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Note: As usual with Google Drive, YMMV on this video for the first few hours. Though I have waited all day to post in the hopes this issue would be alleviated and its finished processing..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qNPOle7aabjOCbFEPA3Zv7DOKQr-UWeh/view?usp=sharing

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Erik Christensen

Well, I must admit that my reaction was pretty different the first time I watched this. I had a very particular take on the Nathan storyline which I realize is not one I would expect others to have necessarily. My take was that Nathan, having routinely portrayed himself as clumsy and unnatural around females during the show, wanted to end the series on a note where his skill with women wasn't completely absent (notwithstanding the jokes about him paying for her time). And I felt that Nathan was selfishly trying to improve his image at the expense of Bill. However, my view has changed a little since the first viewing and I do think it's good that he decided to humanize this escort (when they are frequently portrayed stereotypically in film and TV). As to the Bill storyline, I actually started tearing up a little at some point either during the phone call or immediately afterwards. As one who has clinged onto relationships way past their expiration date, I empathized with him. At a certain point, his delusion no longer became amusing to me; I found it compelling and somewhat relatable. Now to address some of the points you made during the broadcast. The Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas song is real---and there's a youtube video of it which predates the show by 5 years, so I don't think Nathan made this up at all. As for how this episode related to the series as a whole----it's not something I've given much thought to honestly. I'd say about 80% of the content prior to the finale dealt with Nathan trying to "help" businesses, and 20% was focused on other content (like the kid who drew x-rated grafitti on nathan's poster). Basically, I think that Bill had become somewhat of a fan favorite and when it became apparent to Nathan that there was potentially a significant storyline involving him, he decided to go on that voyage not really knowing what the end result would be. Finally, I think that the producers or whoever should be given some credit for how they unlocked the final piece of the puzzle--connecting a Gaddy tombstone with an obituary that could potentially contain her married name. This piece of detective work is probably better than 75% of detective fiction that we see when the author has all the opportunity in the world to artificially boost the detective's prowess. Having said that, I'm wondering if they could have searched for a Frances as graduate of Dumas High School on Facebook.

DrunkReactions

The thing I found most unlikely was these various old women being listed in the phone book under their name. Single old woman typically use a first initial, which is gender neutral, and married old women almost always are listed under his name. It's not impossible she'd have it under her name if she owned the house and phone before getting married but in this case they'd been married for half a century.