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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 8 (J-I–Jingle T-H–Thon)

This episode is this season’s Christmas episode and kicks off with a bang. Well not a bang, but fire, as Ray is woken up in the middle of the night by Pepper’s barking, who is trying to alert the family to the Christmas tree somehow being set alight. Ray alerts the family, albeit by saying a TV show revolving around

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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 7 (F-O–Follow T-H-R–Through)

The episode kicks off with the family celebrating the fact that they’ve managed to find a Christmas tree for their home early, only to undermine their own celebrations by pointing out their inability to follow through on individual promises they’ve made. This moment sets up the rest of the episode. Jimmy works on getting the garage ready for JJ’s man

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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 6 (C-E–Celebrity S-U–Suite)

This episode is this season’s Thanksgiving episode. The episode kicks off similarly to the previous Thanksgiving episodes, with Maya trying to get out of cooking and Jimmy’s brother, Billy arriving. Billy spouts off nonsense about dating a vegan and his hypocrisy about not dating someone who’s old enough to be on heart medication when he needs it himself. It’s his

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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 5 (S-T–Stage Mom)

The episode kicks off with Maya’s birthday and the kids giving her crappy thoughtless gifts with the word “Mom” printed on them in some way. Dylan’s gift is the worst of all as she describes it as a wearable gift but it turns out to be bags to pick up Pepper’s poo with. This leads to Maya complaining about the

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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 4 (N-E–New JJ)

This episode was a solid one as everyone split off perfectly into their subplots. The episode kicks off with the family (except JJ) celebrating JJ’s last IEP (Individual Education Program), which includes music, merchandise and a mysterious person in a bear costume that everyone mistakes for Dylan, until she walks in the room. The episode then switches focus to JJ

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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 3 (I-N–Into The W-O–Woods)

While the DiMeos have returned from London, this episode revolves around another theme—Halloween. The episode kicks off with kids thinking the DiMeo house is haunted and abandoned, which the family quickly disproves to them. While the majority of the time, the cold opens aren’t related to the rest of the episode, this episode is one of the rare exceptions. The

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Speechless–Season 3, Episode 2 (L-O–London [Part Two])

This episode kicks off with the family trying to get a reactions from the Queen’s Guard, which includes Maya talking about the dilemma she has with Martin. The episode then switches focus on to Jimmy and the fact that the last time he was in London was when he was on tour with his band. While discussing this at the

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Speechless–Season 3 Premiere (L-O–London [Part One])

This is Speechless‘ first two-part season premiere. The premiere brings us right back to where the season 2 finale left off—with the DiMeos living on their front lawn. They later move in to Kenneth’s apartment where their struggles there are shown via an ’80s sitcom theme song made especially for them, as Kenneth says the situation feels like an ’80s

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Speechless–Season 2, Episode 17 (A-C–Action!)

The episode kicks off with the family quickly trying to hide Pepper (a lease violation) as the landlord has arrived for the new lease, although their efforts go to waste when Maya hands him the signed lease, he tells them to enjoy another year and leaves. The episode cuts to Dylan telling the family she has interview a family member

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