Parenting Tips from “Running Point” S1 E8, “The Streak”

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I guess under duress.

Possibly Well, yeah, but I get the feeling that guy. I mean, even as persuasive as Marcus can be, I feel like Travis would be the one person who would just be like, yeah, man.

Whatever, yeah, yeah, good that he's asking for help, but that's going to be a big burden. Also not crazy about us seeing Leo's face through the.

Glass door look like looking sad?

Yes? And next week is next week the last one of the seasons, or there's two more.

There's two more.

We seem to be heading to a crisis of some sort for their relationship, right, and I do not like no the sitcom. Stop. It has made me laugh. William Blaize, Yeah, I was when I the title of this episode, the streak, obviously having to do with a streak of winning. But as somebody who went to high school in the seventies, streaking was a thing. I was like, are they gonna have a streaker at the basketball game?

No, We're just gonna see some naked buns in Sandy's shower.

Yes, yeah, so Sandy's rookie mistake.

Yeah, what the heck? You know, from the minute.

That guy took took a look around the apartment.

Yeah, the first thing was case the joint.

Based the joint right in front of you.

Man, yep, he suorret did.

But yeah, I they do seem to be I mean, I hate the geature. Seems like there's going to be something between Jay and Ilah, or they're hinting at it, or they're wanting it, or they're trying to figure out a way to make it happen. Do not like Do not like her brother plotting things at his rehab and being unhappy that she's successful, and the stuff with Travis and the pills. I mean, we knew it was coming. But yeah, it's just like there always has to be

Yeah, because you know they're trying to combine the It's like Slapstick. You know, Aila gets injured in every single episode with you know, Oh no, it's somebody's addicted to yeah, pain killers, and somebody's gonna step out on their partner. And you know, and.

What what kind of custody agreement do they have that she can move across the country with the kids? That seems weird.

Well, it seems like that's the argument that they were having, right that.

Yeah, but it's not something you argue about, it's something you you go to court about. Right, just seems the whole thing seems like convenient set up to throwing the two of them together. There's a lot of no no nos in my notes. There's there's a dangling phone message, you know, she said I sent you a phone message, don't listen to it or something like that.

Yeah, that's gonna come back.

And also just skip to next season. No Jackie Jackie. Well, honestly, the way they've been doing Jackie lately, you're fine. I'm just as glad, right, honey, Just go to work, go home, watch some Netflix, you know, Just lay low, Okay, don't locked.

Don't go out on any dates. Do not get on grinder or Tinder for any reason.

You probably got yourself a nicer apartment now that you have money. Just enjoy it. Yeah, stay home.

Or maybe maybe you could move in with Sandy and help keep him.

Oh my gosh, yes, organized although Jackie doesn't seem like the paragon of wisdom and worldly wiseness, then is required here?

That is correct?

It be like easily goible guys right twice the disaster.

Yeah, well, and Sandy when he calls, he's like or text or whatever. First of all, where was his phone in the shower?

Phone in his didn't you have a bluetooth shower at one point? Maybe he's got some way he can rig stup up to them.

Did it was a speaker?

Okay, because he was caught. Maybe he was Siri he was doing it.

Oh, that's right, he was because he was because that was included. But he said, you know, you're like the fourth person, Like oh thanks, yeah, y, But I was trying to think, who are the other other four? Like the only one I could come up with was.

Ness, Like he might have would be the first call since he was the one who got him into this problem.

Yeah yeah, but.

Now see if we can get him back together with the dog rumor, that would be fine. Let's make that our romantic thing for this season and not mess up. I don't even want to go into the off season like with uh Leo and Iola having to have a conversation. I just want that to be not existing. Everything's fine, everything's good, but I feel like they're going to leave it on a cliffhanger.

Because there already is the second season for sure, so we.

Keep dropping very obvious. Hence we see what you're doing.

We do not. Don't approve No so much as a parent. You watch the train wreck coming, and you're stop that. Stop that.

Parent in point of view, it's so easy to see what's happening, and the young person does not and will not believe you until it's too late.

So and you can see it all you want, but you probably can't do anything about No.

No, the trains they are going to wreck, but you know, or you can do something about it and risk making it worse. Yeah, that's a parental specialty. I'm going to fix this.

Oops.

Well oh I try. Well that just made it worse. Okay, sorry, but now it's my fault. You can blame me instead of each other. It'll be fine, right, bring it all on to me. I liked Nessa's advice to Sandy. You'll find another average looking dog.

Poor Charlie. You are such a good guy. I don't think he deserves Sandy.

No I think not. That's why do we want to get them back together? Do we want to say, yeah, you blew it?

Dude?

I still I continue. And maybe this is just because I'm an old person and I don't understand the kids today. But his hair is still a thing, Sandy, don't understand his hair. I am confused by his hair, which she puts admitted to putting product in, But why is it defying gravity from the product?

This is?

You know, if my part is not perfectly straight, my husband is all over it. And it's like this guy goes around with his hair looking like he just combed it with a towel, and yet he's otherwise he very well put together. Fella. Yes, So I don't understand deliberate to wear their hair that way. Have you ever seen anybody else with their hair that way on purpose? Because clearly it's on purpose.

It's got to be on purpose.

I don't believe he does and go. I don't believe he leaves the house without looking at himself in the mirror for at least five minutes. So it's definitely on purpose.

Right, what it's meant to look? You know?

Tauso, I understand.

It's it's supposed to look tousled and you know, laid back, which he is not. In any other.

Way he is not, And that is not That looks like you have carefully applied hair gel in such a way to make it stand up in exactly that configuration.

Right.

It's because you want to look like you just don't care.

You want to look like you've just recently been electrocuted.

That little boyish tear tusil. Do you think that works for you? I feel like there's a point to it, and I don't get it. I feel like it's it's I'm too old to understand his hair, but it bothers me every time. Right, Somebody get this man a cole or maybe shave his head and then save him the trouble.

Right, Oh, well that would be at least.

You feel like. I tell my husband he's ridiculous when he talks about people's hair, But now I am doing here you are? He asks, what is with that person's hair?

Right?

This is what happens when you're married long enough, you become each.

And you reach a certain age.

So much talk about not talking about things that you want to happen.

Mm hmmm, yeah, we have. We have discussed that strategy here on the on the podcast.

Yeah, I don't. I mean from a religious point of view, I don't believe that, and so I try not to think that way, but it is, you know, it does seem like you're tempting fate when you right consider something to be a done deal that is neither done nora deal. Yes, at the same time well well worn sitcom ground. Oh, incredibly well up ground. So golly, guys, So you're saying you shouldn't say the word playoff? Is that what you're saying?

So, but they did, in fact make it to the playoffs, as we knew they would.

So despite all their coach problems, despite their pill problems, despite free throw problems, they're they're doing great, which of course her brother cannot abide. So, right, there's always something he's plotting. Always somebody's done that he is plotting over there in the and I don't like that.

No, be happy for your team and your family business, and you were the one.

Your sister, I mean, be happy for your sister. That is not outside the realm of what a brother should do right right.

I mean, she would rescue you if you were stuck naked in your shower, absolutely having been.

Is at least among the top five people you would call. Oh well, there are lots of squirrely folks in this show. I want to like it more than I.

Do I think. Yeah, I mean, Kate Hudson.

Is adorable and she is trying hard, God bless her. Yes, she is very game, but she's surrounded by lots that I do not care for. Yeah, agreed, And either they're just distracting us and they're gonna do something completely different, But I don't I don't think they've got that in there.

Yeah, that you're the track record does not does not.

No, I don't think that that game plan is in their repertoire. Sadly, yes, but I guess we can hope for next week.

Yes, so next week.

Like parents, from a parenting point of view, you got to hope for the best, but you can know, you can see where this is gonna go. You can say, don't go there, but then you hope maybe maybe the kid will will do it right, maybe things won't happen, So yeah, there it goes. Well, we're moms, we always know doing differently, Bry something else.

Maybe might have to get Travis's mom back.

Yes, you know, I think they deserved Travis's mom. Honestly she was she was a lot, but uh you she a chaos agent is perhaps what they need?

Yes, well, we will find out next Wednesday. It'll be season one, episode nine. Guess what it's called. They'll playoff hey, and we'll see you back here tomorrow for.

For creative titling. Y'all, good job.

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