Eric and Wendy reverse and complicate the gender roles in this maternity hospital-set episode as they discuss their complicated mixed feelings about it. This is our last major boundary for first-time readers: an episode about a drunken hangout that is presented in successive parodies tracing the development of literary style in English. It’s a metaphor for the gestation of a fetus, in an episode set in a maternity hospital–get it? Eric and Wendy each have things they love and things they hate, often in direct conflict with each other, and ultimately have a lot of fun discussing a difficult episode.

Libations:

• Eric: a “cup of what was temporarily supposed to be called coffee” (16.360), Donut Café Gourmet Coffee Medium Roast (a Kuerig K-Cup) with Land O’Lakes Half and Half (no refrigeration required)
• Wendy: Camden Hells Lager (Camden Town, London, UK)

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Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

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