Last Man Standing was back this week after being off the previous week due to FOX’s coverage of the MLB World Series (by the way, happy that the Boston Red Sox won!). This week’s episode is all about Mike and Vanessa getting a new foreign exchange student in their home since most of their kids are either out of the house now or don’t need much help from their parents.

For this post, I’m not going to go through the exact specifications of what the episode was about since it takes too long to write and I don’t want to bore you with all of the details. If you’re truly interested in the show or episode, watch the episodes either when they air live on FOX or on streaming services like Hulu and the FOX Now app.

Now, Vanessa and Mike getting a foreign exchange student interests me since it would be great for Vanessa to have another young student in the house, especially one that has a passion for geology, which is something that Vanessa is still very much into, herself.

The new foreign exchange student’s name is Jen (played by Krista Marie Yu) and she is 16 years old and wants to study in the state of Colorado to eventually become some form of geologist.

What makes this episode funny is when Mike and Jen’s father have this discussion in the Baxter’s living room, mentioning a lot of things about the local and naitonal politics currently going on in the United States. I believe there are about 2-3 times the father mentions Trump. However, since Vanessa told Mike to “play nice,” he does not respond.

Unfortuantely, by the end of the evening, the father tells Mike and Vanessa that he does not want her kid living at their house for a semester. This leaves Vanessa sad and upset.

The subplot of the episode is Mandy and Kyle mentioning Boyd’s crush on some girl in his math class. I like this since the show has not put a lot of focus on Boyd, so far in the seventh season. I want to see more of him since he is being played by a new actor, Jet Jurgensmeyer.

In the great style of Last Man Standing and it’s writing, I like about Kristin and Ryan are both freaking out positively about their son having a “study date” with this girl. Even funnier, when Boyd freaks out and runs to gel his hair again, Ryan gets it all on his iPhone. For a parent, I don’t think that there is anything funnier than that.

Stories like this are one of the reasons why I was excited about the show getting a seventh season from FOX and the recasting of the Boyd character. It allows them to expand that character a bit.

Getting back to the main plot of the episode, after Mike gives Jen’s father a tour of the Outdoor Man store, he begins to ask him why he won’t let Jen stay with him and Vanessa. As it turns out, the father is just concerned about having his daughter living so far away from him.

Eventually, the father does agree to have his daughter stay with Mike and Vanessa. Once this agreed upon between Mike and the father, Mike comes home to both Vanessa and Jen, as Jen is having her last night there in Colorado and having dinner with the Baxters. Mike reveals that what Jen saw in him the previous night was not actually him. Jen responds by literally saying the exact same thing…surprisingly. Vanessa says that Jen puts the “Gen” in “estrogen,” even though her name is spelled “Jen.”

Mike’s final comments on the episode, “And so it begins…”

Overall, this was a great episode for the show, especially after not having a new episode in two weeks. Jen being a foreign exchange student looks like it’s going to be great for the show and it could leave to some good episodes in the future.

The only thing I would say that I did not like about it was that I wish they would have done more with Boyd’s character and expanded on him having his study date. We didn’t even see the girl. Perhaps it will be for a future episode, but needless to say, I expected a little more out of it.

If you have not watched the episode yet, I encourage you to do so. It’s fun, funny, and shows just reason why FOX chose to revive Last Man Standing. Also, Joe (played by Jay Leno) has a couple funny scenes that are priceless.

Also, shoutout to Krista Marie Yu for liking one of my tweets on Twitter and responding to my tweet. It may not have had the most likes or retweets, but I think it did have the most hearts, so I like to think that means my tweet was truly one of her favorites.

The next episode of Last Man Standing premieres this Friday​ at 8 PM EST/7 PM CST and is all about Vanessa’s mother coming over to the Baxter’s house for a visit.