

Does anybody really think that Coach would have let her just pull casually out of the driveway and drive off 2000 miles to New England all by herself? And in yesterday’s episode, I’m pretty sure we learned that the TA/child molester has a wife on sabbatical in Boston, so clearly that’s not where he is too. Let’s not forget that Julie drove herself to school alone. In the first scene in a college lecture hall last week, there was a banner on the wall that said “Burleson University.” There’s no such school, actually, but it’s clearly meant to be somewhere in Texas: there is a Burleson, Texas.

Why do our commentators think that Julie’s “2000 miles away” at Boston University? Yes, I know that last year she visited there, and that somebody on this list spotted a “BU” shirt somewhere, but that’s not where she is. some other times buddy garrity has come to mind, in the past year: when lincoln riley, the decorated and well-compensated head coach at oklahoma, left days after the sooners’ regular-season finale. In the comments section, Chosen Folks doubts my assumption that Julie is attending Boston University. (“You gotta promise me you won’t let Mom ever touch that stuff again” “Who are you?” “ Your Dad!“) So what! As long as FNL offers a joke for every tear, and a Garrity in every other scene, it won’t get any complaints from me. I embrace your derision! I delight in your mockery! This episode served up a Hallmark moment in practically every scene, sometimes multiple ones. I can hear all you Mad Men fans sighing that this is all so corny.
