chase desperate chase sixteenth episode sixth season american comedy drama series overall episode series originally aired abc united_states february episode gets break children catches daughter birthday continues explore feelings episode written directed included string guest appearances serves romantic interest pairing marked lesbian relationship chase marked appearance plays mysterious man named takes unusually strong interest chase received generally mixed negative reviews according nielsen_media_research episode seen million viewers making second lowest rated episode time viewership chase suffered competition winter olympics closing ceremony plot story focuses lives residents suburban neighborhood lane recent episodes encouraged quit job turn life robin briefly lived susan moved susan jealous robin living house husband robin moved revealed lesbian prompting start developing romantic feelings robin pregnant despite middle aged career woman having children caused strain husband ambitious owner catering company son andrew works personal assistant recently moved lane escape circumstances old home new_york_city fully explained husband arguing circumstances grown concerned niece dating son result convinced leave pursue modeling career new_york_city secretly gone city find episode struggling growing feelings dream robin suggests stop living robin interfering recovery later celebrating robin new job accidentally champagne takes causing wants leave feelings robin agrees leave follows upstairs end bed daughters comes illness forced leave house stays neighbors bob lee enjoys drinking tries visit party accidentally nursery learns bob lee trying adopt baby new appreciation children returns home distracted pregnancy tom horrified realize forgotten daughter penny birthday tries organize minute party mistakenly wrong written cake penny runs away checks hotel room tracks apologizes penny said jealous sister jokes women men family baby born employees keeps making major mistakes andrew defends later mysterious man named visits insisting understands values wants work initially hesitant impressed hires later andrew gets upset plans fire sam correctly andrew having affair later sam hints andrew let secretly drinks coffee andrew world greatest son susan encourages elderly neighbor roy propose girlfriend karen karen indicates wants married later roy susan situation fears start women engaged later karen learns lung cancer roy tells susan marrying karen realizes want lose karen sure beat cancer leaves note claiming camping friend eddie runs eddie grocery store realizes actually run new_york_city seeking fearing man past named patrick find nick head new_york find production chase written directed originally aired abc united_states february broadcast canada day episode introduced character mysterious man starts working takes appears unusually strong interest character set appear episodes played actor best known husband character drama series mad men chase marked string guest appearances actress seeking new life joined soon departure regular cast member showtime drama series character killed fourth season finale said filming episode girls fun work welcomed open arms thrilled buzz character relationship chase continued ongoing storyline exploring sexuality pairing robin marks lesbian relationship actress praised subplot said know character lesbian permanently story lines change series creator interested playing complexity compared new actress realized lesbian late life entering relationship woman said believed character taken surprise new feelings experiencing think emotionally vulnerable getting think robin connect kind wounded emotional level think feeling kind emotional draws robin physical way confusing reception original american broadcast chase seen million viewers according nielsen_media_research viewers ages received rating share time lowest rating individual episode series history continued downward trend ratings previous episodes lowest rated series history airing episode subsequent week chase dropped viewership percent previous episode lovely like episode chase suffered ratings partially competition nbc broadcast winter olympics drew estimated million viewers cbs reality series fourth episode drew million viewers episode received generally mixed negative reviews entertainment_weekly writer highly critical episode describing story predictable susan subplot boring overall story arc slow developing felt robin pairing unbelievable questioned audiences families respond lesbian pairing praised turning said story fantasy cooper said character fun funny ultimately heartfelt caring conversely cooper said involving pretty standard stuff los_angeles_times writer said liked robin character charm chemistry said story arc grown infinitely interesting mystery said relationship sense previous involving romance mike mental breakdown following break squad said glad episode centered supporting cast particularly praising attention bob lee said like direction andrew character taken felt relationship robin evolved fast
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