Deus Ex Machina

Yeah, so maybe we are stuck in a bad sitcom and the writers have run out of ideas, and they are just concocting crazy ass situations to try to keep the thing lurching forward.  And it's gets weirder and weirder.  And as the hapless characters in this looney contraption, we pretend that everything is OK. We are barely holding on, we are holding on by a wisp of a thread, and we are in deep denial.  And we are hoping for the Deus Ex Machina to make an appearance... but we're not sure if the writers are up on their Latin.