History Series / KevinCanFuckHimself

However, [[FridgeBrilliance in reality]], Kevin is actually a {{Jerkass}} {{Manchild}} who is completely clueless to the destructive and lasting consequences of his many {{Zany Scheme}}s and whose self-absorbed behavior crosses over into outright abuse has increasingly worn down Allison, with [[SubvertedSitcom the sitcom trappings]] (complete with a {{Laugh Track}}, brightly lit and colorful [[ThreeWallSet three walled sets]], [[ThreeCameras three camera visuals]], and people giving [[WorldofHam over-the-top and hammy performances]]) being simply the result of Kevin's warped and narcissistic perspective of the world. Allison's perspective is... [[ThisIsReality much different]], with the canned laughter gone, the visuals single camera, the "sets" real locations, dark and moody lighting, and people behaving more believably down-to-earth.

-->'''Allison''': What was that? Did a demon just achieve its most powerful form in our kitchen?

* TheDogBitesBack: In "Fixed", Allison actually [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls Kevin a dick to his face]], although it [[SelectiveObliviousness goes unnoticed]] because another part of the full sentence she used -- "everyone may think you're an everyday hero, but really, you're just a dick" -- gives him the catchphrase for his political campaign.

* EasilyForgiven: Averted, keeping in line with the GenreBusting aspect of the series. The pain of Kevin getting Allison fired from her paralegal job still lingers years later, and the fact that he never did anything to actually make things right for her is part of the reason Allison resents him so much.

** In true sitcom style, Kevin is much closer to his best friend Neil than he is to Allison. The pilot has Neil bawling loudly at the prospect of Kevin moving away. Their plotline in "We're Selling Washing Machines" is a classic FeudEpisode in which the two compete ferociously to see who is the superior chili chef; Kevin seeks an advantage by buying a whole (dead) pig, but ultimately can't bring himself to cut it open because he's bonded with it as a ReplacementGoldfish for his missing friend. Allison and Patty, who are respectively forced to spend more time with Kevin and Neil since they're no longer always together, find that they have to repair the friendship just to get some much-needed space from their ridiculous behavior. This is PlayedForLaughs in the multi-cam plot with the expected WomenAreWiser emphasis, but [[PlayedForDrama takes on a darker edge]] in the single-cam, where Kevin's new clinginess is interfering with both Allison's ongoing plot to murder him and her efforts to spend time with an OldFlame.
** The true example ends up being Allison and Patty as they become friends and partners in crime over the course of the series. Allison says they're so close, she sometimes can't even remember which of them did what, and that any horrible thing they do is okay because they do it ''for each other''. Patty later admits Allison is her "favorite person." Played with, as Patty turns out to be queer (it's never clarified whether she's a lesbian or bisexual), and some of their interactions take on a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantic undertone]], with them HoldingHands and [[spoiler:ending the series deciding to stick together, no matter what.]]

** Averted as part of a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome with regards to Kevin and Allison's savings account. Some years before the events of the series, Kevin had blown their savings on a sports memorabilia scam as part of a get-rich-quick scheme. It wasn't something that just got quickly fixed overnight and he kept Allison in the dark about it, with her only finding out about it when Patty tells her. Finding out about this is TheLastStraw for Allison, driving her to want to find a way to get out of her horrible marriage.

** [[spoiler:As Patty makes it very clear to Allison, her plan to kill Kevin with pills only has a guaranteed chance of working if she is ''absolutely certain'' Kevin will actually die. There's a chance that he will just wake up the next day after blacking out.]]

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Despite (or perhaps because of) her OnlySaneWoman status in the sitcom framing, Allison is on the wrong end of much of its physical comedy, getting splattered with various food items and falling through a coffee table, among other indignities.

** Taken to an even darker extent in the single camera scenes where such incidents further illustrate how bleak Allison's life has been, such as Patty talking about how Allison ''didn't get a slice of her own birthday cake''.

** There are a few interesting quirks like this throughout the show. For most of season one, Neil continues to occupy the sitcom reality even when he's not with Kevin, an indicator of how much influence Kevin has over him. Allison's abusive mother, during her brief scene, is also in a sitcom reality. And then, [[spoiler:when Kevin tries to make Allison frame Tammy for corruption, she's still in the sitcom style after he leaves until she refuses. And as Kevin's friends turn on him more and more in season two, the lighting for the sitcom gets more muted and washed out while Allison's scenes get brighter and more colorful as she gains more freedom.]]

* {{Pyromaniac}}: Neil. Kevin and Patty always make sure that he can't get anywhere near fireworks. [[spoiler: Quite possibly an InformedFlaw given that we don't actually ''see'' him being a pyromaniac, whereas Kevin displays a penchant for arson in season two that definitely qualifies him as one of these.]]

** Neil ''seems'' to be this at first, but he is broken out of the sitcom filter in the first season finale, and in the second season he has his own independent storylines.

* SoccerHatingAmericans: Kevin, Neil and Pete are shown to be this in "New Tricks" when the new neighbours are revealed to be ''Manchester United'' fans. Naturally this becomes part of the feud, with Kevin (who thinks they stole his Brad Belichick hoodie) stealing a Man U shirt from them (although -- presumably for comedic effect -- it's not an ''actual'' Man U shirt but a generic red sports shirt with "Manchester United" printed on the front).

** Averted as part of a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome with regards to Kevin and Allison's savings account. Kevin had blown a whole bunch of money on an idiotic get-rich-quick scheme. It wasn't something that just got quickly fixed overnight and he kept Allison in the dark about it all for a good several years. Finding out about this is TheLastStraw for Allison, driving her to want to find a way to get out of her horrible marriage.

* SubvertedSitcom: It begins as a standard sitcom about a goofy jerk of a husband, Kevin, and his exasperated workaholic wife, Allison. Allison is first depicted as a total nag and the ButtMonkey of the show, but once she leaves the sitcom scene, [[PerspectiveFlip we see her more sympathetic and troubled perspective]]. The show becomes more of a drama as Allison undergoes SanitySlippage and plans to kill her husband to end her pain. This is illustrated in the different cinematography between the sitcom reality and Allison's reality: the former is a brightly-lit multicam setup reminiscent of most classic sitcoms, while the latter is a desaturated single-cam setup reminiscent of a drama.

* {{Trumplica}}: Given the MAGA-like theme of his campaign to get elected to the city council, Kevin evidently wants to be one of these.

** There are a few interesting quirks like this throughout the show. Allison's abusive mother, during her brief scene, is also in a sitcom reality. And then, [[spoiler:when Kevin tries to make Allison frame Tammy for corruption, she's still in the sitcom style after he leaves until she refuses. And as Kevin's friends turn on him more and more, the lighting for the sitcom gets more muted and washed out while Allison's scenes get brighter and more colorful when she gains more freedom.]]

* {{Pyromaniac}}: Neil. Kevin and Patty always make sure that he can't get anywhere near fireworks.
** Kevin’s penchant for arson in season 2 could qualify him as one as well.

* SpringtimeForHitler: Zigzagged Allison creates an obnoxious campaign ad for Kevin in the hopes it ends his political ambitions. While the ad does put a halt to his political career, it also goes viral and gives Kevin his 15 minutes of fame.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Like every other sitcom convention, this gets a dark spin; Kevin is preventing any positive change from occurring and sticking in his and Allison's life so that he can continue to live as he prefers in Allison's HatedHometown.
** Averted as part of a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome with regards to the savings account. Kevin had blown a whole bunch of money on an idiotic get-rich-quick scheme. It wasn't something that just got quickly fixed overnight and he kept Allison in the dark about it all for a good several years. Finding out about this is TheLastStraw for Allison, driving her to want to find a way to get out of her horrible marriage.

* SympatheticMurderer: The show is all about how Allison is considering becoming one, since her plan is to off her horrible, psycho husband.

** As the title indicates, this whole show is a big middle fingers to the Creator/KevinJames-led series ''Series/KevinCanWait''. To be more specific, this is in regards to how that show infamously killed off the titular Kevin's wife at the start of the second season and replaced her with a character played by his ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' costar Creator/LeahRemini in a desperate attempt to improve ratings (which ended up being AllForNothing as the show was canceled). That much maligned treatment of the sitcom wife was cited by this show's creators to be the jumping-off point for this story.
*** This also feeds into the plot of this show's second season: Allison concludes that the only real way to get away from Kevin and the problems she's accrued is by faking her own death, [[spoiler:which she decides to do at the end of "The Problem" by making it look like she [[NeverFoundTheBody went missing]] after going on a hike]].

However, [[FridgeBrilliance in reality]], Kevin is actually a {{Jerkass}} {{Manchild}} who is completely clueless to the destructive and lasting consequences of his many {{Zany Scheme}}s and whose buffoonishly abusive behavior has increasingly worn down Allison, with [[SubvertedSitcom the sitcom trappings being simply the result of Kevin's warped and narcissistic perspective]]. Allison's perspective is... [[ThisIsReality different]]. While from Kevin’s point of view the world is presented as a classic sitcom complete with a {{Laugh Track}}, [[ThreeWallSet three walled sets]], [[ThreeCameras three camera visuals]], over-lit colourful lighting, and people giving [[WorldofHam over the top hammy performances]], when we cut to Allison’s point of view, the canned laughter is gone, the visuals are single camera, the “sets” become real locations, the lighting becomes dark and moody, and people behave more believably down to earth.

Deeply depressed and fed up with constantly having to cater to Kevin's childish whims and irresponsible nature, both of which have wreaked considerable havoc on her social life and the couple's finances, and only ever getting condescension and derision from Kevin and his friends, who call her a nag and a wet blanket whenever she tries to bring just the tiniest degree of sanity and moderation to their immature proceedings, Allison finally decides what she wants: [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Kevin must die]].

* BadGuyBar: [[spoiler:Kevin, Neil, and Pete hang out in one in Episode 5 where they begin to bitch about Patty and invite a similarly named guy (Paddy) into their group.]]

** Allison gives one [[spoiler: to Kevin in the finale, right before telling him she wants a divorce]].
* BittersweetEnding: Patty and Tammy ended up breaking up, Neil moves out and his fate is up in the air, along with his relationship with Diane, and as pointed out in FridgeHorror, Pete is gonna eventually find out that [[spoiler: Kevin died in a fire in his own house shortly after he left for Florida]]. But on the positive side, everyone is free from Kevin's tyranny, Allison is able to come back since the case involving Patty is dropped, it's implied that Neil and Diane's relationship might have hope if Neil is able to change, and the show ends with Allison and Patty embracing and deciding to "grow old and die alone together", possibly implying a relationship.

* BumblingDad: Deconstructed. The series shows off how miserable an experience it would be to be married to the classic "goofy, dimwitted husband" present in a lot of DomCom shows.

* TheCameo: In "Ghost", Creator/PeriGilpin makes an appearance as Allison's mother Donna in a flashback to the day of Allison's father's funeral. This flashback takes place in the sitcom world, suggesting that Donna was the domineering figure in Allison's life before she met Kevin.

** Allison is one for the CloserToEarth sitcom wife. On the surface, she seems like the typical snarky but ultimately devoted and supportive wife; underneath, she's deeply unhappy and utterly tired of being expected to act as the [[OnlySaneMan "voice of reason"]] only to be dismissed as a "nag" when she tries to get the guys to stop doing something stupid for more than five minutes.
** Kevin himself is one for the doofus husband archetype. In the sitcom framing, he's the jovial BigFun; in reality, he's a self-absorbed manchild who is completely oblivious to any of his wife's own needs or desires, essentially taking ParentingTheHusband up to eleven and then some. The story wastes no time showing just how exhausting and insufferable such a person would be to deal with in real life over an extended period of time.

* {{Fauxshadowing}}: In "Broken", when Allison dismisses the idea of Neil trying to hurt her or Kevin, Detective Bram warns her, "You'd be surprised how dark people can be beneath the surface." [[spoiler:In the very next episode, "Fixed", Neil learns Allison tried to kill Kevin and ends up strangling and nearly killing her, but in Season 2, Neil isn't the harmful one as he slowly realises his mistakes, Kevin ends up being the one with a dark side.]]

However, [[FridgeBrilliance in reality]], Kevin is actually a {{Jerkass}} {{Manchild}} who is completely clueless to the destructive and lasting consequences of his many {{Zany Scheme}}s and whose buffoonishly abusive behavior has increasingly worn down Allison, with [[SubvertedSitcom the sitcom trappings being simply the result of Kevin's warped and narcissistic perspective]]. Allison's perspective is... [[ThisIsReality different]]. Deeply depressed and fed up with constantly having to cater to Kevin's childish whims and irresponsible nature, both of which have wreaked considerable havoc on her social life and the couple's finances, and only ever getting condescension and derision from Kevin and his friends, who call her a nag and a wet blanket whenever she tries to bring just the tiniest degree of sanity and moderation to their immature proceedings, Allison finally decides what she wants: [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Kevin must die]].

** Allison is one for the CloserToEarth sitcom wife. On the surface, she seems like the typical snarky but ultimately devoted and supportive wife; underneath, she's deeply unhappy and utterly tired of having to act as the [[OnlySaneMan "voice of reason"]] only to be dismissed as a "nag" when she tries to inject some sanity to Kevin's antics.

** Many of Kevin's {{Zany Scheme}}s are short-sighted, illogical, and do more harm than good.

* DeconstructorFleet: Of AwfulWeddedLife sitcoms involving ManChild husbands and their hyper-competent, long-suffering wives. The show emphasizes how ''miserable'' it is for Allison to be constantly ignored and dismissed in favor of Kevin's passing hobbies, and that Kevin's absolute insensitivity to her is outright DomesticAbuse once outside of the sitcom framing.

* FemaleMisogynist: {{Subverted}} in Patty's case. She was one of the "Honorary Dude" variety, enabling Kevin and Neil's antics and having next to no sympathy for Allison or her situation. [[spoiler: Though she begins to genuinely care for Allison and like her, she also wants out after realizing how horrible Kevin and his actions are.]] Played straight with Allison's coworker Diane.

** In "Live Free or Die", after the escape room incident, Allison points out that if she isn't around, Kevin would likely kill himself. [[spoiler: Come the final episode, Kevin does just that after Allison leaves him for good and tells him she wants a divorce.]]

** [[spoiler:In "New Patty", when Allison calls out a guy for intentionally bumping her and insults him back for calling her a bitch, Patty genuinely gets excited at seeing how far Allison has come and even smiles when she quits her job because her aunt brushed off the incident.]]

* DeathFakedForYou: Allison's plot in Season 2 revolves around her trying to get away from Kevin in a different way, by faking her death and fleeing. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It's a lengthy process]], which involves finding the body of an unclaimed, deceased woman named Gertrude Fronch in the local mortuary, who is from out-of-state and therefore the paperwork to file her death certificate is delayed. She then steals her death certificate from City Hall before it can be filed, which gives her a social security number. She hires a PI to create fake mail for her in Worchester, and with both this and the SSN, she goes to the DMV and gets a driver's license with her photograph. When Diane gives her money for a "vacation", she fakes a "hiking accident", and is able to leave town and start moving from place to place under Gertrude's identity.

** Neil gets some as the BumblingSidekick. He's even more immature than Kevin is, which is heavily implied to be the result of some kind of mental disorder, and it's made clear that he's just as much a victim of Kevin's idiocy and narcissism as Allison and Patty are. The second season reveals that he [[spoiler:is a bit more perceptive than he lets on (though he's still not the brightest bulb), has a drinking problem, and a lifelong problem of [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength not knowing his own strength]]]].

** [[spoiler: As Patty makes it very clear to Allison, her plan to kill Kevin with pills only has a guaranteed chance of working if she is ''absolutely certain'' Kevin will actually die. There's a chance that he will just wake up the next day after blacking out.]]

** [[spoiler: Indeed confirmed in the finale: once Kevin is completely alone, he dies within minutes.]]

* DyingTown: In the "Crime Drama" scenes from Allison's POV, Worcester is portrayed this way. Sadly, this is very much TruthInTelevision.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After everything she'd gone through, Allison is finally free of Kevin in the GrandFinale, as is everyone else who was caught up in his abusive domineering ways. Kevin accidentally offing himself is the cherry on top]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even [[{{Jerkass}} Kevin]] knows that [[{{Pyromaniac}} Neil]] shouldn't be allowed anywhere near fireworks. Also, [[spoiler: once it becomes apparent that the male Paddy is a psychopath, Kevin, his dad, and Neil all agree they he needs to go... only to become too afraid to say so. Patty has to be the one to chase him away. That said, prior to the finale, no one seems to have been aware that the group ''already has'' a straight-up psycho -- Kevin.]]

** [[spoiler: In “The Unreliable Narrator”, several characters point out to Kevin that intentionally destroying Lorraine’s hearing aid and lying about it is not funny, but in fact extremely cruel. And this is ''before'' they find out about his role in the citywide blackout.]]

* FrameUp: [[spoiler:By the end of the "New Patty", Allison's plan changes from poisoning Kevin with oxycodone to framing him as the town's drug dealer.]]

** The true example ends up being Allison and Patty as they become friends and partners in crime over the course of the series. Allison says they're so close, she sometimes can't even remember which of them did what, and that any horrible thing they do is okay because they do it ''for each other''. Patty later admits Allison is her "favorite person." Played with, as Patty turns out to be queer (it's never clarified whether she's a lesbian or bisexual), and some of their interactions take on a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantic undertone]], with them HoldingHands and [[spoiler:ending the series deciding to stick together, no matter what]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: In the finale, Kevin passes out drunk after starting a trash can fire in his living room, burning his house down with him inside.]]

* SympatheticMurderer: The show is all about how Allison is considering becoming one.

* WhamShot: The first season finale ends with [[spoiler: Neil attempting to strangle Allison in the sitcom style... before Patty hits him on the head with bottle, forcing him ''out of the sitcom'' and into reality.]]

'''Allison:''' Patty, ''he got me fired''. Right when I felt like I was worth something. He ruined it. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall And you just watched him and laughed.]] Can you just think about that for more than one second? He didn't like something that was my own, and so he took it away from me. Like this car. Like my friends. Like any shred of a life that is my own.\\

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: No, Patty did not approve of Neil strangling Allison (he mostly was just trying to get his phone back though) and even hit him with a glass bottle to get him to stop. However when Allison smashes Neil in the head with a teapot, knocking him out, Patty starts to becomes frantic over the situation and Neil's well-being. Why? Because at the end of the day, Neil is still her brother.]]

* LousyLoversAreLosers: Kevin ain't good and the sex is awful. In the pilot, Kevin's upset because his boss invited himself over to Kevin's "rager", when he sees Allison in bed with a shoulder exposed because she was scratching an itch. This gets him horny and he agrees to get Allison the new house she wants. He also hints at her to consider doing an unnamed sex act that she said she'd never do. This time she's so happy at the news of getting a new house, that she agrees. The next morning, she almost throws up.

** Neil is ''even worse'', acting like he's about 10 years old most of the time. In the first season finale, he throws a childish tantrum when Kevin's making a (minor) attempt to grow up by [[spoiler:running for political office]] which leaves him too busy to play hide-and-seek. [[spoiler:Even when he overhears Allison tried to have Kevin killed, his main thought is try and get back in Kevin's good graces rather than be shocked at what has transpired]]. He does start growing out of this as the second season progresses.

* CerebusRetcon: The show does this to itself repeatedly by depicting the repercussions of the multi-cam show's gags through the more dramatic single-cam lens. For instance, a silly exchange about Kevin leaving a note on the couple's bathroom mirror in permanent marker becomes dismally sad when we actually see it depicted onscreen as part of the general decay of Allison's surroundings. There's even the odd inversion when something previously PlayedForDrama is taken into the sitcom half.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Kevin ain't good and the sex is awful. In the pilot, Kevin's upset because his boss invited himself over to Kevin's "rager", when he sees Allison in bed with a shoulder exposed because she was scratching an itch. This gets him horny and he agrees to get Allison the new house she wants. He also hints at her to consider doing an unnamed sex act that she said she'd never do. This time she's so happy at the news of getting a new house, that she agrees. The next morning, she almost throws up.

* BittersweetEnding: Patty and Tammy ended up breaking up, Neil moves out and his fate is up in the air, along with his relationship with Diana, and as pointed out in FridgeHorror, Pete is gonna eventually find out that [[spoiler: Kevin died in a fire in his own house shortly after he left for Florida]]. But on the positive side, everyone is free from Kevin's tyranny, Allison is able to come back since the case involving Patty is dropped, it's implied that Neil and Diana's relationship might have hope if Neil is able to change, and the show ends with Allison and Patty embracing and deciding to "grow old and die alone together", possibly implying a relationship.

* LimitedSocialCircle: As with most of the rest of the elements in this series, this is deconstructed. All of Kevin and Allison's social circle belongs to him and engage in his antics, with Allison not even being allowed to have a dog for company because Kevin doesn't want anything "cuter than him" in the house. This leads Allison to be incredibly lonely and isolated, with her closest associates being her co-worker who doesn't really seem to understand her situation. Allison is so desperate for any form of friendship that one somewhat kind conversation with Patty makes her think they've formed a bond, only to be coldly rebuffed later (though they do end up forming a genuine friendship later on after Patty sees for herself just how truly toxic Kevin is).
** It's later shown that Kevin's antics actively prevent Allison from doing anything for herself, as he needs constant supervision and intervention to prevent his antics from going off the rails, leaving very little time for her to have anything resembling a social life outside of her home.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[spoiler: In season 2, Allison becomes this to Diane by default after being confided that her husband has been cheating on her for years. Although Allison does feel bad for her aunt, she is not above using Diane's grief for her own selfish purposes.]]
* LonelyTogether: Despite Patty's initial denial, Patty and Allison are bonded by the fact that they are both deeply lonely, unhappy individuals who have no real connections in their own lives. Their growing friendship provides them both with the support and companionship they've been missing. [[spoiler:In the finale, they sit on the porch of Allison's destroyed house and make a promise to "die alone together," and hold hands.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: In true sitcom style, Kevin is much closer to his best friend Neil than he is to Allison. The pilot has Neil bawling loudly at the prospect of Kevin moving away. Their plotline in "We're Selling Washing Machines" is a classic FeudEpisode in which the two compete ferociously to see who is the superior chili chef; Kevin seeks an advantage by buying a whole (dead) pig, but ultimately can't bring himself to cut it open because he's bonded with it as a ReplacementGoldfish for his missing friend. Allison and Patty, who are respectively forced to spend more time with Kevin and Neil since they're no longer always together, find that they have to repair the friendship just to get some much-needed space from their ridiculous behavior. This is PlayedForLaughs in the multi-cam plot with the expected WomenAreWiser emphasis, but [[PlayedForDrama takes on a darker edge]] in the single-cam, where Kevin's new clinginess is interfering with both Allison's ongoing plot to murder him and her efforts to spend time with an OldFlame.

* HoldingHands: [[spoiler:The first season ends with Allison and Patty holding hands after Patty saves her life and asks if she's okay, despite their vicious argument just minutes before.]]
-->'''Allison:''' I'm fine.
** [[spoiler: The second season also ends with them holding hands, this time on what remains of the Mcroberts’ porch.]]

On August 28, 2021, AMC announced the show had been renewed for a second season. It was later announced on 30th November 2021 that the second would also be the final season of the series. The second season premiered on August 22, 2022 and will end on October 10.

** Allison gets one [[spoiler: to Kevin in the finale, right before telling him she wants a divorce.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the final episode, Allison leaving Kevin is the final straw in causing his entire life falling apart. His father leaves him to live his own life. His friendship with Neil ends after Neil condemns him for abandoning him causing him to get arrested. His girlfriend breaks up with him after he tries to get her to move in with him. And Allison returns to tell him that she wants a divorce. This breaks Kevin's facade, causing him to have a VillainousBreakdown, getting drunk and setting fire to the rest of Allison's belongings, but he passes out and dies from the rest of the house burning down. Neil moves out on his own. But Patty and Allison reunite, committing to "Growing old alone together.]]
* BrickJoke: In the finale, Allison finally reads Literature/{{Ulysses}}, and, unlike in the second episode, you know it's not a dream because the correct author name is written on it.

* ChekhovsGun: A literal gun in this case. In episode 4, Patty and Allison accidentally trade cocaine for a pistol while trying to buy Oxy in Vermont. Upon their return to Worcester in episode 5, they bury it in the [=McRoberts=]' backyard to keep it from being used. In episode 7, Kevin suddenly pulls the gun from under his and Allison's mattress, revealing he found it in the backyard while searching for treasure with Neil and a metal detector (which was introduced in a previous episode). He immediately tries to use it to fend off a perceived burglary.

** In season 1, episode 4, after the escape room incident, Allison points out that if she isn't around, Kevin would likely kill himself [[spoiler: Come the final episode, Kevin does just that after Allison leaves him for good and tells him she wants a divorce.]]