On this’s week Mother, Bonnie’s therapist Trevor is again to assist her lastly face her empty-nester emotions!
Bonnie’s lastly determined to do one thing with Christy’s outdated room. After her paper-mache passion blows up in her face (fairly actually!), she settles on turning the room right into a driftwood furnishings workshop! After crafting her first “masterpiece,” Bonnie recruits Jill to assist haul the driftwood desk to Trevor’s workplace, the place she presents the reluctant gift-ee along with his current! After which one thing unusual occurs, Trevor and Jill begin flirting! And as a substitute of utilizing their remedy session to let Trevor assist her discover the explanation behind her continually shifting pursuits, Bonnie insists on confronting him about what she noticed between him and Jill. Attempt as he would possibly, Trevor is not in a position to placed on a really convincing act with regard to not being focused on Jill. So, Bonnie makes it clear to Jill that Trevor is OFF-LIMITS. 
In the meantime, Tammy’s having issue coping with Marjorie’s want to manage every little thing and everybody, so she turns to the professional on residing with a troublesome individual – Adam! He advises she accompany him to his Al-Anon assembly to get some tips on “residing with a lunatic.” To her shock, the Al-Anon group is ready to give her some recommendations on coping with somebody who’s spinning out, specifically about when to set boundaries and stroll away aka “detaching with love.”
Whereas prepping for an AA assembly, afterward, Tammy takes the recommendation she was given and removes herself from the state of affairs (aka ignores her) after Marjorie chides her for utilizing the flawed coffee-maker. Again on the home, Tammy continues to take away herself from potential arguments, and Marjorie lastly catches on. Tammy tells her about going to Al-Anon and the difficulties of residing with somebody who continually corrects her and tells her how one can do every little thing. Marjorie tells Tammy she did not understand how sad she was, after which, Marjorie being Marjorie, she tells her she’s doing the Al-Anon program incorrectly!
At her subsequent appointment, Trevor means that the explanation Bonnie’s having a lot bother deciding what to do with Christy’s outdated room might need to do with Christy herself. As lengthy the room stays the way in which Christy left it, Bonnie can nonetheless imagine she could be coming again, but when Bonnie adjustments the room, she’ll have to just accept Christy would possibly by no means be coming again. Trevor offers Bonnie a homework task to do earlier than their subsequent session – clear out every little thing left in Christy’s room. Recruiting Tammy for assist, Bonnie will get to work.
Sadly, what begins a easy decluttering challenge turns right into a full-on meltdown for Bonnie. She’s throwing issues across the room, on the ground, and even out the window! (A pillow and blanket she throws out the window find yourself hitting fairly the unfortunate goal – Adam!) Tammy’s able to bail, however Adam insists on her serving to him get his wheelchair upstairs so he can hopefully discuss a now-screaming Bonnie off the proverbial ledge.
Upstairs, Adam finds Bonnie sobbing within the closet about Christy “abandoning her” and “thriving with out her.” She admits that Trevor was proper, she did not need to change Christy’s room as a result of she needed to suppose Christy can be coming again. Adam means that possibly Christy is prospering due to Bonnie, and tells her it is okay to interrupt down about lacking her.
Again at Marjorie’s, impressed by seeing Adam go to Bonnie’s support, Tammy apologizes for continually ignoring Marjorie’s requests in an try and set boundaries. Marjorie apologizes for her personal annoying habits and the 2 fortunately make up.
Final, of all, Jill decides to point out up on the doorstep of the forbidden fruit himself – Trevor! Bonnie’s positively not going to be blissful. about this…
Random Ideas:
-The most effective line goes to Adam whereas comforting Bonnie throughout her breakdown in Christy’s outdated room – “Am I loopy or may we match a ping-pong desk in right here?”
-Bonnie the Palm Reader – now that has an attention-grabbing ring to it!
Have been you stunned by Bonnie’s breakdown? Do you suppose Jill will proceed to pursue Trevor? Let me know under!