TIS, I agree with you. I don't think that the separation will be permanent, although it will probably take at least half a season for them to get back together. Hopefully the separation will light a fire under AJ so he can be a more interesting character. Maybe he'll do a lot of growing up in a very short time. He even tried to take responsibility for his dad's deciding to get out of the house. When have we ever heard AJ take responsibility for anything?