The Fosters: Light Of Day
I could make fun of Jesus's tattoo storyline or cheer on Callie for having to spell it out for her bio-dad that they can have a relationship without his trying to win custody over the Fosters or lambaste Mike for bad life choices or express relief that Mariana's attempt to break up with Mat out of fear got shut down or panic about whether or not Lena is legitimately worried about her marriage or any of the above, but really the only thing that I'm thinking of right now is this most wonderful thing that finally happened:
Jude and Connor are happening! Jude and Connor are happening! How cute are they? They are THE cutest, that's how cute they are.
You guys. The nervous breathing. The gulping. The terror/thrill/joy. Everything about it was perfect. (Okay, I feel bad for the girls they were on a date with. You don't really want your date to be playing pinky-love with his best friend while you're waiting for a makeout opportunity. But they are young! They're finding themselves!)
I can't remember the last time I was this taken by a middle school pairing. If ever!
In other news: NO, ANA, LENA AND STEF CANNOT ACTUALLY ADOPT ALL OF THE CHILDREN EVER. Good gravy.
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Posted by: frank | February 10, 2015 at 11:25 AM
Callie. Eh. I wish that SOMEONE would tell her to just give Robert an actual chance. Not just lip service(as Jude suggests ). It is really pissing me off that no one seems to understand that what Callie's supposed sainted mother purposely hid Callie's existence from him. Seemingly just because she didn't like his family. So her marrying Jude's drunk of a dad and then dying, leaving her kids alone to the system is even more her fault. Callie could've had an actual dad and family to support her(and Jude) after her mother's death. So Callie most likely wouldn't have met Liam. Jude wouldn't have suffered his abuses . Nor Callie hers.
But hey, Robert is the bad guy here. Because he has the gall to actually want to actively care for and parent his stolen child?
Posted by: stlbf | February 10, 2015 at 01:29 PM
Why should Callie have to pay for her mom's mistakes, though? She tried to give her biological father a chance and have a relationship with him, but he went back on his promise to her and is being completely all-or-nothing about it. She has a loving family and a home where her little brother is and he wants to take her from that against her will after swearing he wouldn't.
Posted by: Kim | February 10, 2015 at 10:08 PM
frank, you make a really compelling pointtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
Posted by: Louise | February 10, 2015 at 10:10 PM
Callie has given Robert Quinn all of 2 hours of her time. The man actually WANTS to have time with his child. He has agreed to her meeting demands. When has he said that Callie can NEVER see Jude or the Adams-Fosters again? The guy is desperate to try and fix this vast ocean between himself and Callie. He isn't ready to just give up his stake in her life. I don't have a problem with that. His ex wife stole their child from him. And she went on to hand her kids some freaking horrific childhoods.
Callie has major anger issues. Which she REALLY needs to keep working on with therapy. For YEARS she was mad at her "Dad" for all of crap in her life. Now she has transferred anger from him to Robert for "ruining her life". When she really needs to look at the main person whom she should be pissed at: St. Mom. Mom is dead, so it is hard to be mad at a dead person. So the Dads got the brunt of her anger.
There isn't much difference between Callie's story and those I've heard about on 20/20 or Dateline about children being kidnapped by family for years, being discovered and the aftermath reunions. Which seem to be happy only on rare occasions. And even those can take years of therapy to happen.
You ask why Callie has to pay for her mom's mistakes?
I ask why should Robert pay for his ex-wife's cruelty?
Posted by: Stlbf | February 11, 2015 at 03:36 AM
Callie should be able to live with the brother she grew up with and a family who loves her. Robert doesn't want a relationship with her, he wants full custody of her.
I don't get how having a non-custodial relationship with his biological daughter is somehow "paying" for his ex-wife's cruelty as if that's some horrible fate. She was willing to meet him halfway and then he betrayed her trust in a major way. She loves her brother and her foster family and it makes no sense to try to take her out of that home. Any teenager would be mad at him for that.
What's so bad about trying to build a relationship without living under the same roof?
Posted by: Kim | February 11, 2015 at 08:13 AM
Once again. When did Robert say that Callie couldn't have any other family ties? I don't recall him demanding that she live with him either. He simply isn't interested in renouncing his legal claim on Callie. He wants time and a real chance to bond with his child. These are not evil acts or intentions. He has agreed to Callie's terms on their relationship. She refused to have their "family" time with his wife and daughter. And he agreed to it being purely one and one and in public areas.
Callie is close to being a legal adult and then she can do whatever she wants. She was the one who keeps pushing the whole legal papers stuff and then getting mad and bratty when he doesn't do what she wants him to do. I don't think that ONE CHARACTER on the show has ever pointed out to Callie that Robert(and Callie) was robbed out of his kid's childhood and life. What horrible crime did he commit to deserve to have that done to him? Murder? Child molester? Drug dealer? None of the above? And that Callie isn't the only hurt person in this equation.
Yeah, Callie deserves a home. And she can keep her home with the Adams-Fosters. Family can be what you decide. Jude will always be her brother. Nobody can change that.
I don't think that Robert Quinn would ever say that she has to leave the Adams-Fosters. He just isn't comfortable with more people having legal rights to his child than he has already. And legally being able to say to him that he needs to have no contact with his daughter.
Posted by: stlbf | February 11, 2015 at 10:09 PM
He's going for full custody, not shared or partial. That means not being adopted and not staying with the Fosters. Callie was building a relationship with him and he decided it wasn't enough and he needed full custody. He's made it very clear he means for her to live with him full time.
He certainly deserves a relationship with her. And she also doesn't deserve to be taken out of the only stable home she's ever lived in. There can be compromise. It's what she wanted before and he took away.
anyway none of it really matters, she'll bond with Robert now and never get adopted. They came up with this storyline to block the adoption so that the audience can hope for Callie and Brandon to reunite.
Posted by: Kim | February 11, 2015 at 10:20 PM
"I don't think that Robert Quinn would ever say that she has to leave the Adams-Fosters."
By suing for custody, that is EXACTLY what he is saying. I might be able to sympathize with the fact that he was kept from his child for 16 years, but there's no changing that fact. Nothing is going to get those 16 years back. It sucks that he's willing to ruin her hard-won stability to...what? "Parent?" What does that even mean to him, at this point?
And I'll be frank, I'm not shedding any tears over the rich white guy and his "rights." It might have sucked that Callie's mom didn't tell him he had a kid, but let's not forget that he left her in the first place because his rich family ordered him to. I can see why she maybe didn't trust him after that.
To me, Callie's wishes to stay with the Adams Fosters and Jude should take precedence over Robert's need to make up for lost time playing daddy. Like Jude said a few episodes ago, he signed the papers once. He should stick to his word.
Posted by: Melissa | February 11, 2015 at 10:25 PM
I'm having mixed feelings of, "Aww, but y'all! Jude and Connor! Such a sweet show! Don't argue!" and also "Nice! People are passionate about something on The Fosters and I love The Fosters!!"
Posted by: Louise | February 11, 2015 at 10:47 PM
Hee! I guess I'm more prickly about the whole Robert Quinn deal than I realized. But I have other thoughts! Jude and Conner killed me dead. What about stealth show MVP Mariana? She is awesome and breaks my heart. Stef and Lena adopting Ana's baby is a TERRIBLE idea, except that maybe it's not? I don't even know. I am apprehensive about Lena and the new principal whose name I cannot remember. Jesus is such a dope. Brandon...I don't care, but at least he's not being actively offensive.
Posted by: Melissa | February 11, 2015 at 11:10 PM
Yes, yes, Melissa, Mariana has gotten so awesome!!
Posted by: Louise | February 12, 2015 at 11:15 AM
Jude and Connor FTW!
So glad you're back covering this show, Louise :)
Posted by: Ziyal | February 15, 2015 at 11:18 AM