On the down side, Julia’s home life remains dull at best (the husband’s reluctance to adopt), cringe-inducing at worst, with the teenage son’s “My sister is waiting for us in China. What is going to happen to her if we don’t go get her?” tied with Julia’s “At night, we will call to you on the wind” monologue for the episode’s clunkiest moment.

Dianna Agron and Erika Christensen high-five. They are no longer tied for the worst adoption plotlines on television.