Debbie and Marty return to their home where she laments having to say goodbye to her best friends over one little fight and he breaks out the pregnancy test he found in their trash. Since their sex life isn’t especially active, Marty’s shocked at this latest development, moreso when he learns that it’s not Debbie who’s pregnant. Suspicion turns to Amber, who is busy listening to Reggie rant about Larry not allowing him to become human. She tries to make him realize that it’s a tremendous step to become a human, which would cause him to lose what makes him him, but Reggie is determined to find the pill and enlists Ginger LoJack Dick, with his heightened sense of smell, to locate it and bring it back to him. Meanwhile, Larry and Jackie attempt to go through the stuff they’ve collected since arriving on Earth – the toothpick sculpture Larry did of Marty, the animated gingerbread man Larry used on a PTA member that was giving Debbie a hard time, Dick’s Halloween-ween Marty puppet – and Jackie can’t bear it. She doesn’t want to leave Earth and as she goes through Dick’s baby clothes, Larry heads to the bathroom to wash his face, where’s he’s soon joined by Dick.

Dick sniffs out Larry’s pregnancy and tries to be a voice of encouragement for his father, telling him that the third time could be the charm. Larry’s worried about the fact that no Zabvronian has ever given birth in their human form, his mind wandering to where the baby would come out and how he would hide the bump from the non-Weaver humans, and Dick tells him that he’s focusing too much on himself and not enough on the baby inside him. Elsewhere, the Weavers confront Amber about the pregnancy test and when they’re shut down, they face the idea that the test belongs to a member of the Bird-Kersees. When they take the test next door, Jackie realizes that Larry has been exhibiting Zabvronian pregnancy symptoms (moodiness, depression, heart attack-like) for quite some time and he comes downstairs to confess that he’s indeed with child. Although the mood in the room jumps tremendously, the Weavers mostly giddy about the baby belonging to no one in their household, Jackie now understands Larry’s push to head back to Zabvron.

Debbie jumps in to give Larry a pep talk, telling him that he’s the Supreme Leader for a reason, that he’s not going to fix his problems by running back to his home planet, and that she and the rest of her family would follow him anywhere. Meanwhile, Amber interrupts Reggie’s search for the pill by showing him a copy of Everybody Poops. The intention? To show him that if he becomes human, he’s going to poop; he’s going to lose his hair; he’s going to become old; and he’s going to die. As much as she loves him, she doesn’t want his decision to face his own mortality to be on her. Outside, the Zabvronian space ship is open and Jeff prepares the rest of the colony for their journey home, assuring them they need only take the bare necessities. He’s interrupted by Larry who, with the support of Marty, Debbie, and his very own Michelle Obama Jackie, gives a speech about how happy the aliens were before Jeff arrived and how he’s not going to leave this planet before his mission is over. He pleads with them to stay with him, continuing to explore this planet and deepen their relationship with the Weavers, and just as it looks like they’re about to side with him, he informs them that he’s going to have a baby. The tide then turns and the colony decides to return home – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants Zabvronian Starbucks, Mary Lou Retton kisses Larry before boarding the ship, and Johnny Unitas has already gotten started on his Team DJ Jazzy Jeff t shirts.

Just then, Grandfather calls Larry, having heard about the pregnancy. He begins telling his son that despite how much of an embarrassment he is and despite the fact that they’ll likely never speak again, he’s proud of him – except that he doesn’t get around to the second part after receiving another call and getting off the line. The ship leaves for Zabvron and Larry returns home to find his family and the Weavers crowded around Abby’s bassinet. He tells Dick and Reggie to go to Harvard and become human, respectively, and Jackie steps in to remind him that even though he’s wrong quite a bit, he’s always confident about the decisions he makes, which she loves about him and which causes her to never doubt him. But Larry’s worried about being all alone on Earth now and after the Weavers assure him they’re not going anywhere, Reggie and Dick eschew their dreams to stick by their father. As such, Larry tells them all that even though their future is uncertain, he knows that whatever they’re going to do, they’ll do it all together.

The following day, though, the remaining members of the community notice how many empty houses there are and sure enough, a human couple moves in next door.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-“Plus, it’s smart to catch up those two Tim Allen fans who accidentally tuned in.”
-“Stop talking like you’re in a Kate Hudson film.”
-“And now…you’re just going to be another Asian guy.”
-“Oh my God. Yes. So pregnant.”
-“I can change myself, woman. Hands off the merchandise.”
-“I think someone must have left a hole in my cat bag.”
-“Anyways, meow.”
-“The things that come out of my mouth this season…”
-One more time for good measure: Why ABC Should Renew The Neighbors.
-This Week in Neighbors Meta Commentary: Aside from the comments above about Tim Allen fans and all the insanity that Debbie has been dealing with this season, there was Larry’s “And the critics thought we’d never last” while he was looking over the remnants of his journey to Earth and his speech to his family about how he didn’t know where they’d end up. The latter included suggestions of Wednesday from Jackie and Reggie informing them he heard whispers about ABC Family.
-On that subject, the show never should have left Wednesdays in the first place. As far as rumors of ABC Family, I wouldn’t mind it, as long as The Neighbors was still allowed to be The Neighbors and they were assured enough episodes to make it to syndication.
-I assumed that the phone call that Grandfather took toward the end of the episode would have come back in play, since it looked fairly distressing. Maybe that’s something that would reappear sometime next season, assuming there is a next season?
-Although it was sad to say goodbye to the other Zabvronians, all of whom I enjoyed having back on the show in recent weeks, I would be fine with the gingerbread man being their replacement. I had forgotten about the episode it came from, so showing it in Abby’s bassinet was one of my favorite reveals of the entire season. It also made me think of Shrek, in a good way.
-I like how this episode took a sitcom trope (the randomly found pregnant test) and gave it a little twist with Larry being the one pregnant and his reaction to the news being fairly positive. This season of The Neighbors has done a lot of interesting stuff with structure and the sitcom format as a whole and this was no different.
-Favorite episode of the season? I’m partial to “Challoweenukah” or “The One with Interspecies F-R-I-E-N-D-S,” but the 5-6 episode run that the show had to conclude the season was exceptionally strong.
-If the show is renewed for a third season, can we please get a flashback to baby Dick? The idea of his first words being “I can change myself, woman.” is too delightful to not get a visual of.
-The music playing under Debbie’s pep talk to Larry was from Bridge Over the River Kwai. As much as shows like Community and 30 Rock were commended for their pop culture IQ, I’d put The Neighbors against either one in that category, especially this season. And it’s never felt gratuitous, which is impressive considering reference-heavy humor can easily descend into empty pandering. This show avoids that by simple randomness or by using pop culture to inform its characters, the latter especially affecting when it relates to the isolation the Bird-Kersees feel on Earth.
-The shot of Kevin the Alpaca looking directly into the camera was my biggest laugh of the night. He’s the member of the colony I’m going to miss the most, I’m afraid.
-I’m very curious how the show would write around the other humans in the community in a third season. Would more people find out about their secret? How would the Bird-Kersees explain the new baby if Larry is able to cover his bump? Could the new neighbors, played by Full House duo Candace Cameron Bure and Scott Weinger, have secrets of their own?
-So…what hole would a Zabvronian baby come out of?
-Thank you guys for reading my coverage of The Neighbors. Although I didn’t begin writing about the show until 5-6 episodes ago, I’ve loved the show since the very beginning, so it’s been nice to get a chance to help spread the word about how great it is to whoever will listen. There’s about a month left until we’ll be finding out whether this show gets a third season, but even if it doesn’t, The Neighbors is the rare show that went out 100% on its own terms and ended things in a way that was as human as any other comedy on television.

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When Larry returns home, he addresses the rest of the colony regarding Jeff, only to find that everyone is smitten with his good looks and immense charm. Overhearing Larry’s concerns, Jeff steps forward and tells his brother that he has nothing to worry about, that he has no plans of speaking to their father about anything he sees there. While Amber and Debbie have their girl talk interrupted by Marty, therefore moving it upstairs, Jeff makes his way around the Bird-Kersee family, telling Jackie that she wants a girl to round out her family and suggesting to Dick that he find some way to challenge himself since he’s bored with 4th grade material. He then leaves to pick Reggie up from school, riding out in a customized BMW-esque golf cart that draws attention from the whole of the colony.

Jeff returns with Reggie and Jane, who run into Amber and Zach outside. After a goodbye kiss duel that ends with Zach and Jane leaving, Reggie and Amber joke about their choice in mates; however, Jeff pulls Reggie aside and discourages anything from rekindling with Amber, warning his nephew about what could happen if things with Jane don’t work out. Jeff doesn’t want Reggie to end up like him, alone and without anyone to spend his life with. That night, Marty unsuccessfully tries to get Debbie to spill the beans about what’s going on with Amber. As much as she wants to tell her husband what’s going on, Amber so rarely confides in her that she wants to hold this secret for another day before confronting it head on. Meanwhile, Larry discovers that Jeff has been exerting his influence over the family, as Jackie has seemingly gotten over her baby fever, Dick is pounding away at an essay on the computer, and Reggie has wrapped up a box of his baby teeth as a present for Jane.

As a result, Larry takes Jeff to therapy with a flirty Dr. Hartley. He tells his brother that he knows the real reason for this “visit,” while Jeff confesses that Larry is the one person he wanted to be liked by and the one who he can never seem to win over. Larry admits that he’s been under quite a bit of stress lately and that might have impacted his disposition toward his brother, so the two make up with a hug on the couch. However, after the two come back home, Jeff calls Grandfather and tells him that everything is going according to plan. After reading Machiavelli on the way to Earth, Jeff has made tremendous strides toward turning the Weavers and Bird-Kersees against one another, the most important thing that needs to happen if Grandfather is to get the colony home and the mission aborted. If Jeff needs it, though, there’s a box in his room that contains what could be a plan B.

The following day, Jeff finds Marty leaving for work and lets it slip that Jackie told him about Amber dating a college guy. As expected, Marty flips out and forbids Amber from seeing Zach; Debbie, though, is more upset at Jackie for telling the secret, something that she regularly does, and both Weavers get upset when they find out that Larry knew, too. While Jeff slips up to Reggie’s room and course corrects, saying that his advice the previous day wasn’t good and giving him the box that was in his bedroom, the Weavers and the Bird-Kersees have it out, with Marty almost hitting Larry for calling him “Farty Marty.” The fighting gets disrupted for a second when Dick comes in to proclaim that he got into Harvard, just as Reggie goes to Amber and asks if she loves him and if he had a way to turn home, would she consider being with him. The two confirm that they love each other and that they consider the other the love of their life, leading to a kiss and a surprise announcement to their parents. Reggie is going to consume the green vial that Jeff gave him and turn himself human.

A shocked, defeated Larry leans into his role as Supreme Leader and informs his family that there will be no Harvard nor any genetic mutations – they’re to pack up the house that night and leave for Zabvron the following day. Jeff has won.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-“I love this stupid family.”
-“Jackie, are you shooting a soap opera?”
-“Jude Law called. He wants his face back.”
-“Maybe he’s a little cool…”
-“Congrats. He’s very pretty.”
-“What, DJ Jazzy? Mr. Jazzy?”
-Once more for the cheap seats: Why ABC Should Renew The Neighbors. Tweet it, Pin it, mark it with a B for baby and me – whatever you would like to do. Just spread the word if you can, okay?
-For those wondering, this was the first episode of season two to be written by series creator Dan Fogelman, which might explain the unexpected return to the season one title card.
-Do you buy that Amber would purposely seek out Debbie for girl talk? We’ve seen her façade break multiple times this season and the reality of her love for her family shine through, but I don’t know if she would willingly tell her mother that she’s dating a college guy. I was weirdly happy for Debbie, though, since she kind of deserves a win in this department.
-4th grade killed me, too, Dick Butkus. Darn science classes.
-If DJ Jazzy Jeff smelled my neck, I would disintegrate into a million pieces. Kudos to Debbie Weaver for maintaining her composure in such an environment.
-I love how we’re getting more of the colony these last few weeks. As much as I’ve liked season two, it felt a little underpopulated for much of its run due to the show’s budget cuts, so it’s nice seeing people like Johnny Unitas and Mary Lou Retton, if only for brief scenes.
-This Week on Neighbors Meta Commentary: In Larry’s first visit to Dr. Hartley, he says that the show is laying it all out on the table. In his last visit, he tells us to tune in next week.
-Jeff’s BMW golf cart might be the best sight gag in a season full of strong sight gags. Also amazingly funny, Larry’s extended raspberry in therapy and Reggie breaking out the ‘ship names for him and Amber. #Amggie all day, every day.
-Hopefully, if the show is renewed, we’ll get a more in depth look at a baby Zabvronian, since Dick’s three-toed first footprint and talk of a deboning process piqued my interest. Season two has been much lighter on specific alien material, opting to lean on the culture clash aspect of the Weaver/Bird-Kersee dynamic, but I was never put off by that angle and was glad to see it somewhat return.
-I would like a solo-powered hammock, as well. Someone hit up SkyMall for me.
-Jeff watching the chaos in the Bird-Kersee kitchen while sinister music played in the background gave me Carrie vibes, for some reason. but Carrie if Carrie was a handsome British alien and not a psychologically damaged teenage girl pushed to her limits by her classmates.
-Finale predictions? It’s tough to get a read on what the show is going to do, but I think we’ll have a better sense of its renewal situation at the end of the finale. Since Larry and company resisted Grandfather at the end of season one and fought to stay on Earth, I kind of think they’ll end up going back to Zabvron.
-Next week on The Neighbors: It’s the season (and possible series) finale and while a pregnant Larry must decide whether he intends to stay on Earth, the neighborhood has two new visitors.

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Listed below are the dates, titles, and descriptions of the final two episodes of The Neighbors season two.

Friday, April 4th – “All That Jazzy Jeff”
Larry’s good-looking brother, DJ Jazzy Jeff, arrives in the community and tells everyone he is just there to visit his family, but in reality, he is secretly working with his father to bring everyone home to Zabvron. Will he succeed with their plan? Meanwhile, Amber has a new college boyfriend and finally confides in Debbie. Will she be able to keep Amber’s confidence?

Friday, April 11th – “There Goes the Neighbors’ Hood”
Larry learns that he is pregnant and makes a decision about returning home or staying with the rest of the Zabvronians. Meanwhile, Reggie must also decide if he wants to stay himself or turn human, and the families see two new visitors arriving at the neighborhood (Candace Cameron and Scott Weinger).

The Neighbors airs Fridays at 8:30 on ABC. You can check out a recap of the most recent episode here.

Do you think the aliens will return to Zabvron? Should Reggie stay himself or turn human? What purpose could the two new visitors to the colony have?

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In the garage, Larry talks to his father through the computer and gets chastised for not having a tramp stamp or taking over a small government in his time on Earth. Larry tries to argue that he has, in fact, made progress while on Earth, with two little watched musical numbers, but he still has a lot to prove to his father if he hopes to stay in the community he’s trying to build. Marty and Debbie make it to their bowling match and while Marty is very good, Debbie isn’t, yet she has the most fun out of anybody. She dances, she gets giddy if the ball touches even one pin, and she annoys the heck out of the rest of their team, since they would like a chance to win the championship. Oscar and Lana, Debbie and Marty’s teammates, try to argue Marty into kicking Debbie off the team so that championship isn’t just a pipe dream.

While all this is going on, Jackie stays back and watches before striking up a conversation with a woman sitting next to her. She rambles about how Larry doesn’t pay attention to her or even seem to care about how she is and it turns out that the woman is Dr. Barbara Hartley, a therapist who gives Jackie her card and tells her to come in for an appointment with Larry. Elsewhere, Larry checks in with several of his key Zabvronian representatives to see what they’ve learned while on Earth, but he finds out that they’ve not really picked up anything either. Well, beyond an appreciation for the Matthew McConaissance and Natalie Portman’s sense of style. The Weavers make it home and Marty tries to get Debbie to quit bowling like Barry Sanders retired from football; however, all the adrenaline from bowling has gotten Debbie in the mood and rather than press her on the idea of quitting, Marty takes advantage of her good mood.

Dick Butkus, upset about having to be around decidedly immature Abby and Max, comes to the clubhouse and presents the youngest Weavers with separation papers. Since their friendship is breaking up over irreconcilable differences, he’s drawn up legal papers that divide the clubhouse time up. His plans? Put on a salon of higher thought and invite a series of influential thinkers with the intention of exchanging ideas. He ends up bringing Time’s Joel Stein, MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell, and Bill Nye the Science Guy to The Butkus Group, but things turn sour quickly, as Dick cuts O’Donnell off and comes down on Stein for wanting another juice box. Jackie returns home and brings up the idea of going to therapy to Larry, only for him to mock the suggestion and rip up the card she got from Dr. Hartley. However, Jackie ends up going on her own and pressures Dr. Hartley to speed up the sometimes glacial pace of therapeutic progress, seeing as how she’s not happy and doesn’t want to continue living this way.

Larry and Marty pace and mumble out in the yard and convene over what’s been troubling them. Larry mocks Marty’s problems in comparison to his own, but Marty inadvertently gives Larry a good lead by bringing up everything that Reggie has learned while being on Earth. In return, Larry tells Debbie about Marty wanting to kick her off the team and kicks her off the team himself as some sort of favor. In her therapy session, Jackie becomes overwhelmed by emotions due to no one ever listening to her and feeling as if she has no purpose; Dr. Hartley then asks her how she can make her current situation feel more like home. Back at the Bird-Kersees, Larry brings Reggie in to talk to Grandfather on the computer; however, Reggie’s contributions to his father’s cause include women liking to talk about their problems and also liking tapas, neither of which helps Larry look better in the eyes of his father. Grandfather believes the colony is worse off than he realized and since Larry is out of time, the best thing to do is send someone down to take over the mission.

Debbie comes back into the house upset at Marty’s betrayal and refusal to be honest with her and when Marty mentions cutting down on the dancing and focusing that energy on bowling, Debbie shuts down and simply says that there’ll be no more fun from here on. Outside the clubhouse, a lonely Dick gets approached by Max and Abby, fresh from throwing water balloons at cars. While one guy did give the finger, it wasn’t the same without Dick there to lecture them and he admits that maybe he was too quick to sever ties with them. The trio attempt to reconnect by throwing the remaining water balloons at Stein, Nye, and O’Donnell. At the bowling championship match, Debbie is still decidedly the weak link, the only person on her team not to bowl a strike; only this time, she’s not even dancing when she hits pins. At the end of the match, her team is down by one pin to the other team and it’s her turn to throw. Before she does, though, Marty pulls her aside and tells her that he was wrong for trying to stifle her fun, that watching her dance was the best part of getting involved in the bowling league. He affirms that they make the perfect team and she throws the last ball, missing every pin.

Jackie comes back from therapy and stands up for herself against Larry, telling him that she’s tired of him not paying attention to her and that the only way she’ll be happy is if they have another baby. While the Weavers come home celebrating, Larry goes to Dr. Hartley’s for a late night talk and a hooded figure arrives in the colony. It turns out the figure is Larry’s brother, sent by his father.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-“If you smelt it, are you, in fact, the one who dealt it?”
-“We’re not playing paperwork again.”
-“One therapy, please.”
-“I feel like a Meryl Streep highlight reel.”
-“Tell Dick and Reggie Grandpa Snuggy loves them.”
-“What wine pairs best with a husband’s betrayal?”
-“No more dancing. No more fun. I’ll be in the bathtub.”
-“Let’s have a terrible time.”
-“I want you to go out there and be adorably horrible.”
-As always, here’s a link explaining why I think ABC should renew The Neighbors. Feel free to share it across your social networks.
-However, since Toks Olagundoye has signed on to another project, I think my last strand of hope that the show actually will be renew has snapped. It could still be renewed, but at this point, with the way the end of the season looks to be written and Olagundoye looking for a way out, I’m very much doubting it.
-Third straight sexual/roleplaying tag, this time with Debbie’s three hall passes showing up in her kitchen like they do in a recurring dream of hers.
–Bill Nye the Science Guy. Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill. Bill Nye the Science Guy.
-This Week in Neighbors Meta Moments: Larry brings up the Emmy nomination the show received; Grandfather mentions that not many people saw either musical number Larry put on; Jackie wants to be sure that her family permanently belongs on Earth – for at least a few more seasons; Dick can’t believe this is even a show.
-For those wondering, Larry’s hot brother is Joshua Sasse, who is starring in Neighbors‘ creator Dan Fogelman’s ABC comedy pilot Galavant. Which I’ve read and while I kind of loved it, I would rather have more of The Neighbors.
-I liked seeing Dick enjoy being a kid. His funniest moments are when they exploit him being in the wrong body and being much older than he seems (I love a good McLaughlin Group parody), but it was sweet seeing him bond with Abby and Max.
-Good for the show for shying away from the cliché of a last second pep talk leading to a miraculous athletic performance. Debbie sucks at bowling, but y’know what? She’s totally cool with that and I respect that attitude 1000%.
-Nice Home Improvement moment between Larry and Marty. I’m guessing that Marty is the Wilson in this instance?
-Next week on The Neighbors: Larry learns the real reason his brother has come to their community, while Amber confides in Debbie about her college boyfriend.

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The day of the trip, everyone puts finishing touches on their packing, with Larry compiling a shirt suitcase with the various shades of pink in his wardrobe (pale, medium, dark, dark-medium), Abby telling Marty that she’s not packing a bathing suit because she’s still scarred from him almost drowning three years ago, and Reggie worrying about the impact a trip like this will have on his relationship with Jane. While Dick loads himself down with sunscreen, Debbie has begun listening to a self-help book full of positive affirmations, as she wants to get herself in a positive head space for when she has to deal with her mother. Though Amber is apprehensive about going on a trip with her ex, Debbie assures her that the worst is yet to come and soon enough, the Weavers and the Bird-Kersees are on the plane to San Diego.

Larry hates everything about it; Jackie marvels at the genial flight attendants; Amber lets Reggie know that she’s texting with college guy Zak; and Dick tries to get Max to put sunscreen on him while they’re inside, citing an Allure article from Nicole Kidman. For all the drama about seating arrangements, everyone makes it to San Diego in one piece, though both families are thrown for a loop when Janet introduces them to Benjamin, the 10-year-old boy she adopted four months ago, now technically Max, Abby, and Amber’s uncle. Janet assures them that she’s going to be a better mom that she was now that she’s given up smoking and gluten, but Debbie takes Marty out into the hallway to rant about this being yet another smoke screen from her mother and that the real Janet is in there somewhere, just waiting to come out. Marty gets her to calm down and remember that the kids are the reason they came in the first place and everyone heads to the beach, where Dick’s skin doesn’t take kindly to the sun, Ben and Max dig a hole, and Debbie tries to bait Janet into reverting back to her old habits by asking her to go to the bar. Janet, however, claims that she’s sober and Debbie’s jealousy at Benjamin grows.

Meanwhile, Marty takes Abby to the edge of the water and lets it wash over her feet in order to get her more comfortable with the thought of swimming. Though she’s initially receptive, she gets scared when he steps on a piece of a broken shell and runs far away from the water, just as Amber and Reggie’s competitiveness over their respective relationships intensifies over Amber trying to find Zak a cool rock and Reggie searching for shells for a necklace he’s going to make Janet. While all this is going on, the Bird-Kersees find themselves getting a massage, yet Jackie is the only one who enjoys it. Larry thinks the masseuse is perverted and refuses to pull down his sheet, opting instead to leave the room and (almost literally) drag Jackie along with him. Everyone reconvenes and heads to a docked boat for iced tea and a view of the harbor, where Jackie lays into Larry about him never wanting to leave his comfort zone and Amber does her best to keep up with Reggie’s description of his relationship with Jane. Out on the deck, Debbie again provokes Janet by mentioning that the bartender is eyeing her and the issue between them comes to a head, though Ben inadvertently overhears Debbie mention something about how Janet would just get bored with him and give him back to the adoption agency.

Debbie apologizes and Janet assures him that they’re together for life. Elsewhere, Amber and Reggie return from the upper deck of the boat and when she’s trying to take a picture of her drink to send to Zak, Reggie cracks and suggests that the two calm down on the competition to prove the validity of their relationships, lest it keep getting in the way of their friendship. Marty finds Abby in one of the rooms on the boat and talks her into coming onto the deck to see the ocean; he explains that he wants her to see the splashy, fun side of the ocean and that it would break his heart if he was the one responsible for her fear of the water. When they get out there, though, they find Jackie and Larry reenacting a famous scene from Titanic and Abby watches as Larry, who cannot swim, falls overboard. Marty dives in after him and she works up the nerve to get a life preserver and toss it down below, helping to save both her father ad her neighbor. Meanwhile, Debbie confesses her jealousy over Janet treating Ben the way she always wanted to be treated and Janet responds by telling her that she doesn’t know how her daughter became so great. She did such a poor job raising her first child, she argues, that she feels like she has to raise another to be able to say that one person came out well because of her.

Back at Janet’s, Amber and Reggie play Monopoly while their phones go off in the distance; Debbie gives Ben advice on how to handle Janet, including not eating the brownies and not letting her sleep past 2:00; Dick walks on looking browner than a biscuit; and Larry admits that after peeing on Marty mid-rescue, he might be ready to give up control.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-“Grandma has a sister?”
-“When does your parenting book come out?”
-“Classic Zak.”
-“Nicole Kidman told allure.com that you can never have too much sunscreen and home girl looks like a porcelain doll.”
-“Vacations are full of things I hate.”
-“I’m 8C.” “That’s a ridiculous name.”
-“And you must be Debbie’s estranged, slutty mother.”
-“Hi, I’m your uncle. You want to see my toys?”
-“Wife, sheet up!”
-“We’re like traffic updates, but hot.”
-“Peeing on Marty was a real game-changer for me.”
-If you guys missed my article about why ABC should renew The Neighbors, you can check it out here.
–Here’s the Renew The Neighbors Facebook page. Like it and explain why you want the show to return next season.
-What I like about the addition of the theme song this season, aside from how cheerful and tonally perfect for this show it is, is that it gives The Neighbors a chance to play around in their cold opens. There was one earlier this season where Larry sang the opening lines of the theme song and here, we got the very funny slurp from Marty followed by a awkward silence and then the theme song.
-Look at Larry Bird still having a job after completely botching Jay’s wedding present. Maybe he is the glue that’s holding the coffee shop together after all.
-I thought we were heading for a reveal of Amber only pretending to text Zak that weekend so she doesn’t look bad in front of Reggie, but I think I liked what we got better, if only for Tim Jo’s adorable Seinfeld impression and the hint that Reggie and Amber might just get back together after all.
-The fluorescent hat Jackie wore on the plane was lovely. Speaking of, the tag was delightful and a nice counterpart to the Reggie/Jane tag at the end of last week’s episode.
-I’m a little disappointed we didn’t get to see Rhea Perlman do a body shot. Is that bad? That’s probably bad.
-Max’s line about Uncle Ben and Dick’s line about Nicole Kidman are perfect examples of how strong this show’s child acting is.
-Blink and you missed it: the aliens high fiving after all giving the same answer when Janet asked where they’re from. They must be listening to the theme song after all.
-Good for the show for continuing to give us combinations we haven’t seen before. I don’t think there’s been a sole Marty/Abby plot thus far in the series and this was a sweet way to introduce that dynamic into the show. It’s a plot that’s been done on family sitcoms fairly frequently, but a strength of The Neighbors is that it takes something that could be overly familiar and either twists it or adds in a new element (e.g. Larry falling off the boat) to make a storyline its own. See also: the Debbie/Janet plot, which I really liked. This might have been Jami Gertz’s strongest episode overall, which is saying something considering how good she is, and anytime the show lets the humans get a little shine is A-Okay with me.
-Next week on The Neighbors: Marty is faced with having to kick Debbie off their bowling league team, while Larry’s father sends an emissary to the colony to investigate whether the aliens have become too Americanized.

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But thankfully, not all lower-rated series get cancelled these days, not when broadcast ratings are down across the board and other factors come into play that can offset underwhelming live or DVR numbers. One such series that I’d argue deserves a reprieve from the cancellation gods is The Neighbors, ABC’s suburban alien comedy created by Dan Fogelman (Last Vegas). After premiering to vicious reviews in the fall of 2012, this sweet little quirk monster of a series managed to hone and find its voice, growing into its weirdness, leaning into its offbeat nature, and becoming the best comedy on network television in the process. While quality and a unique viewpoint aren’t enough to grab a renewal, especially when an already modestly rated series gets shifted to Fridays with an incompatible lead-in and insufficient promotion, there are reasons for ABC to go ahead with additional seasons of The Neighbors.

1. Syndication
Of the 10 comedies ABC has aired during the 2013-2014 season, the network owns the rights to four: Mixology, Super Fun Night, Trophy Wife, and The Neighbors. The first is currently retaining less than 50% of its Modern Family lead-in, meaning that it’s playing out the string rather than vying for a slot on next season’s schedule; the second ended its run earlier this year, having garnered a limited back order that typically means cancellation when it comes to poorly-rated freshmen series; and the third is doing worse L+SD ratings than The Neighbors on a more viewed night and with a stronger lead-in. The first three are all freshmen series and headed toward cancellation, so ABC is facing the possibility of having no in-house veteran comedy on its schedule next season, meaning that they’d be four seasons away from receiving syndication money from any ABC-owned comedies that premiere in the fall. While the low ratings that The Neighbors has garnered likely mean that it won’t have a lucrative syndication deal, why would a network, which has already cut costs on an already modestly budgeted series, pass up the opportunity to make something off the show, particularly when there are networks under its same umbrella (ABC Family, Disney) that would make a solid home for the little alien comedy that could?

Networks are not in a position to pass up that type of opportunity and there is precedent in ABC Studios doing what it can to get an in-house comedy with a small-but-loyal audience into the world of syndication with Cougar Town, which was cut from the network after 61 episodes and three seasons. That series would up on TBS, where it’s in the middle of its fifth season and barreling toward 100 episodes; that series was also averaging less of the network’s average than The Neighbors currently is (55% vs. 57%) and found itself wedged behind a comedy that it didn’t share an audience with, a move that led to its cancellation. ABC simply cannot keep putting cult comedies in this same situation, as they’re cutting into their own pocketbooks and placing the needs of outside projects ahead of the well-being of their own material. As such, it’s the right thing to do, both for this specific show and the network as a whole, to renew The Neighbors and alter a destructive pattern of behavior that has weakened the ABC comedy brand.

2. Scheduling Stability
Barring any unforeseen developments between now and May, ABC has four comedies that are guaranteed a spot on the 2014 fall schedule: Modern Family, The Middle, Last Man Standing, and The Goldbergs. A fifth, Suburgatory, is within 31 episodes of syndication after having its first truncated season this year, but it’s put up ratings that have given it a solid chance at coming back next season. Should the network decide to put it on in the fall, as well, seeing as how they like the idea of a Tuesday block and would need an anchor should The Goldbergs move to Wednesdays, it’s going to need a show to replace one of the failed rookie comedies that will be launched alongside the veterans. ABC had a rough time launching three new comedies this past fall and four of its five new 2013-2014 comedies have disappointed in some form or fashion, so instead of having to spread their resources and again attempt to premiere three comedies in as many nights, or instead of having to air episodes of comedies that are truly the walking dead, how about making The Neighbors the first option off the bench? It’s not going to light the world on fire with its ratings, but it has a core demo audience of 0.9-1.1 that followed it to Fridays and a semi-compatible lead-in (Suburgatory, The Middle) would be enough to get it back to the acceptable 1.4-1.6 range it ended its first season in.

Even if ABC doesn’t want to use The Neighbors as a first up midseason replacement, or as a lead-out for a Tuesday Suburgatory lead-off that will allow a compatible comedy to air behind Last Man Standing, the show could serve other purposes for the network while padding its episode count. For instance, ABC lost any fall momentum it had when the likes of Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy went on midseason hiatus and The Assets, Killer Women, and The Taste failed to hold up the schedule, resulting in a rather bleak early part of the year. Instead of plugging in forgettable filler programming that there’s no investment in, why not use The Neighbors as a bridge between fall and midseason? The network has used comedy this way before (the Scrubs/Better Off Ted pairing of 2010); the show would get to make its episodes without causing too much damage to the rest of the schedule, especially if ABC lets it sub in for something that doesn’t repeat well; and they’d have a known property that has outrated episodes of nearly every member of its freshman drama class: Lucky 7, Betrayal, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Killer Women, Mind Games, and The Assets. Although the drama situation at ABC is bound to improve next season from the depths it reached this season, they can’t guarantee that they’ll have a whole fleet of Scandals coming to save the day and there’s always the possibility that what they attempt to launch next midseason will fall below the audience The Neighbors currently has.

3. Quality
The Neighbors is the best comedy on network television. Period, full-stop. Not best on its night, best on its network, or best in its genre; this show is the best comedy on network television, which is why I’m so emotionally invested in its fate. At a time when networks are afraid to take risks with their programming, The Neighbors found a way to give a traditional format (the fish-out-of-water family comedy) a twist (aliens) that added to its appeal rather than playing as something gimmicky, becoming a refreshing pocket of air on the ABC schedule that served as a reminder of the power of television. TV is more than what we’ve already known and what we’ve already been told; the reason I became such a fan of the medium is what it’s capable of doing, the boundaries that can and should be pushed by the foremost forward thinkers out there. A renewal of The Neighbors is vindication for all those who consider themselves a little left-of-center, all those who think that their latest idea might be too out there, all those who dream big and spend their time with the heads in the cloud. It’s an indication that a more segmented television world does not mean that broadcast networks have to dumb down their content in order to reach a wider audience, that creativity and a strong vision are ideals still being held in a high regard by those who find their world shrinking by the day.

The Neighbors is a show that manages to blend caffeinated zaniness, grounded emotion, a steady stream of pop culture references, and modern day interpretations of classic sitcom plots, all filtered through the enviable chemistry between its cast, particularly when the action is centered around Toks Olagundoye’s sprightly Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Simon Templeman’s proud Larry Bird. Featuring some of the strongest child acting on television (namely, Ian Patrick’s dead-panned Dick Butkus) and showing signs of being willing to experiment with the sitcom format (numerous fourth wall breaks, musical episodes), this is a show that has grown by the episode and become more self-assured as a result, its writing of the human couple (Lenny Venito and Jami Gertz) improving in season two and its ability to find the poignancy and romance in everyday life (making a burrito, four-way intersections) all the more impressive. As otherworldly as its premise may make it seem, The Neighbors is as in touch with what it means to be human as any other comedy on television and that’s something that shouldn’t go away, not before the story of the Bird-Kersees and the Weavers comes to a natural end.

At ABC’s 2014 Winter TCA press conference, ABC President Paul Lee admitted that the problem with The Neighbors wasn’t its creative side; it was that the show was harder to get sampled, yet the people who gave it a chance ended up falling for it and becoming passionate defenders of its honor. The show just hasn’t had the opportunity to win over enough people, as it’s had to overcome a start plagued by bad reviews and an early first season finale, as well as a second season on a lower-rated night with a tonally incompatible lead-in, little to no promotion, and an early season finale. In order to give The Neighbors a shot to prove to people that it transcends what could have been a one-note series that hinged on a flimsy gimmick, ABC must renew the series and stand behind it even in the face of lower ratings. This is never going to be a show that will appeal to everybody, seeing as how the premise is alienating to a certain segment of viewers, and this is never going to be the cool show to like, the series that garners headlines on industry tastemaker websites. However, it’s a show that could prove to be an asset for ABC, if not in terms of its role on the schedule then the signal its renewal would send to the creative community and every fan of a little show that’s left to twist in the wind for the final weeks of the television season. Simply, it’s a show that deserves a chance, so please, ABC, renew The Neighbors.

The Neighbors airs Fridays at 8:30 on ABC. You can catch up on the episodes you missed on Hulu or ABC.com, as well as purchase individual season two episodes on iTunes.

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When Amber rejects the idea of babysitting Max and Abby, the Weavers decide to call in their babysitter Pearl, just as Larry and Jackie come over. Marty lets slip that he and his wife are in a rut and the two explain the definition of a rut, something that the Bird-Kersees aren’t familiar with. That afternoon, as Jackie paints a portrait of Dick, one in a series that shows him through the centuries, Larry comes in to worry about whether they’re actually in a rut like the Weavers. He read the same magazines that Debbie does, as well as Cat Fancy, and cites that being in a rut is one of the top causes of divorce; Larry goes in for a fist bump with his wife as a way to confirm that they’re not in a rut, only she tuned him out while he was talking about what he read. Instead, he hits her arm and causes the brush to ruin the painting.

The Bird-Kersees split up and chat with Weaver of the corresponding sex, but they get conflicting reports on what they should do to get out of a rut, as Marty is taking Debbie to a loud, fancy restaurant with impressive lighting and three DJs and Debbie expresses to Jackie that she just wants a chance to talk to her man. Larry and Jackie return home where Jane suggests they use Google to find ways to spice up their marriage; after getting distracted by Google’s “did you mean…” feature and ended up on pictures of babies and puppies, the Bird-Kersees decide to role play and dress up as the sexiest people they know for a date night of their own. Reggie and Jane are planning their own date night, so Dick is forced to go over to the Weavers and stay with Max and Abby. Though the idea of having a babysitter initially frustrates him, Dick gets over it when he sees Pearl, the Weavers’ 42-year-old babysitter. He’s instantly smitten and hurries the Weavers out the door so he can begin flirting with Pearl.

Meanwhile, Marty takes Debbie to Lou Ferrigno’s Hibachi Heaven – not exactly the place she was looking to spend her date night. It’s loud, there’s no room to move, and they sit around the grill as the chef prepares their food, meaning that Debbie’s plan of using conversation cards to stimulate talk between her and Marty is over before it can begin. Back at the Weavers’ home, Pearl dining on raw Ramen noodles is a major turn-on for Dick and when he gets Abby and Max to put themselves to bed, he goes in for the kill and begins flirting with Pearl, who offers him sanitizer that she stole from her gynecologist. However, when he approaches her again in the living room, looking for her current story and asking her to go steady, she breaks it to him gently that she doesn’t want to cross that line and that she’s going to have to say no.

Larry shows up to the bar at Lou Ferrigno’s dressed as Jackie, the sexiest person he could think of, and thought he hopes Jackie arrives at Adam Levine, she opts to dress as him, which excites Larry immensely. The two begin exchanging compliments about one another and while Larry compliments his/Jackie’s skorts, she draws his ire when she mentions his smile and how he thinks everyone’s an idiot. Larry critiques her again when she mentions his hair and lashes out by making fun of the way she says “Debbie Weaver”‘; Jackie retaliates by insulting Larry’s occupation and leaves to find the Weavers. Debbie is having a difficult time getting Marty to pay attention to her and informs him that she feels irrelevant on her own date night, just as Jackie comes up asking for a ride home and Larry arrives shortly after complaining about being in a rut.

The two couples go by the bar and Larry and Jackie figure out that they’re not actually in a rut. They just let the Weavers and the magazines Larry read get into their head, so they decide to go home together, all the while Max and Abby comfort an obviously crushed Dick as he sits outside. Although he’s heartbroken, he knows he’ll be okay. Marty and Debbie arrive home and realize that talking for hours on end isn’t their thing anymore, not with three kids, a lack of new stories, and Marty’s job keeping him from coming home early enough. However, even though they both accept their reality, this doesn’t mean that they can’t have a little romance and when Marty opens up the door to their bedroom, Debbie finds wine, raspberry twists, and UB-40, all things that were present in a talk-heavy date she brought up earlier. The two lay in bed eating twists and gossiping about Larry’s smooth legs.

Additional thoughts ad observations:
-“You gave up booze for nine months for this one.”
-“I look like Marcia Cross.”
-“I don’t know how to bust a rut.”
-“I don’t know why we barge in there anymore.”
-“All aboard the onion train!”
-“You’re very cute.” “Preach.”
-“Why didn’t you come dressed as Adam Levine?”
-The New York Times mentioned the show, spotlighting its young actors in an article posted today.
-So, this episode name dropped Scandal, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The View, with past references to Revenge and an entire episode dedicated to Shark Tank. If The Neighbors gets renewed for a third season, I hope we’re in for a good Last Man Standing joke, particularly if it’s about how incongruous the scheduling has been and how Tim Allen is awful.
-If I could encapsulate this show in one brief sequence, the tag with Reggie and Jane doing pizza delivery role play would be it. That was the Neighbors-iest Neighbors moment this season, I think, and it was delightful.
-Also delightful: literally everything about the Jackie and Larry gender-swap, particularly Toks Olagundoye’s spot-on impression of Simon Templeman’s voice and the way Larry said “Debbie Weaaaaaver.” It was a silly, fun way of bringing in a nice fourth-wall joke and I like how the plot ended believably abrupt, with the two realizing that it was all in their head and their recent spat validating just how strong their relationship actually is. Olagundoye and Templeman have the best chemistry of any two-some in the cast and anytime the reality around them is heightened (see: them being in drag), it makes every scene electric.
-Very sweet ending to the episode. I think the show has done well by Marty and Debbie this season after sometimes losing them in the fold last season.
-Dick’s plot felt like part had been cut for time. Although I’m always in the mood for some Dick (Butkus), this was a bit too slight and verged on filler-y, despite the presence of the always game Rachel Dratch. This felt like something that could have been a centerpiece of another episode or at least a strong B-plot, whereas it was relegated to a minor C-plot role here and squandered some potential.
-Pearl eating raw Ramen was both gross and incredibly impressive. She really earned my respect by pouring the flavor packet directly into her mouth – you’re a stronger lady than I, Pearl. Also, someone get Rachel Dratch a sitcom because she is too talented to be relegated to guest parts.
-I like how Jane is always just…around. Like she’s floating on a speck of dust, just waiting for Reggie to need her for something.
-Speaking of, very cute tech joke this week with the Go-ogle sequence. Although I know the show has some budget issues, I wish they could incorporate more first time experiences like that for the Bird-Kersees similar to those of season one.
-Abby was on a call and couldn’t meet with Larry and Jackie to discuss marital ruts. A call with Horsey, perhaps?
–Next week on The Neighbors: Debbie’s estranged mother invites the Weavers to visit her time share in San Diego, while Marty helps Abby overcome her fear of the ocean.

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Listed below are the dates, titles, and descriptions of the next two episodes of The Neighbors.

Friday, March 21st – “Uncle Benjamin”
Debbie’s estranged wild child mother (guest star Rhea Perlman) invites the Weavers to come to her timeshare in San Diego and meet her newly adopted son – he’s 10. Debbie agrees to the trip provided that Larry & Jackie come too as a buffer. Meanwhile, Marty tries to cure Abby of her fear of the ocean.

Friday, March 28th – “Close Encounters of the Bird Kind”
Marty and Debbie love their new Friday night bowling league, but Debbie is terrible and the other two teammates ask Marty to kick her off the team. Meanwhile, when word gets out that the alien colony is getting a little too Americanized, Larry’s father sends an ominous figure (guest star Joshua Sasse) to possibly take over the mission.

The Neighbors airs Fridays at 8:30 on ABC. You can catch up on the episodes you missed on ABC.com or Hulu.

Will Larry and Jackie be good buffers between Debbie and her mother or will they just make things worse? How will Marty help Abby get over her fear of the ocean? Do you think the alien colony has become too Americanized?

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Jackie and Larry recoil when the Weavers try to explain the finer points of wedding attendance; Larry, in particular, is upset at the Weavers thinking he’s incompetent, but when he returns home to work on his speech and watch a series of Indian wedding movies Reggie rented, he finds that he can’t switch between the TV and DVD on his remote. Over at the Weaver’s, Marty and Debbie marvel at having time to themselves with no alien interruption and decide to use their newfound freedom as an excuse to have a picnic and put their picnic basket, which they got at their wedding, to use. However, none of the kids want to go with them – Max would rather go to a funeral; Amber is too busy making ironic vines; and Abby promised Horsey that they’d have a tea party.

Back at the Bird-Kersee’s, the family watches Bollywood movies to get an idea for their wedding present for Jay and Larry introduces the concept of balle balle – go big or go home. Since the Weavers are always telling them no, Larry suggests they go big with their gift and soon, the family sings and dances around the living room. They get noticed by some of the other aliens and after another brief dance interlude in the living room, they go outside and get all the aliens in the community to sing along. It is then decided that Larry’s gift for Jay will be a big Bollywood musical number and he then gets the dinner orders of the aliens that will be accompanying him to the wedding. Larry takes a few aliens into the house and calls for ideas on how to make their number special, all of which have to do with penguins. He agrees to them all, as well as requests for a gorilla and Justin Bieber, just as Marty and Debbie pack their picnic basket full of rice cakes. They hear a commotion coming from Amber’s room and find Amber filming a lava explosion from Max’s volcano, which is covering some of Debbie’s pancakes and Abby’s dolls in goo. Debbie and Marty try to get the kids to let them stay, but they get a rude awakening when Abby tells them they’re no fun and that’s why the kids don’t want to do anything with them.

Next door, the Bird-Kersees have acquired alpacas, fire eaters, sword swallowers, and a gorilla, among other things, in preparation for their Bollywood number. However, with one hour to go until the wedding, the band is very discordant and the clashing of the elements is becoming more apparent. Jackie thinks that they should get the Weavers to help pare down their exuberance, though Larry won’t admit failure or that he needs the Weavers to help him out. The Weavers, meanwhile, are aching to get involved in what’s going on with Jackie and Larry, as they’re realizing that the kids are right and that they’re now the type of people who eat rice cakes and tuna. When Marty and Debbie try to put on airs that they’re having a great time, Jackie and Larry come over to request that the Weavers shut them down and deploy their fun removal machine. But Marty and Debbie don’t want to be the fun removers anymore.

Instead, they get involved in the musical number that takes the aliens onto a train and through the woods. The kids get involved, as well, and find themselves impressed by Marty and Debbie’s coolness, while the aliens and humans realize that they balance each other out in necessary ways. The group makes it to the wedding where they find out that instead of Indian, Larry’s co-worker is Native American.

Additional thoughts and observations:
-“Breakfast is a lot meaner than it used to be.”
-“Yes, Marty, but this isn’t season one anymore.”
-“I hate you, Elaine.”
-“I promised Horsey we’d have a tea party. You don’t wanna make a liar out of me, do you?”
-“Nothing says Bollywood like penguins.”
-“When did that happen? That sounds like a really good episode.”
-“You see? They’re having a fake laugh contest.”
-So, hey, everybody. I like The Neighbors quite a bit and would have covered it more regularly this season if I didn’t have time conflicts on Fridays. However, with the show’s renewal hanging in the balance, I’m going to recap the remainder of the season and try to do what I can to get us a third season of the show. If you like The Neighbors and want more Weaver/Bird-Kersee hijinx, please tell your friends to watch, watch live (if you have a Nielsen box), watch episodes on ABC.com or Hulu, buy episodes from iTunes, tweet about the show, etc. Anything will help.
-I like how Abby is maybe 6 years old and can make a Silence of the Lambs reference.
-Normally, I’m not a big fan of breaking the fourth wall, but literally every time The Neighbors does it, I laugh. My favorite thus far this season was Larry singing the opening lines of the new theme song during an awkward moment a few episodes back.
-Was Larry doing Pacino-circa-Any-Given-Sunday during his “show ’em what we’re made of” to the family?
-Nobody knows what AUX is, Dick. Nobody.
-Should the show continue, I would appreciate more comments about the Bird/Kersee someday baby Elaine and her vicious rivalry with Dick.
-I love how this episode was the show dialing up its eccentricities to 11 (the medieval executioner, the off-screen gorilla rampage, the multi-colored alpaca, Dick’s green screen during the musical number) while hitting the emotional stuff effectively without being too heavy handed. The show can sometimes veer off course when it tries to service both sides of itself, so it was nice to see everything balanced just right; this was a perfect encapsulation of what The Neighbors is and what it’s capable of doing, so if there’s somebody in your life you think would enjoy it, show them this episode.
-Fantastic outtakes. I always wonder what it takes to make a production like this and The Neighbors seems like it has a really fun set.
-That was an amazing musical number. Joyfully exuberant and silly satire while retaining respect for Bollywood. Turn the light bulb, pet the dog. Indeed.
-Next week on The Neighbors: Marty’s date night with Debbie doesn’t go as expected, while Dick finds himself smitten with his new babysitter.

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Listed below are the dates, titles, and descriptions of the next three episodes of The Neighbors.

Friday, February 28th – “Oscar Party”
Debbie finally joins a popular social media outlet and starts friending her old friends from Bayonne. Because she and Marty have lost touch, the Weavers decide to throw an Oscar party and invite everyone to reconnect. When the Bird-Kersees hear about the festivities, they decide to make themselves indispensable to the Weavers by turning the house into the most lavish, over-the-top Oscar party.

Friday, March 7th – “Balle Balle!”
Marty and Debbie are worried when Larry Bird tells them his Indian co-worker at the coffee shop has invited him to a traditional Indian wedding. Despite their pleas, Larry decides to attend without their approval and he and Jackie get carried away when trying to come up with a wedding gift. After Larry does research on Indian weddings, he concludes all weddings take place in “Bollywood” and decides to give his friend a full scale Bollywood number.

Friday, March 14th – “A Night in (Lou Ferrigno’s Hibachi) Heaven”
Marty and Debbie are feeling like they are in a rut, so Marty plans a date night, but it turns out not exactly as Debbie envisioned it. Meanwhile, Dick falls madly in love with the new babysitter (guest star Rachel Dratch).

The Neighbors airs Fridays at 8:30 on ABC.

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