3.21: "It Happened in Juneau"

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Summary: Things heat up between Joel and Maggie when they are forced to share a hotel room; Chris and his brother Bernard for the first time are not in perfect sync with each other.

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[icepixie]

Ohhhhhhh, this episode. So much squee and so much sadness packed into such a small timeframe. I guess it's really the next episode that clinches it, but I always think of the last couple scenes of this one as starting the season-long tailspin of the Maggie/Joel relationship. Much of season four is a path of suffering on that front

[rowdycamels]

(Better late than never!)

This is the first time in two years he's gotten to talk to other doctors face-to-face, which must drive him nuts.

The thing is, he never seemed interested in talking to doctors! He wanted to either hit on them or talk at them with slides and Being Impressive. Come on, Joel, try to be a human being. (Although the slide of him examining the three-year-old patient was awfully cute.)

What could Joel even have in all those suitcases?

I'm guessing one shoulder pad per case. I remember giant shoulder pads on women, but were early-90s men dressing themselves like linebackers too? Bad life choices all around!

"If your heart can get out of rhythm, why not your tongue?"

I like the defibrillating metaphor! Because his tongue's got into an off-kilter spasm and needs a jolt of Bernard to remind it how to run!

And then she tells him he's going to die! Way to take the long view, Marilyn.

Well, she's technically correct...

Oooof, that hotel lobby is an EXPLOSION of early 90s dress!Aiiee! I found the hair to be

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The thing is, he never seemed interested in talking to doctors! He wanted to either hit on them or talk at them with slides and Being Impressive.

Well, talking with slides is talking to...maybe he went to some of the other presentations?

Come on, Joel, try to be a human being.

So close and yet so far.

I'm guessing one shoulder pad per case.

Indeed...

I remember giant shoulder pads on women, but were early-90s men dressing themselves like linebackers too?

"It makes me look more powerful!" "It makes you look like a football player who got cut from the team!"

I can just see her faking turbulence to mess with him, but then he gets snippy and bashes her piloting skills, and then she gets offended and it stops being a joke, and...

Yyyyyyyup.

they just can't do anything without toxic feedback, can they?

Nooooooope.

Lol! I was thinking, "This was MADE for Becca!"

It is my show of shows!

[icepixie]

And of course Joel stares inappropriately at Maggie the second he gets a chance. I have to disagree about the dress, though; it's truly ugly. Also, it is a JUMPSUIT, not a dress. Those are pants legs down there. With a couple of exceptions, Maggie's dressup clothes are baaaad. Which I suppose is in character for a Rough and Tough Alaskan Woman, though you'd think with the whole Grosse Pointe background, she would be more aware of what looks good and what looks like bad curtain fabric. (Maybe she is aware and is making a statement

[rowdycamels]

Also, it is a JUMPSUIT, not a dress. Those are pants legs down there.

Bwah, I didn't even notice! It's spaceworthy!

Maybe she is aware and is making a statement?

Nah, she's too vain for that. I think she's just tone-deaf when it comes to fashion. That white patterned dress alllllmost wasn't hideous. At least it was vaguely flattering, unlike the muumuu/jumpsuit disaster. But then some designer just had to tack a noose on it...

And hee, Linda scares him away!

Seriously, Joel?

Joel: "SEX! SEX SEX SEXXXXXXX!!!"
Linda: "SEX!"
Joel: "What?! No, I didn't mean sex!"

I'm not even sure what Joel was expecting there, but apparently Linda was not it. Sorry, Joel, you are doomed to drown in assertive women.

Speaking of Joel!fail, did you see the way he took off his pants after Maggie left with her Dr. Paul? That was the singular most awkward de-pantsing I've ever seen. He put, like, a high-kick in there. Amazing.

(Also, the moment where she goes to fidget his tie, and he starts to walk away, and... she keeps fidgeting his tie. Aww!)

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Bwah, I didn't even notice! It's spaceworthy!

BECAUSE THE LEGS WERE SO HUGE. Entire cotton fields died for that jumpsuit.

Nah, she's too vain for that. I think she's just tone-deaf when it comes to fashion.

Awwww!

That white patterned dress alllllmost wasn't hideous.

Had it not been paired with white hose (whyyyyyyy?) and ugly shoes, I could almost have liked it. Sort of.

But then some designer just had to tack a noose on it...

I think it was meant to be a nautical accent. It failed.

Joel: "SEX! SEX SEX SEXXXXXXX!!!"
Linda: "SEX!"
Joel: "What?! No, I didn't mean sex!"

"At least not with you!"

I'm not even sure what Joel was expecting there, but apparently Linda was not it.

Someone to play the game! He loves when people play by the rules, so he wanted to at least take a woman to dinner or something. (Plus, let's face it, the man was apparently faithful to Elaine for like ten years, so he probably just had no idea what to do.)

Sorry, Joel, you are doomed to drown in assertive women.

Best learn to live with it, son.

[rowdycamels]

"Hypothetically, if you were to sleep with me..." BWAHAHA, Marilyn will not even dignify that with an answer!

As well she shouldn't!