Did the funny moments outweigh the schmaltz?

I thought the writers smartly handled the sentimentality by keeping those moments very short (I would estimate less than five minutes of the hourlong show) and intercutting them with the less serious moments (which worked well with the Slumdog Millionaire ending but not so much with the rehearsal dinner speeches). Not a great episode, but much better than I feared given the subject matter.

We all have already concluded this – but this makes it even clearer – either Buck or Olivo must go, Jacobs should be non-tendered, and probably Teahen should be traded. That is the only way Moore will have even a marginal amount of payroll flexibility to waste on the next series of Farnsworth/Bloomquist type acquisitions.