Beverly loves Halloween, but is disappointed when all of the kids choose not to celebrate the holiday with her; Adam wants to hang out with some 8th grade students; Barry and Erica decide to attend a high school senior's party; and Beverly takes an unusual step to convince a girl Barry has a crush on to date him.

But I also really want the show to experiment and try different pairings of its characters. Spread the wealth around and let the other characters who I don't feel anything towards emotionally or comedically develop into something amusing. Erica literally doesn't have a distinguishable personality. They only sporadically toss her into situations at the service - or disservice like Barry's story in this episode - of other characters. She hasn't grounded any kind of main story. Thusly, when the show aims for sentimentality in the scene where she and Barry form a pact to have each other's backs, I don't feel warm and fuzzy inside because Erica is not a character.
Barry and Murray are largely just joke machines. They make me laugh but I don't get a strong sense of caring about what happens to them on a human level. When Beverly embarrasses Barry at the party, I don't really feel sorry for him that he lost the girl. With Murray, the show has tried to make him more human - especially in these last two episodes. So while it is funny to see Jeff Garlin yelling or in his underwear a lot of the time, it feels like a much better use of him during those moments where he is an actual parent to Adam.
Some more thoughts:
- I just love how in every episode you can expect a classic 80s song to play during the third act. This week it was "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr.