Lessons in Chemistry
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Elizabeth Zott is a mother.
Like most things in her life, its not easy.
Theres expensive anesthesia that Elizabeth would have just made herself had she known, thank you very much.
And then there is Calvin.
Well do this together, I promise, Calvin tells her.
But its not a promise he can keep.
Dont remind me of what we lost, show!
Im so glad youre here.
I mean, Elizabeth repeatedly trying to confirm Ghost Calvin knew she loved him?
Again its not easy.
So what does she do?
First, she worries.
Like, she really freaks out.
Ghost Calvin can calm her down, but what good does that do us?
It just makes us sadder!
A more practical solution comes in the form of the friendship she strikes up with Harriet Sloane.
Motherhood isnt all overflowing love and magical moments, its hard.
Its overflowing diapers and moments that break you.
Elizabeth just needed to hear that she wasnt the only one and that she isnt alone in this.
Elizabeth and Harriets friendship is pretty much cemented from that conversation on.
Harriet helps her when she blows a fuse setting up her lab.
Elizabeth and Harriet are part of each others lives now.
Even geniuses need friends.
And what about Elizabeths money problem?
Just a lab of dummies over there.
It proves quite fruitful!
Shell further the research and get any job at any lab she wants.
Food is serious business, she tells him.
Its so good, Walter offers her a job hosting her own cooking show on the spot.
She doesnt regret having kids, but she does regret not seeing this through.
Charlie comes home from the Korean War!
Its quite the heartwarming return.
Almost immediately, though, Charlie wants to get back to work in a hospital.
Harriet seems disappointed a friend offered her a job at his law firm if she passes the bar exam.
How could they possibly do both?
Theyll make it work, he says.
I bet Charlie and Calvin got along.
Elizabeth makes a few other friends too.
At Charlies welcome-home party, Elizabeth also meets Reverend Wakely, the new pastor at Harriets church.
Okay, Harriet holding Mad and saying Thats our girl had me in tears.
Its like Calvin left a little gift for all the women in his life by connecting them.
How are you NOT weeping at the thought?!
I dont understand the choice to do the ol bait-and-switch with Mad and Amanda.
Leading the audience to believe Amanda was actually Mad Zott at first didnt really add anything to the story.
The reveal was … a big blob of nothingness.
Despite Amanda eating Mads lunch every day, the two seem to be friendly.
They bond when Mad tells a crying Amanda that she cant complete her family tree either.
Mads lost her dad and Amandas mom left town.
Elizabeth mentions her dead brother to Ghost Calvin again, telling him how close they were.
What happened to him?
Why isnt Apple selling a companion cookbook for this series?
I want that blackberry pie recipe!
Give us the merch!
