remember paul remember paul seventh season premiere episode american comedy drama television series overall episode series originally broadcast united_states september abc episode paul mark moses announces return lane learns daughter accidentally switched baby hospital years earlier episode written series creator directed included introduction college roommate remember paul dealt divorce continued storyline financial problems susan mike remember paul garnered generally mixed reviews critics drew favorable unfavorable comparisons williams performance episode portrayal ugly betty according nielsen ratings episode drew million viewers making watched season premiere time plot background focuses lives residents suburban neighborhood lane narrated deceased neighbor past episodes local hospital discovered nurse accidentally switched children birth years earlier involved families lives town lane decided confess son andrew driving car killed mother law years earlier result husband decided leave susan slipped financial crisis decided small apartment town husband paul mark moses suicide killing response sister framed paul death fled town years later paul released jail returned lane episode news paul return neighborhood including susan know rented home paul expresses interest buying old home street despite having signed lease susan house plan pulled police officer speeding incarcerated paul dead months lawyer tells daughter madison biological child accidentally switched birth daughter decides information spare pain tells andrew ran mother decides tell want upset despite small apartment susan mike struggling financially susan receives offer landlord appear home run erotic website film initially refuses offer mike considers taking job oil rig alaska susan agrees appear website new job friends family struggles impending divorce reveals begun dating physical takes interest contractor keith old college wife new_york_yankees player comes visit friendly quickly argument threatens kick changes mind reveals left woman production remember paul written series creator executive producer directed marked debut old college rival addition williams cast announced close series sixth season finale abc series williams starred character originally named conceived trouble making similar character appeared series fifth season following casting announcement williams admitted having fan series year stopped watching racially second season mystery storyline focused series black main character williams explained entertainment_weekly betty son chains basement like black character honestly fell think image black folks don want child basement cast member commented williams addition cast saying great dash lane going brilliantly wonderful woman smart strong real team player great addition episode reintroduced storyline rivalry returned series series regular appearing briefly paul sixth season finale return moses commented talk coming year ago talk hollywood doesn don super excited maybe town lots don happen year called agent said thinking seriously eventually offer pleased returned reprise role returned respectively flashback sequences left series regular end season reprised role episode portraying gay couple series fourth season promoted series regulars seventh season joined main cast role previously portrayed series debut episode new contractor charming playboy catches attention began multi episode guest appearance susan reception ratings according nielsen ratings remember paul watched million viewers held rating share original american broadcast september viewers years age episode drew rating making twelfth watched week demographic premiere sunday night football nbc fox respectively drew rating demographic time slot time episode watched season premiere percent decrease viewership sixth season premiere year earlier abc reported episode gained additional million viewers rating week following original broadcast recordings remember paul following episode meet wife drew million viewers scored rating share total viewers rating viewers years age critical reception episode received mixed reviews gave premiere positive review praised williams performance stating brought brand missing series departure additionally favorably compared performance williams portrayal ugly betty complimented performance naming character best possible way called storyline sweet criticized susan storyline said premiere packed fall love place series improved quality season return commented gave repeat performance character ugly betty drew comparison williams performances episode ugly betty stating characters sharp tongue chemistry enters orbit weekly gave premiere negative review awarding stars stated turned run mill sitcom criticized writers able develop material match cast capable great things called paul storyline switched baby storyline compelling commented williams deliver performances squad called episode solid season premiere series surprised identity switched child early revelation praised williams performance writing
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