This episode deals with effects of molestation and bullying. The issues of multiple generations being molested was very well handled. Art of the problem is that no one steps in to break the cycle of bullying in part because no one tells anybody what is going on. Paralleling this situation is a problem with us having with Noah being bullied by another child. Noah says the boy is just a boy who's even being bullied by others because nobody likes them. Noah also explains that he himself stepped in to stop himself and another boy from being bullied. In the course of explaining that everybody should be allowed to be who they want to be Noah tells his mother that he is bisexual. For some reason this is horrified a number of viewers they do not think that a 12 year olds can have any sense of their own sexuality, let alone, knowing what the sexuality might be. I wonder how many of them actually have known a 12 year old. I've known several who came out around the same age. Many of them come out as bi because they just aren't sure what their feelings are as they just know they are not traditional. What they seem to overlook is how sensitively well written this episode is. Contrary to the comments of others, I do not feel it the scene comes out of the blue, or is unrelated to the rest of the story. Liv , handles the situation as well, as one hopes, a parent will do, acknowledging his truth praising him for sticking up for himself and others, and thanking him for the confidence. Moreover, and this relates directly to the main story, Noah is helping to break a cycle of bullying by standing up for himself and his friend. Not breaking the cycle of abuse is what causes the host situation in the main plot. He is finding the way out, for himself and his friend. I ve watched this episode several times and find it moving.
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