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* AbsenteeActor: Dillon and Patience don't appear in this episode.
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* AdultFear:
** Olivia disappears without leaving a message after she is found out to be an addict, leaving her parents and brother in limbo trying to find her whereabouts.
** Grace learning that Olivia wanted her son to take the fall for the drunk driving, despite knowing that Spencer, a black man, is much more vulnerable to injustices than a mixed race woman is.
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* AbsenteeActor: Dillon doesn't appear in this episode.

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* AbsenteeActor: Dillon doesn't and Patience don't appear in this episode.
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* OffTheWagon: It is revealed that Leslie has not been answering her calls because she herself fell off the wagon a while back, and returned to robbing people's houses. One of them ended up being her parents, who put her to jail.

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* OffTheWagon: It is revealed that Leslie has not been answering her Olivia's calls because she herself fell off the wagon a while back, and returned to robbing people's houses. One of them ended up being her parents, who put her to jail.
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Although they are let go of the car crash, Spencer, knowing that Olivia has been an alcoholic since the summer, urges her to come out to her parents. When she doesn't and he ends up having to snitch, she disappears to meet her sponsor. As her family are looking for Olivia, Spencer comes to a realization that, for the first time in his life, he will have to prioritize himself over others.
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* AbsenteeActor: Dillon doesn't appear in this episode.
* AdultFear:
** Olivia disappears without leaving a message after she is found out to be an addict, leaving her parents and brother in limbo trying to find her whereabouts.
** Grace learning that Olivia wanted her son to take the fall for the drunk driving, despite knowing that Spencer, a black man, is much more vulnerable to injustices than a mixed race woman is.
* DinnerAndAShow: The weekly barbecue turns awry when Spencer outs Olivia as an alcoholic. It also ends up averting Jordan's and Simone's own big reveal of their secret wedding, which would have probably heated the conflict more.
* LoveCannotOvercome: Spencer says that although he loves Olivia, he cannot become her go-to place whenever she enters a bad place, and she should accept her own responsibilities.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** It takes Spencer calling her out for Olivia to admit that she was an ass for wanting him to take the fall for her mistakes.
** Layla also laments that she blew Olivia off upon learning that she was drunk.
* OffTheWagon: It is revealed that Leslie has not been answering her calls because she herself fell off the wagon a while back, and returned to robbing people's houses. One of them ended up being her parents, who put her to jail.
* TakeTheThirdOption: Rather than quitting school completely or acceding to Grace's advice not to, Coop decides to obtain a GED, so at least she can have a diploma to take home.
* WhatTheHellHero: Spencer calls out Olivia for asking him to take the fall for her drunk driving, refusing to accompany her to return back to the Baker house.

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