Dr. Vic, Furkat, Cole, oh my!
And heres something to be really thankful for: Episode 2 kicks off with Helen.
I could watch an entire series about Helen and Dr. Vic Ullah, couldnt you?
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I love this guy!
This still seems to be an issue.
On the one hand, Vic says funny things like, You have many, many offspring.
Shes never been happier, okay?
Like, totally, totally happy.
She visits Noah in prison and, oh boy, it is grim by grim.
Looks like Noah has still found ways to hurt Helen.
But no time to sulk, its time for dinner at Whitneys new boyfriends loft in Greenpoint!
Oh, and how to recap the next scene?
Theres the loft covered in stark pictures of female naked bodies.
Oh Whitney, youve still got it.
This is news to Vic, who is clearly displeased.
The whole table even Furkat!
looks at her like shes lost it.
I sort of believe this!
But Helen is all, no I cant deal with this anymore and Vic walks out.
Helen sits alone once more in her bedroom.
Oh Vic, who knew youd be the one to make me believe in love again?
His one request is that she untangles from Noah, to which she agrees.
He wishes her a good night and she takes the earrings out.
NEXT: Alison returns to Montauk
We see Alison on the train back to Montauk.
Her hair is long and lustrous, even if her posture is guarded and she seems a little frail.
We see her set up the apartment and make up a little bed that is presumably for Joanie.
Then we see her skulk about on a playground watching Joanie play.
All together now: awwwww.
Alison is on the phone with someone a therapist, Id guess?
She practices saying things like: Im still her mother.
She heads to the Lobster Roll, and Cole is sitting doing paperwork in the back.
He looks up and his whole body sighs thats how unpsyched he is to see her.
He hustles her out of there and tells her off in whispered fury in the back.
She up and disappeared for six months!
She explains that she was sick, and Cole is not hearing it.
We learn he sends her letters one to two times per week.
I appreciate that Noah has bad handwriting.
Alison keeps saying she didnt have a choice.
Luisa hashadit and who can blame her?
Shes like, you drop this news that Cole is her father, and you want to co-parent.
We already share the Lobster Roll and basically we do whatever you want, and then you disappear.
Theres something deeply wrong with you.
Sing it, Luisa!
So its the perfect time to run into ol creep-o Oscar.
Oscar is in great spirits, his wife/girlfriend is pregnant and he seems genuinely happy to see Alison.
When Joanie got the flu, Alison got overwhelmed and took her to Coles.
Then she checked herself into a hospital and signed over custody to Cole.
Oscar tells her all she needs is a good lawyer.
She goes back to her condo and repaints Joanies bedroom yellow.
She even takes the stack of letters from Noah and starts reading them.
But theres a knock on the door, and its Cole and Joanie!
Joanie hurls herself into her mothers arms.
Alison thanks him, and Cole makes it clear he did not do this for her.
She gets one hour.
