also, the three new kids were all really smart, and the original kids were not.
it’s really too bad Mike didn’t end up with the uncle where he would’ve been better off.
True, but God or whatever you call the Benevolent Universe did double-down on Mikes post-childhood phase when he married C., had two beautiful children, and never looked back at the East Coast once he moved to the Midwest.
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