also, awww

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Besides, the bigger part of that story was what he did when he found out - he ran to tell Tyra. It reminds me of the Mad About You episode where (in a flashback before they were married) Paul was going for his annual New Year's walk or something alone and didn't want Jamie (I think that was Helen Hunt's character) to come with him. They got in a fight and he just left - but when he came back she asked it how it was.

He replied that the thing that kept happening was that every time some thought occurred to him, he wanted to tell her about it, but she wasn't there. And that's how he knew he wanted to marry her. When you really care about someone, when something big happens in your life, the first thing you want to do is tell them and share it with them.

For Landry, the most exciting thing about getting to play was that he was going to tell Tyra and she was going to be excited for him and that was almost better than actually getting to play. I mean, what's better than having someone you care about get genuinely excited and happy for you?

Of course, Tyra was busy, which knocked him off his high perch - but that outcome didn't even occur to him as he was running in the door to tell her. And it's not like we needed to learn that Landry likes her, but it still was a good moment over on my side of the screen.

hopefully i can transcribe tyra's mom encouraging her to embrace being "surprising" next