I wonder what it means that in a show largely about kindness and second chances, you find it hard to give Nate a second chance?

I disliked the episode on my first watch, then liked it on the second. Knowing Beard’s backstory when he forgives Nate in season 3, helped me see Beard’s struggles with addiction and his neurodivergence. Re-watching Beard at Night felt like I got a glimpse of how Beard saw the world. I no longer saw him as the two-dimensional Mr-Know-It-All sidekick for Ted, but as someone who heard his own drum, for good, for bad, and for everything in between.

Although I know in real life, Ted could be in nearly constant contact with his London friends, there is something to be said for him being truly present with the people he chooses to be with (Henry certainly, and perhaps Michelle). That means he’s going to be in Kansas and make his life there. He can’t truly live his life with one foot in both worlds.