Owen’s insecurities come to a head when Catherine wants to introduce him to an ex. Tommy goes on a date with one of the members in her grief support group. Carlos struggles to accept a new sponsor who has recently become integral to TK’s new sobriety period.
Tropes:
- Birds of a Feather:
- Forced Addiction: TK has slowly but surely started to see his drugging as this during his renewed NA meeting attendances.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Carlos just barely hides envy in his voice when TK brings up his talks with Cooper. To his credit, though, the main reason for this isn’t out of a suspicion of infidelity; he’s polite with the man when they meet face-to-face, and gets better after TK explains how turning to Cooper would also benefit his sobriety.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Owen’s insecurity-triggered anger issues continue to worsen, and in this episode it practically shatters his relationship with Catherine.
- Insecure Love Interest: Both Owen and Carlos are these in their respective storylines.
- Left the Background Music On:
- Likes Older Men: When Catherine brings up how Owen reminds her of Patrick, and a significantly aged man with that name stops by to drop off her Sphynx cat, this freaks Owen out and causes him to believe that she’s attracted to elderly men. He’s dead wrong, which he finds out too late.
- Parting-Words Regret: After his mother is pronounced dead, Parker is heavily remorseful for being annoyed with her for fussing over his well-being. This clearly hits a nerve with TK.
- Poor Communication Kills:
- Shout-Out:
- Before Carlos leaves the loft to give him and Cooper privacy, TK briefly references The Empire Strikes Back with this exchange:
TK: (moved and grateful) Hey, wait? Thank you. I love you.Carlos: (smiles comfortingly) I know. - So Proud of You: Carlos says as much to TK at the start of the episode when his boyfriend returns home from an NA meeting.
- Tearful Smile: TK gives Carlos one of these as they briefly look through the photos of him and Gwyn, and before walking into the bedroom.
- Time Skip:
- Tragic Keepsake: TK’s photo albums from his childhood are these; after the call involving Parker, Carlos finds his boyfriend crying and flipping through one of them somberly, which heavily feature happy memories of him as a child and Gwyn.
- Tropaholics Anonymous: In addition to his offscreen 90-day Narcotics Anonymous meetings, TK has a sponsor named Cooper.
