I love Elizabeth for deciding, "I had a part in breaking our life, and I have to take action to fix it." And then doing it.
It surprised me, and then it didn't, that she went to see Neal first. She does see clearly what's needed.
Neal, though... I don't know whether to laugh or cry when he says, in effect, that he didn't take responsibility for his actions because El and Peter didn't make him. Oh, the irony. And the heartbreak. He really doesn't understand the important distinction between "blame" and "responsibility", and is too quick to blame himself for things he didn't control while still not quite taking responsibility for dealing with the consequences.
It breaks my heart that Neal is so terrified of leaving the hospital and can't say so. What's going to happen to him...?
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It surprised me, and then it didn't, that she went to see Neal first. She does see clearly what's needed.
Neal, though... I don't know whether to laugh or cry when he says, in effect, that he didn't take responsibility for his actions because El and Peter didn't make him. Oh, the irony. And the heartbreak. He really doesn't understand the important distinction between "blame" and "responsibility", and is too quick to blame himself for things he didn't control while still not quite taking responsibility for dealing with the consequences.
It breaks my heart that Neal is so terrified of leaving the hospital and can't say so. What's going to happen to him...?