Some New York Nonsense – The episode begins with Georgie Cooper’s (Montana Jordan) brief visit to his late father’s gravesite where he very briefly catches him up on the life’s events. Although Georgie tells him that everything is going swimmingly, he certainly doesn’t say it with confidence. This is proven to be a gross overstatement when Georgie arrives early at the McAllister Garage to learn from Jim McAllister (Will Sasso) that he left the lights on and the keys hanging in the door when he closed the previous night. Despite the major blunder, Jim is exceptionally nice about the whole thing.

Things don’t appear to be going well in Georgie’s personal life either when Audrey McAllister (Rachel Bay Jones) confronts Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment) about overhearing them arguing. Audrey immediately deflects and blames their conflict on the stresses of being unable to find a job. Connor McAllister (Dougie Baldwin) soon takes the spotlight off her when he interrupts with requests to borrow the car.

Looking to be helpful, Georgie offers Ruben (Jessie Prez) a hand with changing the shocks on one of the vehicles in the shop. This doesn’t go so well, as Ruben tasks him with holding a transmission recirculateor in place and tells him not to drop it. 30 minutes later, Georgie is still supporting the recirculator and Ruben is nowhere to be found. It isn’t until Jim arrives with an urgent phone call from Missy (Raegan Revord) that Georgie learns he’s been duped. Things only get worse when Georgie learns Missy has been suspended from school and needs a ride home.

Although he takes an entire bottle of Tums with him, he drops everything and goes to get her. This causes him to be slightly late for dinner where briefly before his arrival, it was revealed that Mandy still hasn’t had any luck with her job search. Once Mandy mentions expanding her job search, Georgie automatically jumps the gun and declares that he will not be moving. This blowup ends with him storming off and ending up at the Medford Emergency Room.

While Doctor Hill (Brian Howe) explains to Georgie that he’s had a panic attack, Jim and Audrey discuss the dispute at dinner. Once again, Jim goes to bat for Georgie as Audrey is practically counting the days until he and Mandy split. At this point, Mandy has become distraught by Georgie’s absence and calls Missy to see if he’s over there. This discussion almost leads to Missy sharing her problems at school but Georgie returns, leading to Mandy rushing off the phone. Despite him not wanting to worry her, she pulls the hospital visit out of him. She also helps him realize that he has a lot going on in life.

First thing the next morning at breakfast, Georgie apologizes for snapping during dinner. Audrey’s obtuse pleasantry leads to him suspecting that Mandy has already shared news of his hospital visit. Jim attempts to reassure him by claiming a lot of men have emotional problems, including him. Despite that, he obviously lies to Georgie when he tells him the best way to combat the turmoil is with healthy eating and exercise.

Later that day, Georgie briefly returns to his father’s gravesite where he tells him the truth. These meetings appear to be his release and sometime later, he brings Missy along and encourages her to share her problems. She does after making him leave. The episode ends with her in tears and admitting that she feels alone with him, Sheldon, and Georgie out of the house.

 

Georgie And Mandy’s First Marriage Review

Another great episode! I am really enjoying this series and it appears to be off to a great start. I only wish we got at least 2 episodes every week. The show obviously isn’t perfect and there is some political correctness (wokeism) but I am enjoying the real-life-inspired problems and resolutions. The cast does an incredible job, although there honestly isn’t much acting required. I’d give this episode a 6.2 out of 10.

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