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!!A Second Embrace, with Hearts and Eyes Open
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->''"We weren't very good at being married, but... everything else works."''
-->-- '''Liz'''

Some time after their divorce, Liz (Creator/SophieOkonedo) and Van (Creator/TobiasMenzies) start seeing each other again, but their second chance is threatened by Liz's breast cancer diagnosis.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Betty and Flynn, the daughters, are on a plan to vegan by age 13 and are the rare breed of children who are up early on weekends and not glued to their screens, which their mother always notes with surprise.
* AmicableExes: Divorced couple Liz and Van are on good terms. It's why they start dating again.
* NewOldFlame: Liz gets back together with her ex-husband Van.
* NuclearFamily: Before the divorce, Van and Liz formed a nuclear family unit with their two daughters.
* TheTopicOfCancer: Liz has an advanced breast cancer diagnosis that she shares on the very night Van proposes. The cancer weighs heavily on her and getting through it is the basis for the second half of the episode.

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