This episode was such a heartbreaking episode to watch, it felt like everyone’s lives (apart from maybe Frank and Edna’s) were not going the way that they wanted.
I really do like having Sedona back on the show, I think she was the perfect person to call Cal out on how invested he was with Ben and Tracy. I have thought since he first tried to protect Ben when he took Tracy that he was too invested in protecting them and projecting his own past onto them, he couldn’t save his own family from what happened so now he was trying to save someone else.
I also thought that it was a good device to have Sedona be the one that cheated and not Chris, it seemed to give Cal a bit more perspective on Maggie and his relationship. She could give her side of what happened with Chris and give him some more reassurance with Maggie.
Watching Ben blame himself for his mother leaving was so tough, the pain in his voice and eyes was so real. He was letting his true emotions about the situation finally come out, the whole time he has been incredibly strong for Tracy’s sake. It was perfect for Cal and Sedona to be the ones that were there for him, they have experienced what it is like to blame themselves for one of their parents leaving.
Even Amir and Sydney were not having things go the way that they both wanted. I do think that once Rob gets out of the way that the pair will be a good couple if they chose to go there. Their chemistry is off the charts and they seem to hold the same core values.
I loved that throughout the episode there was an underlying tone of advice, almost everyone got some level of advice in this episode. Not all of it was necessarily the correct type of advice but it was given nonetheless. I think it made each scene come together in such a great way.
Watching Cal deal with everything this episode was so gut wrenching. He was dealing with everyone with such grace despite what he went through. Even his confrontation with Liam was all done for Maggie’s sake, he just wanted to protect her regardless of how hurt he was. Liam had absolutely no right to twist the knife with every word that he said to Cal. I have never really had any bad feelings towards Liam until this episode, he’s just turned Cal and Maggie’s lives upside down and clearly has no remorse for that.
The last scene of this episode brought me so close to tears, it was so gut wrenching to watch Cal learn more information about Maggie’s situation. I will always root for Maggie and Cal to be together but I think Maggie needs to work out what she wants before she hurts Cal anymore. He has been such a good person throughout all of this and he deserves someone who is fully in love with him.
I honestly think that once Maggie really thinks about what has happened and her future, Cal will be the one that she wants to be with.
I am so interested to see where things will go now that Maggie and Cal have broken up, I think it’s going to feel like a very different dynamic at the crossing!
