Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 15, 2020

Bipolar behavior doesn’t excuses dishonesty, Ann!

If Ann wasn’t floundering already, she’s panicking and flailing now.

It’s all her fault! If she hadn’t found the ultrasound that I planted in a house that I told her to dust and keep clean, you wouldn’t have known that I tried to deceive you! And that’s why she’s the bad guy! I just want us to be happy, and that’s why I lied to you!

It’s like a Disney villain during the 3rd act when all their plans come crashing down. She went from pleading, to anger, to sobbing in less than a minute. Toms not letting up on that death stare one bit and Tiff & Les are watching the wreck with a smirk. I love it.

“I just want us to be happy! And I’ll kill anyone who gets in the way! I mean…BooHoo!”

Keep trying to convince your “Tommykins”, Ann.

It’s your own grave you’re digging, hon.

This is more fun than The Saab Job, that movie about a bank robbery in Sweden with a local getaway car.

Once again, she’s playing the blame game. Unfortunately Ann, you dug too deep a hole this time. Tom believes his daughter, thank goodness.

Does that make her Annykins?

Ann needs to be in Washington right about now… she’d fit in perfectly!

Ann has lost her vaunted cool. Don’t worry Ann, there’s always work for you as a pro wrestling heel.

Well now. I’m looking at a certain Burnett who probably wishes to H3LL she’d stayed in Japan. Amazing. Ann had all but won. Tom was ready to marry her. Les was jazzed about being a big bro. Even Tiffany was going to step back, do nothing and be prepared to let her father be “happy.” But oh no, Ann. You just HAD to rub Tiffany’s face in *SH*T by screwing up her room and making her do those stupid chores. Not to mention making that boneheaded move of taping that fake sonogram to the back of that picture. Epic Stupidity.

I just have two questions now:

1) Why isn’t Ann putting one foot in front of the other and running the H3LL out of there with EXTREME prejudice?

2) Why isn’t Tiffany or Les recording this joyous scene for posting to social media for ALL of Ann’s “victims” to enjoy?

And please Me that Tom wasn’t STUPID enough to have given Ann TOTAL control of his finances.

Ah the last-ditch ploy, also predicted by the greater majority of the readers.

Let the cold light of realization wash over him. ✨

HA! “Creepy weepies.” Good one, Les. Let’s hope her creepy weepies don’t work for her this time like they have in the past.

Ann digs a deeper hole for herself and Tom gets angrier. She’s met her match this time.

I am really enjoying Ann’s comeuppance (very cathartic). Oh, please let it last!

I’m amazed at how much Tiffany and Les have grown recently! Tiff was actually empathetic to Dad a few days ago, and Les, excited about a baby bro, was tender hearted.

Can it be true? Can we really believe?

Tom looks determined. Let’s hope so.

Tommykins?

Another step in the right direction….

And, it’s only Tuesday! Wondering where this is going from here???

Even a broken clock can be right twice a day. :)

Kinda called it yesterday “AND THEN end have her a stammering mess pulling the old “But you still love me Tom, don’t you? I can change, just give me a change to prove I can change.””

Kick her out now Tommykins.

Did she just paraphrase a Scooby-Doo line? “It would have worked too, if it weren’t for you pesky kids!”

Tom is looking older.

She’ll be back, in 12-18 months, more devious and EVILER than ever. every drama needs an epic villain. Are you not entertained?

Okay, we still have time this week for Brad and Toni, Bernice, and Ox to make appearances to kick Ann before T.J. does an encore on Saturday of this strip:

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I think life for Tiff just got better.

It would be ironic if she actually turns out to be pregnant and she doesn’t know it.

Loving the third panel, To’s expression is pure Not Buyin’ It…

So who threw water on Ann?

“I’m melting, I’m melting.”

Maybe Tiffany can click her heels together and we can get back to the regular Luann comic strip?

So, Friday or Saturday for Ann saying to Les: “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little cat too.” ?

Wow, Tom is just not having this and I love it.

Don’t fall for her fake tears Tommy Boy.

If G&K let Tom fall for Ann’s con again, it’s really going to tick off a lot of readers of this strip. Let us enjoy Ann’s long overdue comeuppance!

The finish line is in sight, only baby steps away, Tom is determined. But, then there’s Greg, the man in charge, and judging from previous performances, it just ain’t gonna happen.

When in doubt, start throwing stuff at the wall and see what sticks.

Now that Ann has turned on the water works it might be time to remind Dad of the time Tiffany tried to warn Dad about the Souffle scam but Ann cried her way out of.

Well, squeezing his nipples is an interesting choice.

Ann really just has the stability of a sand castle or a Jenga tower. Seems put together at first glance, but the second you get a good poke in, it’s all over but the (literal) crying. We’ve only seen Tom’s face from a few panels now, but it’s perfectly clear it’s taking all of his self-control to keep from exploding. I’m glad he’s standing his ground with confronting Ann, but I imagine once he and Tiffany are alone after Ann and Les are gone that it’s going to be a lot of pain and a lot of healing moving forward. At the very least he might now know that Tiffany wasn’t being a brat about his new girlfriend and she genuinely cared about his happiness and she only started (really) firing up when she realized just how evil Ann was.

At this point, I don’t even care of Tom goes as far as to sue Ann or anything close to it. I’m just looking forward to if/when he and Tiffany talk after the dust settles and their bond grows stronger. He could grow as a father and Tiffany has already grown as a person as a part of all of this. At the very least Tiffany has shown at this point that she doesn’t see her dad as a wallet, but as someone she loves and wants to be happy. It humanized her more than any of the high school strips did and she needed it. Like, I wouldn’t wish an Ann Eiffel on anyone and as frustrating as it’s been to endure, at least Tiffany’s development had plenty of time to seem organic instead of doing a complete 180 from high school mean girl to stressed victim in the span of a few months or something. She still has a bit of growing to do, but she’s definitely taking steps in the right direction.

I hope Tom, Tiffany, and Les get to unwind with a full spa day complete with a first class manicure after all this!

Tom throwing Ann out and she leaves forever? I’d rather G & K continue to surprise us.

Well maybe Tom isn’t quite as besotted as I thought. Good for Tom.

Ann it’s over Tommykins want by your poor sob story. Very proud of Tom.

By the continued scowl in the last panel, I am assuming Tom did not buy Ann’s sobs of sorries. Stay the course, Tom. Don’t let her acting steer you off course. Listen to Tiff and Les – they know your fiancee better than you do. Order Ann to pack and go. While she is doing that, check your finances. While you are doing that, Tiff and Les will tell you about the Souffle scam, Ann closing Tiff’s credit cards, made her a maid, about to attack a child (Shannon), her threats to Bernice as her supervisor at Borderline Bookstore, Les’s life story with his mother….Tom will either turn off his computer after checking his accounts…and 1. call the police for draining his accounts, or 2. call Souffle to report Ann or 3. simply escort Ann out of his house into a Uber. I am leaning toward 1 or 3.

Now, before the week is out, will Tiffany and Les bring up the Souffle scam and that Tiffany tried to warn her dad then, but Ann got to Tommykins first and he refused to believe Tiffany? Will Tommykins have a serving of humble pie? How will he make it up to Tiffany? Still a few questions to be answered.

“Thanks to these meddling kids…”

Does anyone else think it weird how gigantic Ann’s head is compared to Tom’s?

I’m just wondering what the logistics must be like of having to figure out who gets how many of whatever types of pillows may be needed when you are sharing a bed with a partner who has a pumpkin like that.

I think what’s so disappointing about this resolution is that Ann is displaying pretty much in all three panels, just about everything that everybody has been predicting for weeks.

I had thought by now, perhaps there would be a twist. There could still be one, but she’s lost so much ground today, it’s hard to imagine her digging her way out of this hole.

One: I agree with others that are concerned that Tiffany reconciling with Tom is a questionable thing. I have maintained all along that Tom and his money were not Tiffany’s friends. Perhaps that is the plot twist later this week: Tiffany says, “You’re welcome, but it really is time for me to break out on my own.” But I’m not counting on it.

Two: If Ann is as stupid as she is portrayed today, have we overestimated her all along?

Please tell me Tom has finally bought a clue.

She’d have gotten away with it if not for those meddling kids

Back to Weenie-World for Ann…..

I think the choice to finally show Daddy’s face was to make him more human. He has always been in the background with Tiff, and now he has a more solid role. Once this is over, I think he will be more involved in being around for Tiff.

Ann:“the scam was working and i would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t been for these meddling kids.” haha

BIPOLAR DISORDER (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks… I am pasting and copying this brief definition from the NIMH about bipolar disorder. Essentially this is a brain disorder, that does the above, and people suffer from it. Ann is not suffering from bipolar disorder, she is BEING sociopathic. DEFINTION OF SOCIOPATH a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience. GRIFTER PERSON Grifter. A Grifter, is somebody who can influence anybody, anywhere, at anytime, into doing whatever they choose to have them do, that will result in the grifter’s personal gain. Usually monetary, but really anything that benefits him or her somehow.

Okay Ann is a grifter person, not anyone suffering from mental illness (I know someone close to me I would die for that has this disorder, so I get upset when people misuse the term bipolar behavior) and this set of panels is the absolute BEST drawing of grifter behavior. GnK brilliant. And having the affected children of both of these not 100% emphatic parents, Ann being 0%, Tom being 49-60% able to stand there watching her implode because she can’t get out of her lie, blaming Tiffany, who she would murder if she could, is very satisfying. I hope this means not only that she leaves the Farrell’s and Les, but that she suffers serious consequences this time. I think the kids are showing growth to, although given the hall/study situation back in college Tiffany still needs to develop honesty and empathy herself. But she is not in the same universe as Ann, Ann is a very dangerous person.

And the Oscar® goes to!…

Sooo, it is Tiff’s fault that you left an old ultrasound image where anyone could find it, then tell Tommy – boy that it “appears” that you are pregnant in a phony sham??

I was honestly expecting Ann to play a better recovery con than that. I’m disappointed in that. But JUST that. Sooooooooooooooooooo happy the chickens have come home to roost for her!

True. Tiff found the pic, but she didnt write that message to Tom on it. So either way Ann had already formed the plan to lie to him about being pregnant. Tom looks utterly unfazed in that last panel.

Ann have some dignity.

Somehow, some way, Tiffany will come out the loser in all this…

Again, I want to be wrong, but I don’t think Tom is strong enough to handle this, he’s going to cave to Ann’s manipulative ways. His high-dollar law practice has apparently always meant more to him than his daughter. He really showed his lack of character when he was content with Tiffany being Ann’s personal housemaid and b**ch. I don’t think very highly of him at all.

I wonder if Tiff will realize she’s been leeching off her father like The Evil for years and straighten out!?

Is Tiff losing weight, or is it just me?

Not to impugn the writing of this comic. How does an adult woman not understand how to run the “I may be pregnant” scam? The character of Ann comes off here with the reasoning ability of you twelve year old..

“Tommykins?” Ugh…

I sure hope this won’t go south by Friday. If is so badly written that he so stupid as buy into the “it is all her fault for finding the evidence of my lies” This strip is toast.

I hate to see what Ann is going to cook up to try and destroy Tiffany, possibly Tom, after this. I’d love to say this is the last we’ll ever see of Ann Eiffel and good riddance, but I doubt it.

Busted!

Tom: Nothing doing, Ann. I’m sick and tired of you manipulating me into being your boyfriend while at the same time make my daughter miserable. Plus, you’ve been forcing Tiffany to cool it with her money, making her work at The Fuse. I’ve had enough with you. The engagement is over and I want your ring back.

Ann: This is all Tiffany’s fault!!

Tom: No it’s not. This is all on you just like at Borderline Books and Weenie World. And I will not allow your behavior to continue towards me OR my daughter.

Tiffany: Serves you right, Ann.

Les: And I hearby officially disown you, mom. I never wanted you as a mother anyway since you abandoned me a long time ago.

Tiffany: And because of you, Ann, I gained 60 lbs.

Tom: You’ve gained weight, Tiffany?

Tiffany: And the whole world saw it except you.

Tom: I’m so sorry, Tiffany. I love you more than I do Ann.

Ann: This is unfair. (gives ring back to Tom) Mark my words, I will be back.

Les: Not as long I’m here living with Gunther, mom. And if you do come back, I will make sure you DO NOT perform another con as long as you live.

(Ann recalls the ‘you can’t con a con’ speech from T.J. not too long ago)

Ann: Grrrrrrrrrr! This is the third time I got my comeuppance. First, Borderline Books banished me to Japan, then Weenie World fired me after they learned of the taped conversation that T.J. secretly recorded, and now this. I am now leaving you guys FOREVER!!

Tiffany: Oh, by the way Ann. While you and dad were gone, I tossed out your good clothes from what used to be MY room that you, of all people, turned it into a fudging yoga studio with my stuff insides boxes.

Ann: You can have your room back… did you say you tossed out my good clothes?

Tiffany: Yes I did.

(Ann yells out in anger)

Ann: How could you do such a thing?

Tiffany: Now listen here, witch. Dad and I are getting sick and tired of not only your manipulations, but your frauds as well.

Tom: Frauds?

Tiffany: Yes frauds, dad. She’s attempting to scam people with her lingerie business.

Les: Mom? For shame.

(Ann becomes more angrier)

Ann: I’VE HAD IT WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!!

Les: Shut up, mom!

(Tiffany punches Ann in the face)

Ann: Why did you do that?

Tiffany: That’s not only for my father, myself and Les, but the same goes for Bernice, Brad, and T.J.. It’s over!

Ann: Fine, I’ll take my leave. And remember…

Les: You WON’T be back, and I’ll make sure of it.

I’m glad Greg decided to reveal Tom’s face going into this arc. The mystery face was a clever running gag, symbolic of Tom’s distance. But his facial expressions are crucial this week to illustrate that he is not buying Ann’s maneuvers.

So very many ways this can go. Personally, I think Tom is going to cave in to Ann and, as usual, let Tiffany know she can just go to he**. Or … he can ditch Ann forever. Or, once ditched, Ann can go back to running a hot dog stand, or even go to work for Luann’s Mom, who she also ticked off some time ago by being a snot.

Tommykins doesn’t look very happy, despite tearful creepy weepy sob job.

Take the ring back Tommykins.

The thing is, Ann could have gotten out of this so easily if she had just admitted her deceit (caused by insecurity), asked for forgiveness, and moved on. But she’s not capable of honest apology.

Even now, Tom would melt but for presence of 2 young people.

3 more days… much can happen.

My understanding of engagement etiquette is that if she breaks it off, he gets the ring back. If he breaks it off, she can keep and sell ring.

Has Tiffany been looking a bit thinner lately? I’ve been thinking so for a while, but less so in profile

“it’s all her fault” is like saying it’s the police officer’s fault for arresting the criminal.

Enough with the sally sob stories, Eiffel! We ain’t buying it!

Looks like Finally Tom it’s able to see Ann for what she truly is. A manipulative, pathetic person who has no problem to accuse others for her “errors”. it’s over, isn’t it?

I’m happy that she MIGHT finally be caught in one of her schemes, but I’m also confused. He had put the ring on her finger before Tiffany revealed the ultrasound, so she obviously didn’t need to be pregnant in order for him to marry her. What am I missing?

With all the cons Ann has pulled, what are the odds that she hasn’t implicated Tom in some of those schemes precisely for situations like this?

hmmm wonder if we’ll see a follow-up arc with Ann coming back for revenge and her Brother swooping in to stop her.

Ann: “I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids!”

That’s it, Ann. Dig yourself deeper into the mess

Tiffany, Les this is what happens when one is deceitful to their friends and lovers. You know that you can never trust them again.Maybe Tiffany and Les will be invited to stay with Tom; in separate bedrooms of course.

Ann has so many (obviously fake, she just wants to marry Tom for money) emotions. She is pleading, mad, and sad. The only real one Is the pleading.

Ann didn’t expect her scam to be exposed so quickly, so she’s sputtering and turning on the wetworks to elicit an emotional response from Tom. I hope Tom doesn’t relent, demands a straight answer from Ann and gives her the proverbial boot (Tiff can give her a literal one). But I hope G&K don’t revert Tiff to “Daddy’s Little Rich Girl”; she’s has shown tremendous growth over the past few years. I wouldn’t mind seeing Tiff & Gunther together but they both need to mature more.

The closing panel reminds me why I gave up on daytime soaps.

I wonder how old Anne is. Five?

I’m still waiting for it… and it ain’t happened yet.

All her dreams of happiness with Tom’s money are disappearing. Heartbreaking for her.

Mordock999 – My take on your questions:1) Ann honestly does love Tom, but she has had such a track record of doing bad in the past and believing that she always had to be in total control to ensure her outcome, that she didn’t have enough trust in their relationship, and that Tom honestly did love her for her, believed in her in how she helped him out, supported him, and honestly helped his daughter to grow up – and that he would always love her for her, and take care of her, and it’s all just now starting to become painfully clear – she really did have the relationship she always wanted, and she was also responsible for throwing it away by not trusting anyone but “Ann Eiffel”.

2) Tiffany feels sorry for her dad – that strip a week or so ago, when she saw in a picture that her father was smiling, and genuinely happy. As much as she hates Ann Eiffel, she loves her father more, and feels sorry for him, this is not a time to rub his nose into this mess. And when you’re burned this bad, Tiffany knows that her father may become more reclusive to anything resembling love in the future, which may include her.

3) Doubt that Tom gave Ann any total control of finances, he probably shared them with her, and gave her a credit card.

Just my .02.

Slam. Bam. Thank you, ma’am. Time to move on. Bernice needs some serious attention (lovin’).

Next, father learns that Ann cut his daughter off budget wise, was probably spending his daughter’s budget on herself.

Luann has lost about 20 lbs during the last few episodes. Any suggestions for what to call the weight-loss plan?

I am so proud of Tiffany this week!!

I’m sure Tiffany has done a few “sob jobs” of her own in the past.

We see that Tom still has a stern face. He is not amused with Ann’s facade. He has seen acting in a court room so not necessarily conned by her.

Able to mood swing in 2.4 seconds…

BTW, Tom doesn’t look like he’s buying it…

This is delicious!

I don’t think I can watch. I have a sick feeling that she will still win. It just seems like they always let her win.

Not your typical Ann Eiffel behavior when confronted. In the past she has been in a position of power and bluffs or bargains her way out of it. Wheedling and begging have not been part of her behaviors to date. She may still have an ace up her sleeve.

…and yes, I can see that she has no sleeves. Jeez. You people are so literal!

“Those meddling kids!”

Oh-Oh, looks like Tom is not going for the sob job + apology move. Looks like Ann’s goose may be cooked this time around. If so, Yeah for the good side!! He may say either: dang it Ann, you do this again and you’re outa here (Or) Ok Ann this crossed the line, pack your crap up and get outa here!!!

a lot of people think Ann is really off her game. But if you think about it, this is the response of a devious, cheating person with no sense of morals or integrity who has come within a hair’s width of achieving the ultimate goal in life (from her perspective) i.e. marrying into extreme wealth through deceit and dishonesty, and taking control the finances of that household. Now she is about to lose it all. Of course she is crazy out of her mind. She’s like a feral cat who has been suddenly cornered. Every alarm receptor in her body is firing at maximum level. This is her gut level response when all else has failed.

Is it me, or does Tiff’s dad look modeled after Gov. Thomas E. Dewey? Remember? The guy Alice Roosevelt Longworth (TR’s daughter) cracked that he resembled the groom on a wedding cake?

Hopefully after this week we will never have to see Ann Eiffel in another episode. She brings absolutely nothing to this strip.

It is only Wednesday. Three more days to this story… what will happen next?

To keep it clean, the lower extremities may still win out.

There’s no going back, Ann. Tom’s hands are still in fists even if we can’t see them in the picture. There is no way abuse can be in a cartoon, so those fists aren’t going to touch Ann. If he hits the wall, they would go through its quality material. He is fuming. Ann ought to leave everything behind and hightail down the road without another word or sob.

OK, now we’ll see if the tears work like they worked the last time. Tom has already proposed even without the pregnancy so he might just decide he loves her too much to let her go, even with the lie.

The dumb thing (OK, one of the dumb things) is that this is wholly unnecessary. Tom had already proposed to her, so there was no need for Ann to claim that she was pregnant. When Tiffany showed Tom and Ann the ultrasound photo that she found while cleaning, Ann could just have come out and said (truthfully) that it was just the old ultrasound of her pregnancy with Les, and (untruthfully) that she keeps it as a memory of a happy time in her life. Problem solved, and the wedding would proceed as planned. So why did she say that she was pregnant???

Wow, Ann’s blatant attempts to distract and throw blame are pretty blatant here; it’s telling how unsurprised Tiff and Les are at the performance.

“That’s a used car & I’m not buying it!”

What are the Vegas odds on “oh, it’s fine, all is forgiven” by this Saturday?

Tiffany’s stone face in panel 2 is key.

I called it…rage and weeping is how abusive women get their way.

I’m loving this!

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It is still so surprising to me that Ann… who already HAD an engagement ring on her finger when the news of the ultrasound broke out…. did not play this a whole helluva lot better than she did. Since she already had the engagement ring she should have told Tom that Tiffany “ruined” Ann’s surprise…. that…. she WANTS TO have a baby with him, and have an ultrasound picture of the baby…. “just like this one I have of Les.” This would have been Ann’s smart move.

But, she blew that possibility by pretending the ultrasound was a pregnancy she now already was experiencing….. but that was just idiotic on her part. She would have to either fake a miscarriage or get pregnant awfully quick to attempt to keep that ruse going. That she did not think more quickly and act more creatively in her story…. is not typical Ann.

So… for all accounts…. it currently still looks like she is going to be booted out. BUT… I still cannot help but think this is too easy of a story route for Greg. I still think there will be something far more creative that he has in mind that will occur.

I do know that Schrodinger’s Dog, who has extraordinarily accurate prognosticating prowess says I am wrong about thinking this will not be Ann’s exit….. and I admit that SD may very well be accurate on that score….. but…. this end to Ann (and Tiffany’s troubles with Ann) just seems too damn simplistic to be what Greg has chosen IMO.

At long last…Ann episode to remember! Don’t slam the door when you leave, Ms. Awful! :D

Even if one’s child is wrong, one doesn’t enjoy being reminded of the fact. When there is question regarding whether the offspring is right or wrong, parents are even less likely to like hearing it.

Ann is using the shotgun approach, blasting away with alternative excuses, hoping one hits home.

He doesn’t look like he’s impressed with her tears.

“The ultrasound…the gynecologist hasn’t gotten back to me with it. I just have the news and I wanted to give it to you in the best light. I do love and am proud of my son Les”

I will say this arc is likelly over and Ann is gone,. Gone only For a while . She will be back. She is a perfect villian.

Tiffany’s father looks kinda like Freddie Mercury.

Ann is totally unbelievable here. I mean, I get that her world is crashing down around her and she’s panicking, but still. This schizophrenic reaction only digs her deeper…

Having had my life screwed by falling for a woman like Ann I hope to see Her utterly destroyed.

Please don’t let her win anything else

My own life was nearly destroyed by falling for a witch like her. Please, for all of us dummies with our hearts on our sleeves, destroy Ann. Completely. Give us this one.

Ann had the right to remain silent, but apparently not the ability.

Looks like the jig is up, Annie Pie.

I did say the pregnancy was a back up plan. guess that whole thing just went up in smoke now.

If she would fake a pregnancy what else is she faking? Her "love’ for Tommykins? I guess those sexy hot oil massages are now a thing of the past.

It still might a tad premature for either Tiffany or Les to be doing any “rejoicing”.

Tommykins? Oh, brother…

Ann seems schizophrenic…..Boy, Tom’s face in that last panel!!

HMMMM, is the sports car he provided for Ann on a lease, and if not then whose name is on the title? Can’t you see her running off several days travel from them to a motel to try to make him regret losing her and then her car gets towed away while she sleeps? She can become a pool hall hostess like the good for nothing cousin on For Better or for Worse.

Does anyone else see a huge resemblance to Shannon in Ann July 14 & 15? Behavior-wise as well as appearance-wise?

Thank you for resolving this in such a satisfying way! I hope he doesn’t change his mind!!!!

The skill with which Evans wrote this is great…and it shows how often clever scammers trip themselves up. Hiding the ultrasound was the mistake.., and leaving Tiffany to maintain the house added to it. This might have gone another way if Evans had just had Ann show Tom the ultrasound: Tiffany would have no reason to be suspicious, especially since she only found it after noticing that her father seemed to be in better spirits in the picture – and Les would not likely have tumbled to the scam, even if he’d seen the ultrasound later. Ah, what a tangled web..

Oh Chasquido! Is this it for her? She gonna be Thanos soon?

Tom tells Ann “you better leave”.

Then Tom hesitates …starts felling sorry for her … and says – “Ann WAIT – let me call my good friend Simone and see if she will hire you as a salesperson in Paris for Souffle Lingerie. The kids told me you are good at that”. wink wink

Of course, If Tiffany hadn’t found the ultrasound (her backup plan), the deal would have been sealed with the romantic weekend engagement. The ultrasound being the PlanB in case there was no proposal.

If Ann and Tom got married, what would that make Les and Tiffany?

Something tells me an audit of the family books is overdue.

Ooooo, “Sob job”. I’m stealing that.

Good grief there are already 524 comments at 2:06 pm CST, will be get to the magic grand number today? Mordy, calling Mordy.

Love Tiffany and Les’s expressions. Will there be poetic, or otherwise, justice? Ann is soooo pathetic. She doesn’t even realize the “jig is up”!

Please, for the love a Comics, please don’t let Tom fall for Ann’s sob story and finally rid himself of that toxic woman. I know everyone loves a villain but this needs to end.

Why are Tiffany’s eyebrows growing on her bangs?

than a minute ago1) told ya she would cry, although I’d hoped it would be with true remorse. She does have “true remorse”, though for messing up, not for hurting people. 2) Other than Luann winning the lottery, another plot to get Luann back into the scene, would be a plot with Ann looking for revenge on Nancy for the offense of kicking her out of the fuse. Although we’ve prob all had enough Ann for a few decades. 3) Going by Greg’s scenarios of Luann in the future with Quill (remember those three choices) he sees her future as A teacher, married with kids. ZzZzz4) Tiff and Les’s expressions in last panel are inspirational!

Oh please, Tommykins, do throw that lying bee-otch out on her butt. Please!

And by “us”, she means Ann and Tom only. Tiffany (or Les, for that matter!) was not meant to be a part of Ann’s rich family.

And the Academy Award goes too… Not Ann Eiffel, I can tell you that..

Who else thinks Ann will sue for palimony?

Can we just make this a ground to NOT talk about politics, masks, and other volatile topics? Comic world is happy land.

Jeesh, Tiff, STOP making people lie!! Shame on you.

Pins and needles waiting to see what he is going to do. Will he forgive Ann and take her back? Some do and regret it later especially if they rob you blind.

Now I just feel so awful for Tom, he was really happy and felt he had something great.

She loves his money…but that is a love that will never die.

And I would have gotten away with too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!!

Don’t fall for it, Tom!!

Sob Job……….just saying

Ann Awful is just digging her grave deeper and deeper. I am loving it.

Ann – amazing resemblance to Nancy Pelosi…!

Kick the hctib to the curb.

Ann, Souffle scam will come but not now as will Tiff getting cut off from her credit Cards.

Tom will fall for it Hook, Line, and Wedding ring. I’m sure Ann has done some other things to ensure her future.

The DeGroots still have that spare bedroom for rent.

As a famous man once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

Ann just got blindsided and now she’s falling apart. Quick! Throw a bucket of water on her!!!!

The sob job… The creepy weepies… The I-Boo-Booed Boo-Hoos…

So far, Tom Farrell seems to be holding up against Annie Awful’s desperate attempt to keep the Money Grab—err, “Romance”—active. I hope he manages to stay strong. Hang in there, Tiff and Leslie….

Oh yeah, blame the man’s daughter for something SHE did. Real cool.

Notice how angry Les is and how calm Tiffany is?

I hope we’re seeing the last of Ann and that she never shows up in the strip again. And add me to those who want to see Luann starring in her own strip again. Isn’t it about time for another camping trip?

“Now let’s see who you really are!”“Gasp! It’s the lady from Weenie World!”“And I would’ve gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids!”

661 comments (662 with this one) — could we hit 700?

662 – too bad we will probably just go over 666 comments on this one.

People, you are so going to like what happens in tomorrow’s strip. That’s all I’m going to say for now! :)

Let’s see…. Who do we know in high political office that deflects and points fingers when the heat is on?