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Hallmark's The Chicken Sisters S2 E6 -A Woman Always Knows, Ya'll

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On this episode of Pour The Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time, Garry and Amy dive into The Chicken Sisters Episode 6, A Woman Always Knows, Y’all. The women of Merinac find themselves facing both literal and emotional storms. Nancy finally claims her voice, Gus recognizes Clayton’s true nature, Amanda is delighted with the new path her life is taking, and Mae faces the Mimi curse. This episode delivers a seamless mix of unexpected turns, humor, and heart.


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Amy:

Welcome to Pour the Wine. It's rom-com time where we'll sip some wine and review all things rom-com on the Hallmark Channel. I'm Amy.

Garry:

And I'm Gary and I'm pouring some wine.

Amy:

Today we're going to be recapping and reviewing episode six of the second season of the Chicken Sisters. A woman always knows y'all. Isn't that the truth?

Garry:

yes, that is the truth.

Amy:

They do always know it aired on the hallmark channel on sunday, september 14th 2025 and is streaming right now on hallmark plus.

Garry:

That's awesome yes, we would love it if you would click that follow button on your favorite podcast platform so you don't miss an episode. Click it, click it, tick it.

Amy:

Click it or tick it yeah.

Garry:

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Amy:

Hopefully.

Garry:

You can also find us on YouTube and all social media.

Amy:

You can also find us on YouTube and all social media, or you can send us an email to pourthewineitsromcometimeatgmailcom and let us know your thoughts about the second season of Chicken Sisters. Or maybe you're watching season one right now and trying to catch up, and then you're going to watch season two or anything Hallmark related. We'd love to hear from you. Yes, yes.

Garry:

We would, because guess what's coming up.

Amy:

What's coming up?

Garry:

Countdown to Christmas, countdown to.

Amy:

Christmas and Hallmark just dropped their schedule.

Garry:

Yes, they did.

Amy:

Lots of great movies series. We're going to be busy. Mistletoe Murders 2 is coming.

Garry:

Loved it, loved it, loved it.

Amy:

Finding Mr Christmas 2.

Garry:

Loved it, loved it Finding Mr Christmas 2. Loved that one too.

Amy:

Uh-huh, there's a baking one and I can't think of the name of it right off the top of my head. But you have to go check it out. Go to Hallmarkcom. They have a printable schedule.

Garry:

Yes, they do.

Amy:

Play along kids. The printable schedule so we can print it, check, check it off.

Garry:

Get printed, put it on your refrigerator and it starts October 17th. Check it off as they air yes, yes.

Amy:

So we are what just short of a month away from. Countdown to Christmas starting on the Hallmark Channel, and it is very, very exciting. I know Can't wait and where did we go over the weekend?

Garry:

Where did we go?

Amy:

We were looking for fall slash Halloween.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

But we saw all the Christmas decor out at Sam's Club.

Garry:

Oh, yes, yes.

Amy:

Oh, it's so exciting to see we already have our eye on a couple things.

Garry:

Yes, we do we can't wait. Well, it looks like we have a couple of new characters in this particular episode. We did you want to tell us?

Amy:

about them? Sure, maybe a little bit. Emily Nimitz plays Pauline. She works at City Hall. We see her a few times.

Garry:

Yes, we do.

Amy:

In this episode she has seven acting credits.

Garry:

Credits have a sip of wine. Why don't you I?

Amy:

know, have a sip. And the Chicken Sisters is actually her only Hallmark work so far. And the Chicken Sisters is actually her only hallmark work so far, Hmm, Right, Erin Karpluck plays the publisher. Some of her hallmark work includes Three Wisermen and a Boy Deadly Deed A Fixer Upper Story, Mrs Miracle and Eve's Christmas.

Garry:

All right, all right.

Amy:

Those are the two new faces. Those are the two new faces that we saw.

Garry:

All right, Well, A Woman Always Knows Y'all was directed by Jackie Gould. She directed the previous episode, episode five no Trespassing Y'all, no Trespassing Y'all. And directed episode seven Storms Brewin' Y'all.

Amy:

Oh boy.

Garry:

I know.

Amy:

I think the storm is already there, right.

Garry:

It's the start of one.

Amy:

It's brewing in well, yeah, I guess in more ways than one right.

Garry:

Yeah, and this particular episode was written by Mano Agapion. I hope that I pronounced that right. He is credited on IMDb as a staff writer for all eight episodes for the first season and he gets writer credit for this episode.

Amy:

Good for him. Yes, good for him, good for him, good for him. He's in the writing room at first and then gets credit for you.

Garry:

Gotta start somewhere why not start at the bottom and work your way up?

Amy:

well, good for him, that's awesome all right, so so trying to drop this. Enough, oh you remembered very good very good, I think I'm the one who forgot last time. Yes, you did. Here we go. When gus needs help, nancy begins to wonder if Clayton is ready to support her. Doubts also start to crowd May's mind about Clayton's presence in town.

Garry:

Yeah, yeah, definitely Picked that one right.

Amy:

Well, they were starting to cloud her mind at the end of last episode. Yeah, they did, yeah.

Garry:

And, as you know, this is the time in the podcast where we let you know that we drop spoils, spoilers, spoils. Spoils, we spoil it, and so please, if you haven't watched this particular episode, go watch it now. Come back, listen to ours and let us know what you think.

Amy:

Let us know.

Garry:

Yeah.

Amy:

Or, like you say, listen to ours first and go watch it and then go watch it. Yeah, listen to it and go. You know, I got to go watch that episode.

Garry:

Right, then it's so funny, yes. So what did you think?

Amy:

I thought this was a really good, bordering on great, episode.

Garry:

Yeah, me too.

Amy:

Especially like the arc in Nancy's character.

Garry:

Mm-hmm.

Amy:

Gus too. We didn't see Gus as much in this episode as we normally do, but there was a lot of realization with her.

Garry:

Yeah.

Amy:

That was powerful. And Nancy really came into her own this episode yeah Right, she found her voice, she was speaking up more. And Amanda too, episode right, she found her voice, she was speaking up more. Um, and amanda too. So I have some thoughts about where it's possibly going to go after this, but I thought it was a really, really good episode and even though we didn't see some characters a lot like frank jr wasn't in it that much, but he had some- very big, profound moments in it also, and I really liked it, and we're on the downward slope.

Amy:

We have two more episodes after this one yeah, it's about to kick in, so yeah, so I I thought it was really good. What about you?

Garry:

okay okay do you know how in those cartoons?

Amy:

should I start drinking while you?

Garry:

yes, okay, go ahead with in the cartoons, where the elevator falls and the in the character steps off right before it hits the ground and they're safe. I'm telling you, nancy, just stepped off that elevator, oh okay. Because she is in. That's an interesting analogy. She kicked it into another gear. She did, she is no longer in the shadow of a man. I'm telling you kudos for her.

Amy:

For her yeah.

Garry:

Because not only did she stick up for herself, but what she did with all the other characters man yes. And, like you said, Gus, she wasn't in it that much, but when she was.

Amy:

God, she had some moments that turned around and realizations and things. Yeah, and Amanda too, and May, all of them. I mean all of them really. Came into their own came into their own, and we saw some really great moments in this episode too, I think.

Garry:

Yeah, we did All right.

Amy:

Who do you want to start with?

Garry:

Oh, my goodness, you know what. Let's start with Frank Frank.

Amy:

Only because Not Frank Jr anymore, frank.

Garry:

He's Frank.

Amy:

He's Frank.

Garry:

But let's start with him, because the show kind of starts off with them being in front of his cluckery and there's a long line of customers waiting to get into his you know his restaurant, Remember that.

Amy:

Yeah, yeah, is that where Nancy's there?

Garry:

Yeah, nancy, are you talking aboutancy? And I think it's a nancy there's a few scenes before that though right, well, I'm talking about frank's oh frank scenes right and right. I think amanda and nancy pull up in the car and they're kind of like oh, what's going on.

Amy:

What's going on there?

Garry:

yeah, yeah and then she peels off, and that's where the chicken symbol is. Oh, yes, that's right.

Amy:

That's right because they symbol is oh yes, which he feels like that's right. That's right Because Nancy immediately suspects because it's unusual for there to be a lot that's right.

Garry:

That's right. I'm sorry, you're right, but yeah, write that down.

Amy:

I said you're right, oh, oh.

Garry:

No, the podcast heard it.

Amy:

All the people in the podcast land heard it, so Heard it so yay me. So yes, so go ahead. No, no, no.

Garry:

No, I was just saying that's where we start with. Frank is now. He's got a lot of customers, so he's making some money for the what do they call the franchise?

Amy:

Yep, his business has taken off because he changed the recipe, but he didn't come up with a new recipe. Nope, as we learned in previous episodes, it is the Chicken Sisters recipe.

Garry:

Yes, it is.

Amy:

And then we realized they were both Mimi's and Franny's were making the same recipe.

Garry:

Mm-hmm, and no one knew the difference.

Amy:

I didn't realize until what, a few episodes ago, and I was- like duh. But now he's making it and trying to make it his own. So his mom, so Nancy, goes into the restaurant. This is where it kind of crosses over a little bit. I guess, so do we want to go into detail about her here, or do you want to wait until we talk about Nancy?

Garry:

No, we could talk about her here. I mean, it goes with it, so why not? But she kind of goes in disguise, right, right, right. She wants to figure out, because she passes it again and there's a line again and she decides I'm going to go find out what's going on. And since Frank doesn't allow any chicken, sisters in his restaurant. He's like hmm, so she's sitting there and she gets a box of chicken with some sides and you can tell she smelled it and bit into it and boom.

Garry:

She knows, it was the realization that Frank stole the recipe.

Amy:

She knows right away that it's the same recipe, and then she confronts him about it. Yeah, she did Because he comes out there and he's I don't know what he says to her at first, like what are you doing?

Garry:

here no chicken sisters in this restaurant.

Amy:

Oh, yeah, yeah. And then she really goes after him and he says you know, well, you know, he finally put himself first, and she's like you've always put yourself first, and I was like Nancy. She did I mean sometimes you have to call out your kids.

Garry:

This is what I'm talking about. She's stepping out of the shadows right off that elevator.

Amy:

She does not back down from him. And in that moment. I thought it was great because, even though she might feel badly a little bit later, she does not feel badly because he is not a nice guy. She is seeing now him for who he is Right. So that was just a really great moment for Leah Thompson, the actress.

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

I thought she did really. It was so good in that moment, and for him too.

Garry:

Yeah.

Amy:

He's really good in it too.

Garry:

Well, I've always said that when you can make me hate the character the actor is brilliant, right, right, and he does.

Amy:

So that was just you know. And for her character, like we mentioned earlier, that's one of the times that she has found her voice and she's finally speaking.

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

Her mind. She's trusting her intuition. That's kind of what the episode was about, too right.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Trusting your intuition, going with your gut Right, not you know going. Eh, it'll be fine.

Garry:

Common sense.

Amy:

No, I'm not going to say it. And for her it was never speaking up, never saying anything, right, and now she is. And boy, did she let loose in this episode? Yep, so there are a few other things that happened, but I think we'll wait, yeah we'll wait for her.

Amy:

We're going to talk about other characters that intersect with Frank Right, I'm always going to call him Frank Jr. I don't care what he wants to be called. I know he's going to tell his mom, yeah, he's going to tell his mom oh my gosh, so you want to go into Frankie then We'll save sort of the main yeah let's go into Frankie.

Amy:

So Frankie, it's kind of cute because she's walking with her mom, amanda, and she's like no, don't get mad. Now, when you're a parent, anytime your child says, don't get mad like 99% of the time you're going to be mad Like that's the biggest indicator that what's going to come out. It's like a social media sensation. Yes, and they and they, even and it's kind of cute, because frankie's worried, amanda's going to be upset and amanda's like you know, no, she's just really excited in that moment and she was she's like that's really the nicest thing anyone's no one's ever done anything like that for me before and I thought that was so cool.

Amy:

Someone saw her for the artist, that she was not just the mom, not just frank jr's wife. So I thought and frankie looked really genuinely happy in that moment and then she tells her there's a big publisher that wants to meet you well, well, what's funny is she goes, amanda goes.

Garry:

Oh, it's pizza night then, right, and then you can see the look on Frankie's face. She's like hold on a minute.

Amy:

There's more.

Garry:

Oh, that's right, and then that's when she tells her about the big time publisher in New York.

Amy:

Yeah, she doesn't lay it all on her Right and I'm thinking she's so funny.

Garry:

That she's so funny.

Amy:

That's like a child, though that's cute, though that's like a kid, teenage kid that was, yeah, I just really I appreciated that scene very much. I like that Frankie's supportive of her, despite everything they've been through as a family so far and you know, it's just really lifting her mom up when she needs it.

Garry:

She did a good job I thought that was cool. Yeah me too, yeah, okay, so let's talk about two people that actually weren't in last episode.

Amy:

Yes, which is Sabrina and Lindsay. Lindsay, I know I missed them in the last episode.

Garry:

So did I.

Amy:

I know I kind of missed them when they were in, you know, and them showing up in this episode. It was kind of like, oh cool, there they are.

Garry:

I know. Look at them.

Amy:

That's how I always feel, and I almost forgot for a minute that she was planning the wedding.

Garry:

Yeah, right, because it sounds like she started a business now right?

Amy:

Right, well, kind of. I think that's maybe where they're going to go with that. She's going to be a wedding planner or maybe an event planner. Right, she is. She did not disappoint. She and Lindsay are setting up the wedding and I'm still the wedding's a few days away, but they're setting everything up. I was a little confused by that too, right, do you set outdoors?

Garry:

I don't know, I've never got married outside, so I don't really know Like would you set it up two days before? Exactly, I mean me neither, or maybe they were just doing it just to kind of get an idea Like a dry run kind of thing.

Amy:

Yeah, maybe, and wouldn't you know, the weather is coming in. That's what I would assume I mean but anywho, her and Lindsay are there, they're setting up for the wedding and Sabrina gets a phone call that something is canceled, but we don't know what it is right away.

Garry:

Right. They're not going to get something.

Amy:

Right, they're not going to get something. And we later learn, once May shows up, that it was the flowers, the raniculus Right, right, right. I do not have a green thumb.

Garry:

Me either.

Amy:

I have a black thumb.

Garry:

Yeah, I do not know, I do not grow anything.

Amy:

I have Dies, so I'm assuming. I assumed it was a flower, but we did look it up to make sure, yeah, what it was. But the ranunculus aren't gonna make it and may, that's something she really wanted. She tries to act cool about it, but we'll get into may a little bit more when we talk about her. But, um, so sabrina kind of has to break it up to her or break it to her.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

That that is not going to end up at the wedding. And then who shows up?

Garry:

Gruster.

Amy:

Gruster's back. I'm glad we get to see him too.

Garry:

I know I'm so glad you can see Sabrina, she's kind of like trying to hold it in. Yeah, but, then she starts to twirl her hair with her finger. She's so cute you know all the signs that someone likes someone Gruster so cute.

Amy:

Her eyes light up and then doesn't she say something like I already have? And then, a little bit later, when they come back to them while they're setting things up, she's like I already have Gruster grustering.

Garry:

Yes, you know which I thought was cute? Yeah, that was a good.

Amy:

Right, and then Scene, and then, of course, like we mentioned earlier, there's a storm coming. Right and they kind of have this mad dash to get everything inside To Mimi's. Into Mimi's.

Garry:

Is that where?

Amy:

they are. They're in the back of Mimi's.

Garry:

I don't know, but she said we need to get everything into Mimi's.

Amy:

Oh okay, Maybe that's where they are.

Garry:

Maybe they're in that yard In the back area. Well, that's interesting. Okay, yeah, because it was kind of cool. Oh, cool yeah.

Amy:

Yeah, but it was good to see her again. I'm glad she's back. I hope she's in it more for the next two episodes because I really like her. You know we love Shauna. We only saw Shauna for a little bit this episode, but I know there's a lot of story lines that they have to get to per episode.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

And they do a really good job. Yeah, they do Of it All right.

Garry:

So who do you?

Amy:

want to move on to next? Well, let's start with you. Want to go with May or Amanda? Let's go with Amanda. All righty, we'll save.

Garry:

May. A little bit Okay For the last.

Amy:

So, amanda, we already mentioned that she is excited about the drawings that are going to be up on the internet. Amanda, we already mentioned that she is excited about the drawings that are going to be up on the internet. We see her go to the courthouse, to City Hall, because she is filing the divorce paperwork.

Garry:

For the divorce yep.

Amy:

And they say that's where.

Garry:

Yeah, I can't remember her name.

Amy:

I just said her name Pauline.

Garry:

Pauline, yes.

Amy:

Where she tells her. You know, amanda gives Pauline the paperwork and she's like we'll serve Frank Jr. He has 30 days to respond.

Garry:

Right and.

Amy:

Amanda's kind of like 30 days you know, because once you make that decision, I mean that's a whole other conversation, I guess, about how long you have to wait and all of that. But Amanda, finally, she signed the papers, she's turned them in, and that is moving forward.

Garry:

And she just genuinely looks like she has a weight lifted off of her shoulders. Yeah, and it was so cute Like she didn't know the process of getting a divorce and just the way she was acting and when Pauline was telling her she was all like ooh ooh, okay, yeah, she was yeah.

Amy:

So we'll see if that. You know, I mean, divorce is never easy or fun, but we'll see if maybe she does have those. You know, get sad a little bit when it actually comes through which I have some. It was a montage of them, like dancing around each other in the kitchen, you know, and they're kind of flirting with each other and he moves her hair out of her face at one point Right, and then that's when the narrator's like ooh, someone called the National Weather Service, there's an electrical storm in the kitchen.

Garry:

That was so funny, and that's when Frankie walks in.

Amy:

Right and she calls out for her mom and they both pop out with their heads.

Garry:

Yeah, yeah, nothing's going on back here.

Amy:

No, no, no. And then we have, you know, the the um the pub. The publisher slash editor just shows up at the chicken sisters and frankie kind of tells her mom look, you know, guess what? She's coming and amanda's like when, and she's like right now she's coming and Amanda's like when, and she's like right now she's going to be here.

Garry:

I thought it was a phone call. It's an in-person.

Amy:

She's like I cannot meet someone with an aggressive skin care looking like this. I thought that was funny. It was. So then Amanda ends up. She puts on Frankie's overalls because she's been in her waitressing outfits greasy and whatever and she doesn't want to be seen in that. So she puts on Frankie's overall and she's like I look like a poser and Frankie's like no one says that anymore and I was a little taken aback like that.

Garry:

I know no one says that anymore. Actually, that's a good word and it should still be used. Yeah.

Amy:

I use is that like a I don't know, I don't know what, but you know, I'm like is that our term, that we're just dating ourselves? Really no one uses poser anymore.

Garry:

She didn't mention millennials. To her mom, they're your people, yeah.

Amy:

Yeah, well, yeah, amanda's of that age. So then Amanda has a great conversation with the publisher. The publisher wants to put her drawings into a book and Amanda's just really you know, I don't know, she just feels really good about it. It seems like.

Garry:

Well, what was funny is, at first she thought is this some kind of? Am I being punked, so to speak?

Amy:

Yeah, you know, am I going to give you all my information, my checking account, and you're just going to take my money and run with it.

Garry:

Yeah, and the publisher? She just laughs at her and she goes no, we just were looking for somebody genuine and we found you, you know.

Amy:

Because she perfectly captured what it's like in a small town.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Her drawings are of the people that she loves, the people that she knows.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

And the goings on in a small town.

Garry:

Yeah, and so they want to publish that, and the publisher also loves her little one-liners that she gives.

Amy:

Yeah, so I thought that was really cute. So that was kind of a cool a cool scene, yeah so I can't wait to see where that goes.

Garry:

Yeah, yeah, that's gonna be pretty cool, yeah, all right, let's talk about shauna. You want to get into?

Amy:

shauna, shauna, the shauna of it all. So we don't see her too much of this episode, but we do get to see her walking into the cluckery.

Garry:

Yes. And what does he say? No chicken sisters.

Amy:

You can't be in here and she's like I'm not here to eat, I'm here as a server. Bet, you didn't know I was a process server, did you?

Garry:

And I'm like, oh my gosh add that to her list. She's like the jack of all trades it reminds me of the Jamaican guy in Is it, a Living Color where he's got many jobs in mind.

Amy:

Oh, I'm not familiar with that.

Garry:

She is the person in town that would literally be the pilot, be the person that puts the luggage on the plane, walk you to the terminal, take your ticket, all of that. And she just grabbed his hand and slapped that paper or envelope into his hand. And he was like what.

Amy:

She's like you've been served. This is a summons on it or something. Yeah, I thought that that was really and at first I thought when she said that I thought she was going to serve him papers for stealing the Chicken Sisters recipe yes, that's what I thought too. I had completely forgotten about the divorce for a minute. The divorce paperwork so that's, that's what I thought it was, and then you know, and then she goes and she tells she's all excited to tell. Amanda, right Like she's like. You know something about a ghost of comeuppance.

Garry:

Yes, that was a good line. I love the lines yes.

Amy:

Yes, they're so brilliant, it's so good, so we saw her briefly, but she was great.

Garry:

She was great. She was great, she delivered, she always delivered. That's why I think the next two episodes, I think we're going to get everybody, hopefully, because it's just coming. Well, the wedding is coming, yeah.

Amy:

So, maybe, so, maybe we don't know. All right, so let's move on to May. Yeah, let's do May. All right. So she tells. I think one of the first times we see May is she's telling Amanda that she thinks Clayton is there for Gus and not for her Right.

Amy:

And Amanda's. Like you know, I don't you know why, do you think that? I don't think that you know that's kind of harsh, I don't think that. You know. I think Amanda says I love you and like May says it like harshly back to her like I love you. You know, it sounds like you're saying it under duress, can you say it? And she's like I love you too. You know, it's just kind of cute. Amanda like calms her. It has a calming effect on her, you know, calms her down.

Amy:

And then Clayton, of course, shows up, says he's he was supposed to meet her somewhere and he was late due to business yes right and she's like I thought you sold your business, so she's catching him in these lines yeah, he was supposed to come and take the next shift for gus and he was 30 minutes oh, that's what it was, that's right because he had business that's right, because may is taking care of her mom, right, right and she meets him outside and she's like you're late.

Garry:

And he's like, well, I have some business to do. And she's like, well, I thought you sold your business. He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, but it. But then he uses a reference or a saying from a great, great series yeah god, I can't remember how it goes. I can't remember how it goes.

Amy:

Now. You can't remember how it goes. I can't find it. You brought it up.

Garry:

I know it's from the Sopranos.

Amy:

No, it's not. It's from the Godfather I mean the. Godfather, we have Sopranos on the brings.

Garry:

We were just talking about that, the Godfathers, every that was so great.

Amy:

Yeah, when he used that, I was like okay, okay.

Garry:

And then he kind of rudely kind of brushes May off.

Amy:

Yeah, because she starts to tell him about.

Garry:

Gus's medicine.

Amy:

Like she needs to and he's like I got it.

Garry:

Yeah, like I'm not stupid, Calm down, I am an adult.

Amy:

So then you kind of know with him he's up to something.

Garry:

Yeah, no good.

Amy:

Right. And then May finds out about the ranaculous and she tears up, right. She's like but it's fine, it's fine, it's totally fine, it's great. Nothing you know. And because she has Clayton on her mind, she had gone to the wedding venue. That's when Sabrina tells her about the flowers aren't going to show up and May thinks the wedding is cursed. It's the Mimi's curse.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Right, that is so. Her wedding is doomed. So then, her and Jay go to pick up the marriage certificate. Oh yes, and to you know, put the cherry on top of things, they misspelled May's name.

Garry:

They spelled it M-A-Y.

Amy:

M-A-Y instead of M-A-E and the clerk is like why do you spell it M-A-E anyway? And Mae's like it's my name. It's my name, it's what my mama gave me, and now they can't get legally married if it isn't spelled correctly, and it's a whole process.

Amy:

Right you can't just type it up. It's got to go here and get notarized, it's got to go somewhere else. So Pauline is going to try to put a rush on it to get it so they can get married and then hopefully go to the courthouse after and sign. Once the paperwork is in and Paulina's like I'll do everything I can, I will not be party to the Mimi's curse, you know, and Mae's just like oh, Gives her a look and she's like, oh, expeditus Right. Yeah, I thought that was good.

Garry:

And Jay come on now. And Jay Come on now.

Amy:

And Jay.

Garry:

Man, what a man, what a great guy, what a great dude. Jay is just looking stellar especially compared to all the other guys there. No, I really like Jay. He's just a common effect on her man. He's really good for me. He's really really good for me. I really like him.

Amy:

So then she sees, clayton, yeah Packing, yeah Right.

Garry:

Yeah, right, yeah. And this is right now where the storm's starting to pick up a little bit Right, right A little bit. Yeah, she sees Clayton packing his car with all the suitcases and everything, so she's like goes and confronts him. Yeah, and that was a great conversation between them.

Amy:

Well, it really, because he says he basically tells her you know's because, he's like I'll be back for the wedding. And she's like no, you won't, no, you won't, no, no, you won't, you're not coming back, you're running away, basically. And then he says you're right, I'm not coming back. And then he tells her how proud he is of her and he goes into this little spiel and she's like and he's like I'm proud to you, know, be your dad. And she like you're not my dad.

Garry:

Yeah.

Amy:

Like, you're not Like she has realized now she kicked him to the curb that she chased that and, yeah, he never made an effort for her and you know it is what it is. So it's just adding to her day of you know. Mishaps for the wedding. Maybe her best friend will be back to walk her down the aisle.

Garry:

Yeah, I hope so, because we haven't seen him. That's interesting, we haven't seen him.

Amy:

No, he hasn't been back.

Garry:

Oh man, I forgot all about him.

Amy:

He's busy, well, you know, all right, so let's scooch on over to do you want to do Gus.

Garry:

Yeah, let's do Gus.

Amy:

Or Nancy. Yeah, let's do Gus.

Garry:

Wait, and that leads into Gus. So let's do Nancy. So Nancy decides to go say a proper goodbye to the pastor, right, and I thought that was kind of a good little thing, yeah, I mean, she got that off of her chest, she gave him a kiss and then she moved on Well and he kind of says I hope you leave the door open for the two of us or something like that, right?

Amy:

So he seems like a good guy. He's just got to go on and do his mission work and then he'll probably show back up at some point.

Garry:

I'm sure he's going to and it's going to be when she finds another love interest.

Amy:

Right, right. That'll be the timing that's how it always happens. We've already kind of talked about her showing up at the chicken cluckery.

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

We've gone into that, that with Frankie. She gets home and she has been away all day and she sees Clayton there.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Right.

Garry:

And this is the most profound scene. That's an award-winning scene right there.

Amy:

So good she starts to ask Clayton, you know well, did you give her her medicine?

Garry:

Did she eat Right?

Amy:

You know what time did she eat, did she, you know? And he kind of gets irritated with her. Like what is this the Spanish Inquisition, and she's like no, you need to take care of her. I can tell that you're not taking care of her.

Garry:

Right, yeah, yeah, because she needed her vitals taken, you know, and he was just. It almost looked like he kind of pushed her out of the way when he was trying to get to the door.

Amy:

Well, and she finally confronts him as, like, it's what you do. You leave when things get hard.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

You hard Because he says you know Gus is strong or something like that, and she's like I know she is Because she had to, you know. Basically like she had to raise her daughter without you. She's done a lot on her own, without you.

Garry:

She says something to the effect of Gus is tough, but it's not because she wants to be. That's right, that's what it is. She has to be.

Amy:

Yeah, she has to be Because, yeah, she says, I know she's tough, yeah, that's what he says and that was so, so good. It was so good. And then the narrator. And then he tells her to relax and there's nothing to get this upset about. And the I'm going to take a picture because this is the last time Nancy will let a man.

Garry:

Tell her.

Amy:

Tell her, yeah, what to do yeah.

Garry:

It was good.

Amy:

It was good so then she just goes after Clayton and she tells him basically that he's a coward.

Garry:

Yeah.

Amy:

And he leaves when things get hard.

Garry:

Mm-hmm.

Amy:

You know, and he's all charm and smiles until the going gets tough. Yeah, you know, and then he calls her sweetheart, which is just so condescending. Yes, it is, you just want to smack him, yeah.

Garry:

Yeah. So that's when Nancy goes upstairs to check on Gus. Yeah, and of course Gus is crying. Yeah, and you're not sure why she's crying, but she tells Nancy that no one's ever stuck up for her.

Amy:

Right.

Garry:

And that made her very happy, right Made her very happy. Right and she overheard everything between her and Clayton.

Amy:

Yeah, because at first you might think she's crying because Clayton's leaving Right or she knows it's not going to work out with Clayton. But she's really just touched by Nancy standing up for her like that and you know she's like the past is a dangerous place to revisit. He was my first love and only love, so she is sort of mourning that also place to revisit he was my first love, and only love.

Amy:

So she is sort of mourning that also. But she knows that he is not the person that she was once in love with. He is a lot different. He doesn't take care of things. He doesn't want to take care of her. It's almost like he just wants her to be better so they can travel, like he. When he was with her he remember he was going to give her the pie and he's like you know, you can just eat it and she's like well, no, nancy, nancy's really trying to help me watch what I eat because you know, because of the flare-ups and stuff yeah and then he, and then he just proceeds to eat the pie in front of her and she's like, okay, you know.

Amy:

and then he's like I want a cup of coffee, do you want one? And she's like I can't have the caffeine, know? It's like he doesn't care about taking care of her, he just wants everything to be peachy keen.

Garry:

Right, and they travel Easy yeah.

Amy:

That's a good word, yeah.

Garry:

And she tells Nancy that she doesn't want to be alone. And Nancy says you're not alone anymore.

Amy:

Right, you have us, you know Right and that was a good scene. Yeah, and is that kind of when the storm picks up?

Garry:

outside yeah.

Amy:

And Nancy's starting to worry that they're not hearing the tornado sirens go on outside, so she's wondering why the tornado sirens? Should be going off, but they're not. Should be going off but they're not.

Garry:

And she tells Nancy, go to the mayor and see what's going on.

Amy:

Yeah, Gus tells Nancy.

Garry:

Yeah, why aren't these coming on?

Amy:

And Nancy's, like I don't know if I should. But then she finally trusts her gut and she goes, she takes off to the mayor's.

Garry:

And then that's when we find out well, we found out earlier that the mayor had had medical issues and he had gone to the mayors yeah, mayors. And then that's when we find out well, we found out earlier that the mayor had had medical issues and he had gone to the hospital.

Amy:

He's not pulling the alarm because he's not there.

Garry:

And the two that are there won't pull the alarm because they haven't gotten the okay from the mayor, From the mayor who is not there and is in the hospital. And that's when they they get into an argument with Nancy and Nancy's not having it and they're going back and forth about well, we need the okay from the mayor, and she's like, move aside.

Amy:

Move aside. We've got to let people know, right.

Garry:

And she pulls it and it goes off and it kind of the alarms make me tear.

Amy:

I don't know if you've ever. Well, you didn't grow up, really, in a heavy tornado area and I grew up in the Midwest not in like Oklahoma or anything like that, where they really for real. But if you hear sirens, I mean it just gives you chills and man, it's hard hey but you know what?

Garry:

Thank goodness for the sirens. Yes, because back in the day, you didn't know about it. Yeah, you just kind of looked at the weather and made the decision.

Amy:

So then we have sort of a montage. She pulls the, the sirens are going off, and then you kind of see where everybody is when the storm is about to strike, whether it's a tornado or just a bad storm.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Everybody is so Nancy's at city hall.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Right, gus is in her bed pulls the sheets over, or?

Garry:

blanket or whatever, because the branch breaks through the window and I'm thinking go downstairs, Are you upstairs?

Amy:

I don't know where she is, but I want her to go downstairs.

Garry:

Go downstairs right.

Amy:

Amanda is with Sergio at the Chicken Sisters restaurant.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

And she calls Frankie and Frankie says they're at. Mimi she's with, yeah, she's with Sabrina, sabrina and Lindsay, lindsay and Gruster.

Garry:

Right, so she's safe, she, lindsay and Gruster.

Amy:

Right, so she's safe, she's inside, and so Amanda and Sergio are together.

Garry:

And then you have Frank Jr, who goes to Amanda's house to try to tell her he doesn't want to get divorced, and he tries to unlock the door, but she changed all the locks Right, but then he goes through the window and then he ends up being in a car which is ironic in front of the train arm.

Amy:

Right and that's where he is during this whole thing Well, and he's kind of oblivious to what's going on because he's thinking about this and it's like storming around him literally. And he's sitting in his car waiting for that stupid railroad crossing arm to go up. And it's not because it's broken and here's where that's going to come into play.

Garry:

No, I know Right yeah.

Amy:

And then we're forgetting someone.

Garry:

You have Jay running. Jay, yes, because May is standing out where all the wedding stuff, seats and everything are, and she's just watching it all crumble.

Amy:

Well, she's sort of having a little mini breakdown. Right, I think mentally just kind of like. She's just and it's almost like, of course, this is Mimi's curse, right, there's going to be a tornado and she's just literally in shock and just standing there and Jay goes out. He's like we have to go Come on.

Garry:

I know let's go. He said just a great dude.

Amy:

He said what.

Garry:

Oh, he's just well, he's not going to leave her out there.

Amy:

Well, he's not going to leave her out there. Frank Jr might, but you know he would save himself first.

Amy:

But yeah, I mean I think so that's where we are with everybody and I kind of think, you know, I'm wondering because I have read and heard that the book Well, maybe I won't say that part, ok, but I'm kind of wondering what's going to play out, because we have the storm, we have this whole episode. Amanda is sort of she's feeling good, she's got good things going for her. She finally got her divorce papers in. She's serving Frank Jr, which leads me to believe that he is going to either get injured I hope he doesn't die, because Nancy would never forget.

Amy:

You know, you're kind of leaving all these things open for them and Nancy would never get over that. But I'm wondering if it's going to be like where he ends up in the hospital and so now she can't get divorced, she won't talk to surgery. Don't do that Like I'm wondering if they're going to do something like that no, no, no no no, Because that's kind of where it seems like it's leading and you can kind of see that Nancy might I'm thinking she might end up being the mayor.

Garry:

Oh, she's got to be.

Amy:

I'm thinking maybe that's where that's going.

Garry:

Because I think the mayor will probably retire because of his health.

Amy:

Right, right, but they can't put Amanda and Frank back together.

Garry:

I'm sorry she's not happy. Don't do it.

Amy:

No, I don't think putting them back together, but she'll put a halt on things because Frankie, the daughter, will be upset.

Garry:

And you know it's going to be a whole. Like I can kind of.

Amy:

I hope that's not where it goes, but I'm wondering if that's where it's going to go. And are we going to end up with a wedding?

Garry:

I hope so.

Amy:

I don't know, maybe they're going to end up just getting married the two of them. I don't know, I don't know what's going to happen? We're going to find out. Yeah, so we have two more episodes.

Garry:

All right. So out of five drumsticks, how many would you give this one?

Amy:

I'd give this a solid four. I thought it was a really, really good episode.

Garry:

I'd give it a four too.

Amy:

Yeah, four drumsticks.

Garry:

And a biscuit.

Amy:

We're full.

Garry:

And a biscuit, and a biscuit with jelly on it.

Amy:

Butter and jelly. Mac and cheese. Yes, mac and cheese, mac and cheese. Yeah, that was funny.

Garry:

And okra. Yes, all right, so is that a wrap?

Amy:

That's a wrap All right.

Garry:

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Amy:

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