S01E018 Making Up Is Hard To Do

icky returns to therapy and proudly informs Dr. Fields that he’s grown as a person™, learned to love himself, and has a fresh new obsession: Amy. Unfortunately, Ricky’s definition of “personal growth” includes sabotaging the adoption process so he can swoop in emotionally. Dr. Fields watches this trainwreck unfold in real time and probably mentally updates his retirement plans.Meanwhile, Amy is busy crying over Ben to—of all people—George, who briefly stops antagonizing Anne long enough to cosplay as an emotionally available father. Anne’s mysteriously dressed up for what everyone assumes is a job interview, Amy wants to skip school because heartbreak is hard, and Ashley quietly vanishes without anyone noticing because, apparently, this family can only focus on one teenage crisis at a time.Ashley is eventually found at a bus stop with a cute boy named Thomas, who is clearly flirting. But Ashley has bigger priorities: damage control. Specifically, convincing Ben to stop being dramatic and get back with Amy before Ricky slithers in with his emotionally manipulative “I’ve changed” routine.Over at school, Grace accidentally causes what can only be described as a birth control scandal. After Kathleen finds condoms and assumes Grace is preparing for full moral collapse, she gives her birth control pills. Grace gets weirdly excited by this—less because of sex and more because the concept of consequences feels spiritually important to her—and somehow the entire school finds out she has the pill. Suddenly, every teenage boy is acting like she opened applications.Plot twist: Grace still wants to wait until marriage. She just enjoys the vibes of responsibility.Meanwhile, Adrian—shockingly—is not sleeping with anyone for once. Instead, Ricky gives her a hallway speech dripping in emotional confusion, while Adrian gets pursued by her stepbrother Max (yes, we’re all uncomfortable). But Max turns out to be weirdly wholesome: flowers, dinner, romance, and—most shocking of all—he doesn’t want sex immediately. Adrian is so baffled by basic respect that when Ricky later calls? She ignores him.And then—brace yourselves—Grace ignores Ricky too.Ricky, suddenly discovering what rejection feels like, is having a rough evening.Elsewhere:Jack tries to romance Shawna but instead gets threatened by her tiny mafia-boss younger brother.Anne’s “job interview” is actually a secret mission to stop Ricky from torpedoing the adoption.Dr. Fields ethically says nothing while also saying everything.At the adoption meeting, Ricky trauma-dumps so hard about his messed-up childhood that Donovan and Leon suddenly decide: Actually… maybe we want our foster kids back instead. Which means Amy’s carefully planned adoption implodes in spectacular fashion.But wait—there’s hope! Ben shows up at Amy’s house, emotions are had, tears are shed, and after approximately fourteen misunderstandings and one emotional breakdown, Amy admits she still loves him. She even considers keeping the baby.