“Could It Be All That Hard To Bear?” (“The Day We Almost Died” Recap)

In this case, to answer the above line snippet from another Hall & Oates song (“Wait For Me”), yes, it can.

How bad was this episode?

This episode was like a hot fudge sundae, but only if:

• The ice cream was melted.
• The “hot” fudge sauce was ice cold.
• The whipped cream had gone sour.
• The nuts had become rancid.
• And the cherry on top was rotted. In this case, Haley humiliating Alex for the umpteenth time (and seemingly in umpteen number of ways) was that rotted cherry.

Well at least we can't say Alex wasn't provoked into throwing Haley around (like I thought earlier might be a possibility), but even I thought they'd wait more than 8 minutes to end their truce. Especially for that horrible makeover (actually, that “makeover” Haley put her through seems like a perfect metaphor for the episode in general).

On the other hand, I'm not sure Alex learning judo is such a good idea for the rest of the family.

Alex's Line Of The Night: ”400 people liked this photo. I was not one of them.” At least it's not the 873 likes the photo Haley took of her in braces got a couple of years ago.

I might say more later, but this episode's stench floored me so much I can't think straight right now.