Out on a Limb

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness, death by suicide, emotional abuse, mental illness, and sexual content. 

While setting up their house for Bo’s birthday party, Win decides that she will tell Bo that she loves him tonight. Bo and Robert return, and Win and Bo share a moment, simply smiling at one another before the guests reveal themselves. Bo is tipsy and delighted. Their friends joke about how hot Bo’s father is.

The party is a success, and afterward, while Bo showers, Robert talks to Win. He says that Joanna, Bo’s mother, would have loved Win. He reveals that Joanna experienced postpartum depression after Bo was born and died by suicide when Bo was 12 weeks old. Bo has always felt guilty over this. Robert says that Bo has a soft heart, like his mother, and that he needs Win.

When Bo comes into her room after his shower, Win asks to hold him. She reveals that Robert spoke with her about Bo’s mother. Bo admits that he didn’t mention it because he didn’t want Win to feel like he was trying to monitor her. He says that since he met Win, he feels like she’s been healing.