(I let Kevin get sent to rehab, she says.)

Toby also learns, thanks to a torn garbage bag, that shes been sneaking junk food.

I know how you feel I feel it too, Randall tells her.

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But when I was at my lowest, Kevin was there for me.

Even Kevins smile grates on Beth, who quips, Of course!

(In moments like this, Beth is all of us.)

The Others, as Barbara refers to them, head over to a bar instead.

Her sighs in the rehab facility alone merit an Emmy nomination.)

Rebecca confronts Jack about Kates eating habits.

Rebecca stands her ground: No more daily trips to that ice cream place.

Kevin shouts at his mother in response.

Young Kevins experience helps inform where we find him now, as an adult.

What follows is one of the most devastating, effective scenesThis Is Ushas done to date.

The therapy scene gets at that idea beautifully.

Kevin kicks things off.

They all deflect: Kate is confused, Randall offended, Rebecca devastated.

But Kevin keeps on.

Barbara smartly notes Rebecca only gives examples centered on Randall and Kate not Kevin.

Its typical, Kevin sighs.

Randall scolds, Dont you dare venture to pull that same lame-ass wool over my eyes.

They share more insults, Randalls profound protectiveness of his mother shining through until he leaves in a huff.

He was easier, and he didnt recoil when I touched him, she says to Kevin through tears.

And he didnt abandon me and move away after his father died.

Rebecca is irked by the fact that she has to look like the bad guy.

She visits outside with Young Kevin at the cabin, saying she made him dinner, but hes unforgiving.

He goes to sleep beside them on the floor, alone.

I think everyone sees their childhood with different lenses, different perspectives, Randall says.

And I didnt come here today to crap all over your perspective, Kevin.

They apologize to each other.

And then they laugh like siblings do.

Things are not so easy for Kevin and his mother, however.

Rebecca waits for him inside, unwilling to leave him in rehab on such bad terms.

you might still feel the distance between them.

But Rebecca tells him they do share a unique connection.

I know we had moments you and me, Kevin, I know we did, she says.

I feel it in my bones.

She gets up, lies on the floor beside him, and falls asleep with him in her arms.