"Welcome Baxer" is the first episode and the season premiere of the seventh season in Fox television series Last Man Standing which was aired on September 28, 2018.
Summary[]
Ryan has been in a funk ever since the 2016 election, doing little aside from watching cable news and moping around his house. Mike tries to snap him out of it by advising him to focus more on his family than the current political climate, but this backfires when Ryan decides to move back to Canada, taking Kristin and Boyd with him. The stress of the situation culminates in Boyd going missing. Eve is home on leave from the Air Force Academy, but she and Mandy also fall out over politics.
Cast[]
- Tim Allen as Mike Baxter
- Nancy Travis as Vanessa Baxter
- Amanda Fuller as Kristin Baxter
- Molly McCook as Mandy Baxter (first appearance)
- Christoph Sanders as Kyle Anderson
- Héctor Elizondo as Ed Alzate
- Jet Jurgensmeyer as Boyd Vogelson
- Jordan Masterson as Ryan Vogelson
- Jonathan Adams as Chuck Larabee
- Krista Marie Yu as Jen
Trivia[]
- This is the first appearance of Molly McCook.
- This is the first episode to air on Fox.
Quotes[]
- Vanessa: Eve just called. She and Kristin will be here any minute.
- Kyle: Crap.
- Vanessa: What did you think the banner was for, Kyle?
- Kyle: No, I'm trying to DVR my favorite show, but it's not on.
- Vanessa: Well, maybe they got cancelled. You know, the TV business can be a heartless bastard.
- Kyle: Cancelled? Why would they cancel a popular show that everybody loves?
- Mike: Maybe, they are a bunch of idiots!
- Mike: Hey, Mike Baxter here for Outdoor Man, here to talk about, well, talking. It's one of my favorite hobbies. A wise man once said, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.". And then it was said an even wiser man said to that guy, "Look, jackass, listen up. You might learn something.". All right, you got me. I'm the second wise man in that story. Let's be honest, if nobody's talking, then nobody's listening. If nobody's listening, nobody's learning. And if nobody's learning, then good TV shows get cancelled. They will. But even in our country and even within our families, not communicating seems to be the weapon of choice right now. We un-friend, un-like, and un-follow instead of trying to understand each other. Now, it doesn't matter which side you're on, although one side literally has the word "right" right in it. If we just hunker down in our separate corners, nobody wins. Except Location Services on your phone. In America, we've always been able to have tough conversations. Civil rights, Vietnam, the human hot potato Kanye West. He's yours. Uh, no, yours. You can have him. No, he's not ours. He's like, yours. You can have him. No, we don't. Literally, we don't want him. So to the families of America and to the American family, keep talking. Unless you know a smarter guy with better ideas is talking, then you could just listen to him. Baxter out.