User blog comment:Funnyman12/Brawl in the family the important message that was missed./@comment-31563773-20171222161608

Very interesting points you both brought up. However, and this is just me, it's not the reason why I hated the episode. Since I don't get into conflict much in real life, this wouldn't apply to me. What made me irritated was the lack of communication shown throughout the whole episode, and this is one issue I have with my current job. It seemed kinda odd how Lincoln was the only one who didn't really know about the whole protocol, and while he certainly didn't help at trying to diffuse the situation by spouting off, it seemed weird how everyone besides him knew of it. Did he miss a sibling meeting, or he wasnt paying attention? Probably would've made the episode better if that was mentioned.

And speaking of attention, there's a difference between hearing and listening. Lincoln was certainly doing that when he first tried to diffuse the argument between Lori and Leni despite them being impassive to each other at that point.

Another issue I had was the character derailment this episode showed. Being that it's season 2 and we all have a generla idea of how certain characters act, it shouldn't be surprising that Lori and Leni would fight over a dress (opening sequence anyone?) Though, at that point it's been established that Lincoln is a pretty smart kid, and it feels kinda off how dumb he was in the episode. And now I shift the arrow at the parents. I think until this episode aired, they were pretty fair and would discipline their kids when necessary. So...when it came to the point they hid in their room to hide from their angered kids...that was pretty jarring to say the least.

As for the protocol itself (get your tin foil hats ready), while it does have merit in separating parties until they cool down, it does have quite a few flaws. You can make a valid point to not make alot of noise cause it would irritate someone, but blocking off the most used parts of the house just seems dumb (especially when you have one bathroom in the house [which is a poor design flaw FYI!]). Another issue that came up with was the handling of it once more sisters started getting into conflict. You can't keep that many people separated in a small space, that's simple logic. Especially when you have even fewer people to manage them. The last thing was rather hypocrtical when it came to keeping Lincoln out of it. Sure, you can keep him out of the loop, but taking his room and bedding isn't exactly preventing him from being involved. If things get that chaotic over a simple dress dispute, I can only imagine what would happen if a REAL issue came up.

And lastly, Epsilon, you owe Funnyman $10k in damages. That was an expensive roof.