The Fosters 2X7: The Longest Day

Finally, finally, finally, the truth comes out. I've been waiting for this forever. And I'm surprised by how I feel. I thought I would feel

Finally, finally, finally, the truth comes out. I've been waiting for this forever. And I'm surprised by how I feel. I thought I would feel so much better at Dani finally paying for this, but I think I just feel sad.

So, Callie and Jude are planning to spend the day with Sophia's family. Callie wants to make sure that Jude doesn't feel threatened by them. They end up having a really great day, actually. I could do without Sophia's mom, she seems like a bit of a controlling nightmare (at least towards Sophia), but other than that, it all goes well.

Robert ends up offering Callie the college money again, and after having such a pleasant day, she reconsiders and decides to take it. I don't feel good about this. I truthfully don't think Robert has bad intentions here, but I feel like if money gets involved, it can't help but get messy. Especially, at the end of the episode when Sophia and Robert talk about adopting Callie themselves. Robert tells Sophia that Callie already has a family that loves her, but he also doesn't say no. I'm nervous about this. On the plus side though, it does seem like his wife is angling to make sure she doesn't get adopted by them, so maybe that will actually work in our favor.

While the house is empty, Lena tells Brandon that it's time to tell Stef and Mike what happened. He's so uncomfortable, but finally, he manages to blurt it out. And Stef and Mike immediately start yelling at each other. Poor Brandon. He didn't ask for any of this. He wanted to keep his mouth shut (Lena's right, he can't, but it doesn't make me feel any better about it).

Stef ends up talking to Brandon after she's calmed down a bit, telling him he has to go to the police. What she did was illegal and she needs to be prosecuted. He refuses, claiming he was just as much in the wrong as she was. Wrong. It probably does feel that way to him though.

Eventually, Stef and Mike manage to have a conversation, calmly, about this. Mike, it turned out, is more humiliated than anything else. Which makes sense. Plus, when we feel vulnerable, we tend to last out. He's already coming around to Stef's side when she drops, 'What if this was Mariana who 'decided' to have sex with one of her teachers?' and Mike is basically sold.

So, he then goes to talk to Brandon and tells him the same thing. Yeah, maybe Brandon was an active participant, but Dani is the adult. It was her responsibility to make sure things like that don't happen. He reiterates that Dani needs to be held accountable for this.

One of the last scenes in the episode, is Dani getting arrested at her and Mike's place. She doesn't even seem to resist. She mostly just looked resigned, like she knew it was coming.

In between all this heaviness, we've got Mariana who is concerned she might get kicked off the dance team, since they don't have enough money for everyone to go to the competition. Unfortunately, it's obvious that she's one of the weaker dancers. And it doesn't help that the captain is constantly calling her out for it. I don't know. I would like it if Mariana got some juicier stories. Her dying her hair and being worried about making it to a dance competition are pretty low stakes for what else is happening on this show right now.

Plus, Jesus's girlfriend is totally manipulating him into making sure he doesn't spend anymore time with Emma than strictly necessary. Honey, you need to break up with this girl. She is not the one for you.