In this episode ghost Doug keeps pressuring Deanna to plot and manipulate events, and Deanna responds by quietly engineering situations to help Joey and Vanessa while keeping her own power. Viewers noted Deanna’s charm and the way she outmaneuvers others, for example giving Joey and Vanessa Napa trip recommendations and telling Vanessa she would accept Joey if it made Vanessa happy. Several posts compared ghost Doug favorably to Ted, saying Doug is acting more like a parental figure to Deanna than Ted is to Kat. The episode also continues other cast tensions: a preview scene shows Tomas preparing to propose to Kat, and Nicole already knows Tomas intends to propose and disapproves. Some commenters urged that Tomas be publicly embarrassed over the proposal, and others worried about a potential Kat/Eva bride wars storyline. One scheduling note: new episodes will not air the week of June 29 to July 3 and repeats will run instead.
