The Persistence of Tectonics

Season 1, Episode 9, Aired
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Amy juggles preparing Thanksgiving dinner, being on call, and coping with a surprise announcement from Michael; Gillian asks Maxine for help in financing another in-vitro procedure; Amy presides over an adoption in which the biological father shows up at the last minute to claim his child; Hillary tries to settle the score with Vincent during a Thanksgiving party at Alan's; Amy sentences two boys convicted of animal cruelty.moreless
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      • This episode won the 2000 Genesis Award for Best Television Dramatic Series. Edit

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      • Maxine: (laughing at Gillian's story, and slightly tipsy) Ah Amy Hi! We've been drinking. Amy: I can see that Mom, um everyone this is Bruce, my Court Services Officer. Edit
      • Maxine: And this is a very nice gay man, Justin, whom we just met. And this is my son, Vincent, who isn't gay. He's a writer. Edit
      • Maxine: I was just down in the basement...Hooking a rug. Edit

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      • The title of this episode, "The persistence of Tectonics" is appropriate. Tectonics refers to the constant but slow movement of the earth's plates. Edit

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