The Way So Many Of The Characters This Episode Had Story Beats Dealing With Their Inner Child Was Something

The way so many of the characters this episode had story beats dealing with their inner child was something so powerful to see:

Roy receives an endearingly childish shirt from his niece, which he wears and is then told that he looks happier than ever in it — and then proceeds to tell Keeley how he feels in said shirt

Rebecca is about to have a panic attack, visualizes her inner child in her place, and then works herself through the anxiety, choosing to go to the meeting because that child deserves to stand up for herself

Nate looks through his childhood things, plays the violin, and learns that all along his dad was really proud of him and just wanted him to be happy — and then he does a kind gesture for Will

Keeley reminds Rebecca that all of the men in the meeting were once little boys, and like the mirror scene, this allows her to appeal to the boys inside all of those men as she stands up to them

At one point or another, each of the characters were just kids who had all these hopes and dreams, but life happens and we all deal with shit, but by confronting the wounds they faced in their childhood and healing their inner child — the characters are allowed to grow and move on

These two interacting kinda feels like a fever dream.

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The one and only Barbie

MARGOT ROBBIE. ph. Ethan James Green for Vogue.

TED LASSO (3x11) I’m guilty. Sorry, Jamie.

and when they both win emmys for playing the most grief stricken little guys you’ve ever seen in your life