idk i Have some thoughts about clearly Neurodivergent Kev, violence, post-prison, autistic son Lewis, and Nicola's protectiveness...
like i don't enjoy what feels to me Nicola infantilising Lewis since finding out about his autism and how it affects him. Lewis having a shutdown (aka v common autistic thing that Happens) doesn't mean he needs to be wrapped in styrofoam from hereon out
and i'm not saying that it's not coming from a good place from Nicola's pov, a place of care, because it clearly is, and i understand it also from the pov of, Nicola knows Kev's still doing crime etc. but i can't help being well... ick. Lewis is an adult, he should be the one deciding how he'd feel about his newly discovered father doing crime
also feel like part of Kev's instability is his clear neurodivergence and lack of support/recognition of it in his life. like he's in his 50s, post prison/a violent, unpredictable environment, etc. Nicola making fun of one of his coping mechanisms (snapping the band around his wrist) that he shared with Lewis, erm, idk...
