Another good episode. Finally we're taken back to that fateful night 3 years ago and we see it thru the eyes of each member of the family.

Lucy is invited to dinner and of course Helen hates her because she smells the boss has the hots for her favorite detective.

Luke invites Grace--who agrees with some reservations about singing and wearing a dress--over for his birthday dinner but alas, his parents forget what day it is so he and Grace end up sulking in the garage.

Joan arrives with a kite that was Luke's birthday wish 3 years ago which of course everybody had forgotten because of what happened to Kevin. Grace has a gift for him as well--she tears up their confidentiality agreement in front of him and Joan and proceeds to kiss him. I was half expecting Joan to say something along the lines of "like this is a big secret?"

I thought it was intersting to see the events of that night.

I felt bad for Will, having to deal with those being your last words to your son before an accident.

The final shot being Kevin's last steps was laying it on a little thick.

I thought this episode just flew by, I mean, by the time I even ventured to see what time it was, it was 50 minutes into the episode, so I guess I was pretty engrossed in the flashbacks and the present day issues.

I bet living with Helen wasn't easy on Will before Kevin's accident, and Will's become less abrasive and more understanding as well. Because of the accident, it seemed that the family unit got tighter and more compassionate.

While Joan focuses on her future college plans (because she wants to be with Adam wherever he goes), and having Price crush her college dreams, God tells Joan to focus on the present. Of course, by the end of the episode, it's not about the timeframe, but about Luke's birthday gift on a stressful day of depositions for Kevin's case, and Will inviting Lucy over to meet the family, where the old reliable lasagna birthday meal for Luke becomes a thing of the past.

In her deposition, Joan was reminded by God-as-legal-stenographer to get Luke a birthday present and she got him the present he wanted 3 years ago, but Kevin's accident pre-empted any normal birthday celebration for Luke. Joan brings home a kite, and Luke is very appreciative of Joan remembering that very gift and makes the rest of the day fade away and it becomes a good memory after all. Plus Grace tore up their Non-PDA contract, so it's all good. Luke is just happy that his family is intact (given the recent death of Judith), and Will and Helen share in watching their youngest son grow up and handle disappointment in a mature manner.

The other poignant and sad thing was seeing the events that led to Kevin getting into the car that would be involved in an alcohol-related accident and paralyzing him from the waist-down, such as the anguished look on Kevin's girlfriend as she watched Kevin blow her off and get into the car to be driven by his drunk friend, and then we see Kevin's final steps before the final credits appear.