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(S02E04) Is Marjorie being written out of the show and I just missed reading about it? Sarah Lancaster is still in the opening credits as part of the cast, but she's barely been in the show since she skipped out on her own wedding and last we saw her it was Minneapolis or bust. At this point, I'm thinking she will be back but it might be a few more episodes and the writers will spring her on us at the moment we least expect it. The only question that remains is who will she come home for, Brian or Adam?

Regardless, I'm kind of liking the show without her. It forces everyone to keep doing what they're doing with the possibility that she isn't coming back looming over their heads. And what better way to start the post-Marjorie era than with a contest between Brian and Adam? At least that's what Ivy suggests. The first one to get laid doesn't have to pay for the damages they caused in last week's bar brawl.

Brian ended up winning and you won't guess with who. Car girl anyone? Amy Jo Johnson, the Pink Ranger herself, was back as Karen. Remember her? Flipped out, locked Brian out of his apartment, and ended up leaving poor Needle in Brian's care? Well she's back and as long as Marjorie isn't in the picture I'm thinking Karen might be around for a while which sucks because she's horribly annoying and self-centered.

Adam, on the other hand, never got any meaningless sex but he has struck up a potential relationship with the stripper he met at his bachelor party. Heather (aka Summer) seems to be pretty down to Earth and to top things off, she's going to be a doctor. Should be familiar territory for Adam. Again, as long as the ex is no longer around, I'm sure we'll see more of Heather.

Much like last week, and it still sort of bugs me, Dave and Deena were a focal point for this episode. Dave finally broke things off with Suzanne, who in turn leaked their video game to a free download site. This was after Brian drained every account and took out numerous loans to buy back the game for $75,000 because the publishing company decided to shelve it indefinitely. Well Zap Monkey owns the game... but now who's going to buy it? So because Dave ended things with Suzanne, she effectively ruined Brian and Dave and now Brian is in giant debt to boot. Needless to say he was pissed. I thought Dave had told Brian that he was sleeping with her though? Guess not. With everything that's gone on now, Dave finally ended it with Deena too. No job, no wife... I'm thinking we may see Dave head downhill and fast.

Nice turn by William Devane as Brian's father. There are definitely some issues between the two of them and it'll be interesting to see how that unfolds. Now that Zap Monkey is no longer and Brian needs cash ASAP, he might finally be forced to take a job with his father's company. He clearly doesn't want to do that though and I think his father may be even more of a jerk than he's letting on. There's some history there.

The ending, while fine, was no surprise. Angelo has finally been killed off. On his way from the airport to surprise Nic at the baby shower, he was in a car accident. It's about time they wrapped that one up but as I've said before, I liked Angelo a lot more than I like Jimmy and Ivy. It'll be rough to see Nic deal with this though... she seems like a crier. Any predictions for the next episode? Perhaps they all join together to take down Rita Repulsa when Brian starts dating her after Karen? Anyone?