![]() ![]() ![]() Despite her repeated use of white flower oil, which cures everything including air-quoted “depression,” it seems that she might becoming down with something, even though it might take her actually dying to fully realize that. After she trundles her children and husband off to their respective occupations, she’s going to clean the house, return a library book, stage a house with Honey, try on her wedding dress to make sure it still fits and get it all done in time to have dinner on the table. Jessica runs the household with an efficiency that is terrifying. ![]() Louis just wants to know which jacket to wear to work. Eddie’s nose-deep in a book about Fish-head Jackson and King Crawdad, two wrestlers gearing up for a fight of the century on pay-per-view. Emery’s trying to bring one too many combs to school. Removing Jessica Huang from the picture would dramatically change the show, of course, but “Time to Get Ill” subverts this a bit by exploring Jessica’s desires to be something other than the all-seeing Eye of Sauron for her family.Īs the episode opens, Jessica intuits everything her wards are doing. What happens to a family when the glue holding it together decides to take a break? Does the world end? Does time stop? Will the family crumble under the weight of added responsibility, usually shouldered by one person without complaint? This question feels like an age-old sitcom trope - take Mom out of the picture and watch the world crumble - but this week’s episode of Fresh Off the Boat tackles it with grace and aplomb. ![]()
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