Yes, they definitely had some overseas stuff.
I like Francine. I really like her. I understand why others don't, but I like her.
What I don't understand is why some people hate Joe. I love Joe. He was a great guy. Honorable, intelligent, generous, polite, respectful, etc. Yes, he and Amanda are divorced, but it was amicable and not a case of him being a bad guy and Amanda some poor victim. He lives away from his children, but knows what's going on in their lives and they know he loves them and we see that once he moves back to the area, he is very involved in their lives - it's plain that he was as involved as he could be before, even though he lived away from them. I don't think moving away (especially to do what he does) makes him a bad guy. I sometimes think that some people just want to villify him because he was important to Amanda, and still is, in a fashion. I see things said about him in fics that directly contradict the show, and several more things that contradict his depiction on the show. Like he's going to try to steal Amanda from Lee or turn his kids against Lee - that's the opposite of how he's portrayed on the show and is OOC. Bugs me.
I love Dotty, too. I do wonder how much she suspects about what's going on. I mean, we see later in the series that she definitely notices that Amanda gets herself into strange situations (coming home "scorched," I think she said), but I just don't know.
Heck, I like the kids, too. I have a special affinity for Jamie, though. And he's the kid most fans least prefer.
I don't prefer the last season as much, but it's not because they got married or because Francine got more eps and Amanda got less screentime. I just didn't like Dr. Smyth.
For the fall, I was thinking of absolutely everyone on the phone, on the computers, on radios, everyone trying to get information. Even having a tv wheeled in there with CNN, on, maybe - anything to get as much information as possible.
And I was thinking of Lee grousing about one of Lois' earlier stories. After all, Lee doesn't like reporters because "they're always trying to stir things up" and Lois is great at stirring things up. I know agents sometimes leak things to reporters that they want leaked, but of course, reporters also try to get more stuff. Lucky for them Lois isn't in D.C. covering that beat, because she'd never be content with just the table-scraps given her.
