Caroline asks her early on if she’s alright and Max responds that she’s “the one who threw his ‘fro out the do.'” Much later on, in the clearest episode I’ve ever seen that the writers’ room is well in tune with the Maxoline shippers– When we return we find that they’ve broken up and that’s that. When last we saw our heroines they were on a mission to push Deke’s dumpster house clear across the city in order to reconcile him with his folks, trading his relationship with Max for financial stability and overall a better life. He and Max have had their ups and downs, but it all came to a head last week when his parents decided to cut him off completely.

This is literally the last time I’m going to bring up the rom-com narrative style that has permeated the show basically ever since Deke showed up. Altogether it seemed to point towards us not having much longer to enjoy the presence of one of my favourite Blewish comedians. That and the fact that Eric Andre’s joining FX’s upcoming comedy Man Seeking Woman as one of the main cast. The show had been moving towards him and Max breaking it off with no hope of reconciliation for some time. I had written this entire intro prior to watching this episode about how we should probably start readying ourselves to bid Deke adieu.

Sam and max wedding