Maybe hed get help, maybe he wouldnt.
Maybe thered be another family reunion, maybe there wouldnt.
He may have repaired Nickys leaky roof, but his own was caving in, again.
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What will become of Nicky?
What exactly sparked that relapse?
And how far down the road of relapse will Kevin go?
So this is her access into a part of his life that he never shared with her.
She certainly didnt get all the answers she would want.
Did she get enough?
Or is there more for her to grapple with moving forward?APTAKER:I dont think she did.
I dont think anyone did.
Especially for Kevin and we see what that does to him.
They get a little bit its almost a tease and then he says, I cant do this.
I need to set my limits, and closes the door in their face.
Yes, Rebecca got a little bit of what she was searching for.
But no, not at all.
I dont think that filled her.
You leave the door open for Nicky to walk through again.
Will we see him before the season ends?
I mean, were always suckers for good actors.
Obviously, everyone in this family feels it totally differently.
Obviously weve already seen that Kevin feels it on a completely different level than his father felt it.
Jack made that decision to cut him off so he can focus on his own life.
Kevin feels this strong pull to his uncle and helping him and learning as much as humanly possible.
They know how important this globe-trotting mission has been to him.
And sometimes when Kevin needs him, they fall short; for example, the therapy session in rehab.
Can we call it out and say that theyre being insensitive here?BERGER:[Laughs.]
I think Kevin would definitely agree with you.
I think its just a moment where all three are at such different moments in their lives.
I dont know that thats a strike against them so much as thats sometimes the way life works.
You cant always be as passionate about someone elses journey as you wished you could.
Its their journey, too.
This is their uncle.APTAKER:It is.
I think the fact that she even came along for this journey was pretty admirable.
But counterpoint: his marriage was in a pretty rocky place and it is just kind of bouncing back.
While were administering hall passes and throwing penalty flags on the other siblings, lets look at Kevin.
Isnt Nickys point of view valid?BERGER:Nickys point of view is completely valid.
What we love is you’re free to really see both sides of these guys experiences and reactions.
There was alcohol all around Kevin in Nickys trailer, but weve seen him show restraint before.
Hes obviously frustrated that he cant transform Nicky and get the results he wanted.
And that just didnt happen.
Theres a part of Kevin who looks at Nicky and sees what he hears his life could have become.
On paper, theyre so different.
They dont seem alike at all.
But something about looking at his uncle, he sees himself there, and I think that scares Kevin.
Relapse is an unfortunate part of many stories of addiction.
How far down a hole will Kevin be going?APTAKER:Were just trying to be really honest.
We always knew that Kevin was going to relapse.
Its so rare that someone just conquers their addiction or conquers their alcoholism in one fell swoop.
So we just always take a stab at be realistic with this stuff.
So were going to treat it really honestly.
Shes someone who has a very, very hard time with intimacy and becoming vulnerable.
And hes earned that.
And now he has this secret from her.
So the stakes feel like theyre very high in a totally different way this time around.
Anything else about that mystery box that you want to tease?
But down the lineperhaps.
