Reviews

What a waste of time. The previous episode would have been a better series finale than this. I understand they wanted the characters to all have happy endings having achieved their dreams but this was all utter nonsense and felt more like a fever dream.

So Abishola attended several years of medical school, did an internship, residency & pediatric fellowship and became a pediatrician in 7 yrs?

Christine & Dottie are more annoying than ever with the addition of a child and amplification or exacerbation of every neuroses or personality defect.

I truly regret the time I wasted watching this episode. I expected comedy of the same caliber shown throughout the series not this mess.

I saw that Ted McGinley was in this show and immediately expected a comedy or at least some comedic elements but got much more.

When I saw that Roma Downey co-starred as the matriarch of the family I felt certain that it would be wholesome family fare and found more than expected.

I had no idea that this would be so deeply faith based and am elated that it is but also includes real family life with all its joys, sadness and struggles and everything in between.

The first few minutes of the first episode drew me in and the ensemble cast is excellent and believable as a modern diverse family filled with differences of opinion and an undercurrent of faith and love.

The daughter fighting for her marriage after discovering her husband's infidelity is incredible although the pregnancy is a little too predictable.

The past couple years have seen episodes becoming less believable with firefighters solving crimes, going undercover, etc. As well as the stories themselves becoming more far fetched though usually balanced out somewhat. This one opened with the obligatory sex scene between colleagues involved in a pseudo secretive relationship, internal political intrigue, insurance, medical & Medicare fraud, obvious toxic gas pouring from beneath a door directly across from a seated person in plain sight of anyone in the office.

Then, the team sees a former colleague / friend in the dialysis center & goes to his home later to check on him only to find him unconscious on the floor of his home with blood pouring from what is explained by a doctor at the hospital was a ruptured fistula in his vein that ruptured. Far more information that is necessary for a casual friend or former colleague though relevant for first responders.

Just felt like a mishmash or redirection throughout the episode - look, Boden & station 51 are being mistreated, wait, look over here at this casual friend collapsed on the floor or the drama of all those poor patients poisoned by toxic fumes at the dialysis center, or the emotional breakdown of a firefighter character I don't even recognize or know, or Carver & whats-her-name's illicit affair, ad nauseum.

Adding insult to injury, Dr. Marcel (Chicago Med crossover) tells the patient, after he calls Stella (an unrelated 'friend' / former colleague who hadn't seen or spoken to the patient in a while to come down & hear his pronouncement (ever heard of HIPAA?), that they did tests before they "replacing the fistula in Charlie's arm..." Huh? A fistula is an abnormal connection between two organs, etc. And are often (clearly) medical emergencies. The writers clearly have no clue what they're writing & are confusing the patient's dialysis port with the condition that resulted in the large vein in his forearm rupturing.

Unappealing. Charles Pol, the bumbling adopted son of Dr. Jan Pol (The Incredible Dr. Pol) now has his own show where he attempts to start his own farm with the help of family members & friends without any apparent attempt at researching what he needs to know.

If I wanted to watch a comedy about two or more bumbling stooges there are scores of shows available including "reality shows" full of loathesome characters.

I think Dr. Pol may be ready to retire from television and Charles cooked up this drivel so he could still have a job of some sort. The only way he seems able to do do is by trading on the name and reputation of his parents.

Highlights of the first 2 episodes include trying to prep their field with the tractor & getting it stuck, delaying planting for at least a few days. They dropped 2 beehives while acting the fool & trying to move the platform they were on stead of removing the hives first. Sadly, the bees were trapped inside so unable to swarm them.

With the exception of a couple cameos by Dr. Pol, this show was/is a complete turkey devoid of charm.

As a user of a service dog, though not a guide dog, I was interested in this movie despite the fact that it was on one of the Hallmark channels. I regretted it while the opening credits were still running and showing actors names both in print and braille as though someone would be reading it that way on screen. If anything, the pseudo braille would likely cause problems for someone using a screen reader trying to parse that silliness.

Then we have the way she loses her sight, she is struck on the head by a rock while rock climbing which causes her to fall and strike her head on a larger rock.

Then we have the guide dog candidates (puppies). Everything from their genetics and breeding is planned and they are socialized from birth. The selected puppy, Garth, would not have been a valid candidate for advanced (guide dog) training and would likely have been released to less exacting training via other service dog training organizations or groups for other services, or been made available for a pet adoption perhaps with a contract allowing the breeder to utilize the dog for a single breeding to maintain the gene pool and lineage with the puppies being the property of the breeder then the dog would be spayed or neutered to prevent accidental breeding in the future.

There are scenes where the puppy raiser gives the puppy a salty potato chip, later having a conversation with their child about how unfocused thf puppy is and using it as an excuse for not taking it inside a store or other building. Puppy raisers have a set of guidelines to follow including how to socialize and train the puppy(s). If the puppy was having issues, and proving unsuitable for service, they would have been in contact with the program coordinator.

I won't belabor the many other inaccuracies rife in this movie as the guide dog is clearly considered an unimportant detail to the movie and is simply used as a plot device.

Also, a little known fact is that guide and other service dogs can cost many thousands of dollars, an expense that is usually not paid for by any insurance and depending upon the dog's duties they are often retired by the age of 7 to 9 years old. Many recipients of service dogs are aided by their church or other organizations in fund raising to allow them the independence that a real service dog can provide.

Additionally, there are federal laws, under ADA, protecting trained Service Dogs and their handler allowing them access to many public places. No such protections are provided to or for untrained emotional support animals.

I liked some elements of this episode however it seemed rushed and I have an issue with how the death of Devalos was handled.

As ab insulin dependent diabetic, insulin overdose doesn't quite work the way they appear to have portrayed it simply showing Devalos doing a faceplant in his office. Even diabetics who are no longer as sensitive to rapidly falling blood glucose (sugar) display symptoms that indicate we are in trouble. It seems obvious that they did not consult with anyone knowledgeable about the disease. Additionally, modern insulins or their analogs such as those available for 20+ years are long acting and far less likely to cause such a rapid fall leading to death.

The episode was otherwise interesting with what I felt was a predictable ending that did not detract from my enjoyment.