"Katherine is going to turn on D."
The breakdown of long-term bonds among Boston friends in "A Million Little Things" is what is grabbing the attention and loyalty of us Baby Boomers.
Yes, we have been there.
We assumed it would be friendship forever.
Then there were fractures.
Eventually, we never spoke again.
Some of us even decided to move out of that city and reset our emotional lives.
In the place of the earlier affection and support there were resentments.
"A Million Little Things" captures what Judith Viorst calls "Necessary Losses" in her classic book on embracing change, especially in relationships.
You bet, we Baby Boomers were right. Katherine has sharpened her cat (and lawyer) claws and has gone after Sweet Mother Earth D.
In last night's episode Katherine demanded that D. tell her children that Charlie's father is Eddie, not Jon.
D. refused.
But that might not be for long. The previews indicate that Katherine threatens to go legal if Eddie's name isn't put on Charlie's birth certificate.
And what about the restaurant partnership between D and Regina? Isn't that bound to fray? D. is no businesswoman and she is emotionally involved with Andrew, who has become Regina's enemy. Most business partnerships fail. And along the way the relationships they had been built on slide into a million little and big hostilities.
It wasn't supposed to be that way.
After the War to End All Wars, there was the baby boom which produced us 76 million human beings. We were anointed to restart American society with a fresh set of values. They embedded a Disney ethos.
Most of us could hold onto those myths of how life was supposed to be until we graduated from college. Then there was no avoiding it: We had to learn to navigate how the world really worked. That was brutal. What should have been the first thing to go were the friendships, dating back to the old neighborhood and extended family ties. They weren't. We had been socialized to honor those. That made growing up more difficult than it should have been.
Those who did make it through and found inner peace are transfixed to observe yet another generation endure the catastrophe of necessary losses. The marriage of Katherine and Eddie will make it through. Several othere relationships probably will not.
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