It was during episode 8 from before Elizabeth and Philip have their cutesy moment in the kitchen. Philip and Stan have finished playing racquetball and go over to Stan's for a snack. Stan is drinking orange juice and they're both eating cold pizza. Stan asks how things are. Philip gives a general answer about work (as a travel agent.) Stan starts poking around into asking if things are better now between Philip and Elizabeth and Philip answers that they hit a rough patch for awhile, but things are better now. Stan makes some hazy comments about marriage and it being like some circus thing. Matthew comes in (which is great! we never see him and Stan!) and is noting his dad drank all the orange juice (if I'm remembering right) and Stan makes some joke about men and needing replenishment, and Matthew leaves. Stan invites Philip over for dinner and Philip leaves.
In retrospect, I kind of understand why it was cut. The tone was a little weird in places and it slowed down the pace a bit. But it was still nice to see as a deleted scene! And it leads me to notice how little we see of Matthew and Stan, which I guess is kind of their point as an absentee father, but I like it when they actually dig into that with angst in person. I also always miss seeing Elizabeth/Henry.
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Date: 2014-02-19 12:46 am (UTC)It was during episode 8 from before Elizabeth and Philip have their cutesy moment in the kitchen. Philip and Stan have finished playing racquetball and go over to Stan's for a snack. Stan is drinking orange juice and they're both eating cold pizza. Stan asks how things are. Philip gives a general answer about work (as a travel agent.) Stan starts poking around into asking if things are better now between Philip and Elizabeth and Philip answers that they hit a rough patch for awhile, but things are better now. Stan makes some hazy comments about marriage and it being like some circus thing. Matthew comes in (which is great! we never see him and Stan!) and is noting his dad drank all the orange juice (if I'm remembering right) and Stan makes some joke about men and needing replenishment, and Matthew leaves. Stan invites Philip over for dinner and Philip leaves.
In retrospect, I kind of understand why it was cut. The tone was a little weird in places and it slowed down the pace a bit. But it was still nice to see as a deleted scene! And it leads me to notice how little we see of Matthew and Stan, which I guess is kind of their point as an absentee father, but I like it when they actually dig into that with angst in person. I also always miss seeing Elizabeth/Henry.