My main issue with Max is that he is used as a catalystic character, he's always going to do the type of things he's expected to do in his role of an austictic child when proper company would not in light of tense situations, so as a viewer, it becomes this eyerolling exercise for me when Max's...
I was rooting for Max to get smacked by his grand dad Zeke. Sometimes the writers use the Max character as a crutch to ramp up "moments", and it's offputting to watch, and becomes rather tiresome. At this point, I'm ambivalent for its return or its demise.
The majority of new episodes for ongoing network TV shows after the Christmas break are aired in February and late April/May due to those months being the sweeps period for ratings that set ad rates, so if you get 7-8 new episodes over those 2 sweeps months periods, you'll get only 3-4 new...
I'm tempted to put that article link on my facebook page, just to see what sort of reaction my friends have on tough Asian mothers. Obviously my mom wasn't tough enough on me. Tee hee.