly handles this news well but this is due to the fact that Laney is not Paul’s first or last mistress, and that Paul is having a new affair with someone else. I honestly wasn’t expecting this confrontation, however I appreciated that it wasn’t one with the angry, wronged wife cliché, rather a wife who has resigned herself to being regularly cheated on, for some unknown reason. While I appreciated this insight into Christina and her relationship with Paul, as Laney is no longer having an affair with Paul, I felt this reveal would have had more weight if it came in the same episode where she made her first appearance.

Laney’s other subplot involved contemplating using a sperm donor and asking Max if he regretted being a sperm donor for his sister and her partner, which he doesn’t. Laney seems to asks Max if he would consider being her donor, however she insists she isn’t, and they awkwardly laugh off their exchange. Whether Laney does actually ask Max to be a sperm donor for her remains to be seen, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she does.

Max and Grace – As mentioned earlier, Max and Grace assist Bonnie in giving birth to her baby boy. Afterwards Max tries to comfort Grace when she has to face her grief for both losing Henry and her lost life as Jim’s wife and Henry’s mother, and they end up kissing. Later, Grace tells Max that she wants to pretend that the kiss didn’t happen, but judging by Max’s reaction, he obviously doesn’t want to, but respects Grace’s wishes anyway. It will be interesting to see where they go from here, especially with only two episodes left in the season.

Overall this was a solid episode with a clever twist in the custody battle, a new love interest for Sasha, and the sexual tension between Max and Grace finally addressed.

Best one liners and interactions:

• “Dick pics are out, good to know.” (Max to Laney after she tells Grace that she went out with a guy that won’t stop sending her dick pics)
• “Seriously do you know any normal guys?” “Plenty.” “Who want to have a baby?” “Is that the first question?” (Laney-Max going back-and-forth on dating)
• “I didn’t bribe them, I incentivised them to see things differently.” (Diane to Grace on Jeremy’s parents)
• “It’s 90 percent front.” “And 10 percent bullshit!” (Tiffany-Sasha on Tiffany’s personality)
• “I can sing your favourite song, ‘Hit Me One More Time’.” “Classic Britney.” (Travis to Bree and then Max to Travis)