Great Sitcom Moment: Running in Airports

In "Wedding Planning," Last Man Standing, Mandy and Eve have a great exchange where Mandy describes the trope of the couple that make up by running to each other in airports. Eve comments that post-9/11, that trope is no longer possible. "The terrorists have made it harder to fall in love."

The episode includes a notable insight by Mandy when she reflects that Ryan "running away" from Boyd and Kristin turned him into a guy who could come back and be a decent father and husband. Generally speaking, deadbeat dads are not usually reformable but Ryan was young enough--and Kristin un-angry enough--to justify their later relationship. I find it entirely plausible that Kristin and Ryan may even have been in contact over the missing years.

The episode also has a great Christmas-New Year's-themed line from Mike when he states, "We've got to figure out how to forgive this boy."