I’m actually interested in where we’ll go in exploring Gary dealing with being a white facing LatinX, Regina learning self-acceptance, Eddie’s addiction after his routine treatment was canceled during shutdown, Rome managing his depression during an incredibly depressing time, etc. The writers are using recent events to dig into character development & growth, but not in an overly preachy way. But this goes to show that it’s not the topic so much as to how it’s written & woven into the story. Mind you, a show premised by suicide isn’t much escapism. I admit, I’ve been one that didn’t want the horrors of reality seeping into my shows that should be an escape. “You are my world,” he says, echoing what she told him way back, and they kiss. Then Rome goes into the bedroom, where Regina is icing the bump on her head, and tells her that her injury gave him a tiny taste of the terror she must’ve felt when she found out that he attempted suicide. “Coming here is the start, the start of me trying to do better,” he promises. Gary swings by Rome’s apartment that night to apologize for not really understanding what his friend has gone through, even after the incident at Sophie’s softball game last season. But Tyrell stays calm and asks a nurse to have Regina call Rome from her phone when she eventually does so, Regina is a little loopy but otherwise fine and about to be released.Īfter Rome gets off the phone, Walter asks if he’s OK. Rome is beside himself with worry when he arrives at the hospital, and apoplectic when COVID protocols mean he can’t go in and be by Gina’s side. A man fell, and as Regina went to help him, a police officer knocked her down and her head hit the pavement. ‘YOU ARE MY WORLD’ | Here’s what happened: Someone sprayed pepper spray, and everyone started to run. Oops! (Later, Eddie apologizes to Katherine for not being more aware of what she and Theo go through as Asian-Americans.)Įverything else goes smoothly… until Walter calls Rome: Regina is hurt and has been taken to the hospital. Theo gets lost for a minute or two along the way, and when he’s returned thanks to the help of a stranger, the dude assumes Alan is Theo’s dad. Darcy points out that while Gary had the option of telling the world how he wanted to be seen, Rome has never had that choice - and maybe that’s where his anger came from earlier on the phone. In the summer before high school, Gary met a cool camp counselor named Gary and adopted the name on his first day of high school. Briefly: He was born Javier Mendez Jr., his dad was a custodian at his elementary school, and the kids made “very racist and awful” jokes about his family as he grew up. This won’t be awkward at all! Elsewhere in the restaurant, Darcy asks Gary about how he was called “Javier” in the school video they watched in the previous episode. OH HI, ALAN! | At Someday, Katherine and Eddie are surprised to see Alan show up - Tyrell invited him. Walter abruptly gets up and says that, actually, he is going to the protest: “I’m going to be there for you.” “Young man, do not give them a reason.”Īs Walter and Rome sit on the couch, Rome explains to his dad how part of his depression stems from the sense that the world makes him feel like “an unwanted guest in my own home” and how he wants to protect Tyrell from letting everything he’s feeling get to him. “There are police out there looking for a reason to take your life,” he says, deadly serious. So she gently tells him to do whatever he needs to do.īefore the ladies and Tyrell leave, Rome pulls the teen aside to make sure he doesn’t engage with any law enforcement officials. A few minutes later, Rome tells Regina that he’s not going to the protest because he doesn’t trust himself at the moment: If a cop did anything to set him off, it would be BAD. “The last time you tried to help, I ended up in the back of a cop car,” Rome responds, then ends the call. Gary apologizes, saying he was just trying to help. “You understand that this isn’t my protest, right?” he snaps. Just then, Gary calls and has a bunch of annoying questions about the day’s plan.
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