CBS on Monday welcomed audiences back to The Neighborhood for its eighth and final season — and life on the block looks a little different. Calvin and Tina are adjusting to their newly empty nest — even though, technically, they’ve been empty-nesters since Season 3 — now that Malcolm has put down roots in Venice and Courtney has officially moved in with Marty; Gemma’s facing her own adjustment now that Grover has graduated from Walcott Academy; and AI-enthusiast Dave has managed to train machines to replace him at the V.A. — launching a multi-episode arc for Calvin’s BFF. “We’re tormenting that poor guy like a piñata,” co-showrunner Bill Martin says of Dave’s Season 8 storyline. “He gets into pickling… he’s gotta find things to do with his time.” Max Greenfield as Dave, Beth Behrs as Gemma and Hank Greenspan as Grover Monty Brinton/CBS The same could be said for Gemma, who’s confronting her own existential shake-up. “As luck would have it, Hank Greenspan is high-school age, which worked well for the show because it’s time [Grover] finally graduates from Gemma’s school and goes to a [high] school,” Martin explains. “So now Gemma — in addition to going, ‘I’ve had my
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