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Last week on The Fosters, Mariana and Jesus tentatively bonded with their birth father, the Brallie awkwardness continued, and preparations for R + J: A Romeo & Juliet Tale moved forward. Read on for our recap of this week’s episode, The Fosters 3×18, in which Stef makes a decision, Callie gets suspicious, and Gabe runs into trouble.

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Before we get started, I have something to say: The fact that The Fosters 3×17 is called “Sixteen” seems like poor planning on the writers’ part, no? Why would you call episode 17 “Sixteen” when you could call episode 16 “Sixteen”? Am I overthinking? …I’m overthinking. On with the recap!

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Previously on The Fosters, Rita and Callie were at odds over a foster reform bill; drag racing blew Nick’s chances with Mariana; Monte showed a special interest in student Sally’s senior project; Jesus’ dreams of a relationship with his father were crushed; Mat and Brandon channeled their breakup-related emo-ness into a Romeo & Juliet rock opera; and, throwing it back to last August’s The Fosters 3×08, we learned about Rita’s strained relationship with her daughter and the fact that her ex-husband had committed suicide. Why flash back to something from so long ago? The trigger warning pertaining to suicide-related content that appeared before this week’s episode answers that question – and also applies to our recap of The Fosters 3×16, “EQ.”

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