History Recap / MoralOrelS3E8Passing

(and then Clay quickly takes it away).

* TooDumbToLive: Or rather, too dumb to give birth. Angela had ''ten'' stillbirths due to years of drinking, smoking, horseback riding, going on roller coasters, and jumping on a trampoline. And with each death, she became more and more distant from Arthur and became a religious fanatic. In fact, the only reason Clay even survived was because she was too busy praying to engage in the reckless behavior that doomed her previous pregnancies. Played straighter in that her joy from Clay being born alive is the reason why the latter became a little snot because she spoiled him so much, thus leading to her demise.

* TooDumbToLive: Or rather, too dumb to give birth. Angela had ''ten'' stillbirths due to years of drinking, smoking, horseback riding, going on roller coasters and jumping on a trampoline. And with each death, she became more and more distant from Arthur and became a religious fanatic. In fact, the only reason Clay even survived was because she was too busy praying to engage in the reckless behavior that doomed her previous pregnancies.

* TooDumbToLive: Or rather, too dumb to give birth. Angela had ''ten'' miscarriages due to years of drinking, smoking, horseback riding, going on roller coasters and jumping on a trampoline. And with each death, she became more and more distant from Arthur and became a religious fanatic. In fact, the only reason Clay even survived was because she was too busy praying to engage in the reckless behavior that doomed her previous pregnancies.

Arthur runs in to find that Clay shot himself. As Angela freaks out and prays to God to take her instead, Arthur notices the bottle of ketchup he left and realizes that Clay is pranking them. However, Angela is so elated that Clay isn't dead that she suffers a heart attack and dies.

* TooDumbToLive: Or rather, too dumb to give birth. Angela had ''ten'' miscarriages due to years of drinking, smoking, horseback riding, going on roller coasters and jumping on a trampoline. And with each death, she became more and more distant from Arthur and became a religious fanatic. In fact, the only reason Clay even survived was because she was too busy praying.

[[caption-width-right:296:Clay's StartOfDarkness]]

* SexlessMarriage: Angela showers Clay with attention while ignoring Arthur.
* SpoiledBrat: Because of his mother's lax parenting style, young Clay is very impatient and selfish. His pretend suicide comes from a fit of pique over learning that he wasn't her firstborn.

Arthur blames Clay for Angela's death, and when Clay tells him he's going to hell for saying there's no heaven, Arthur reaches to hit Clay, only to decide that he's not worth hitting. This ends up shaping Clay's entire ''life'', as he acts out to get his father to hit him, the only worth and affection he's ever shown. Once Arthur realizes this, he gives Ol' Gunny to Clay, saying he doesn't want it anymore because it's tainted with blood. Clay resolves to pass it down to his child someday...

* TooDumbToLive: Rather, too dumb to give birth. Angela had ''ten'' miscarriages due to years of drinking, smoking, horseback riding, going on roller coasters and jumping on a trampoline. And with each death, she became more and more distant from Arthur and became a religious fanatic. In fact, the only reason Clay even survived was because she was too busy praying.

* StartOfDarkness: Shows us how Clay ended up how he is in the present.

Clay and Angela look through a photo album when Clay demands to see the parts he's never seen before. He finds out he's actually the youngest of eleven siblings...and the only one that survived childbirth. Angela's previous pregnancies ended in miscarriage or stillbirth, and it's strongly suggested that it's because of the disregard she showed for her body, as she noted during her pregnancy with Clay that she was so busy praying that she didn't have time to smoke, drink highballs, jump on a trampoline or ride roller coasters. Clay doesn't take it well at all that he's not really his mother's 'precious only ever' and runs away.

Arthur blames Clay for Angela's death, and when Clay tells him he's going to hell for saying there's no heaven, Arthur reaches to hit Clay, only to decide that he's not worth hitting. This ends up shaping Clay's entire ''life'', as he acts out to get his father to hit him, the only affection he's ever shown. Once Arthur realizes this, he gives Ol' Gunny to Clay, saying he doesn't want it anymore because it's tainted with blood. Clay resolves to pass it down to his child someday...

Arthur runs in to find that Clay shot himself. As Angela freaks out and prays to God to take her instead, Arthur notices the bottle of ketchup he left and realizes that Clay is pranking them. However, Angela is so elated that Clay isn't dead that she suffers a heart attack and died.

Arthur runs in to find that Clay shot himself. As Angela freaks out and prays to God to take her instead, Arthur notices the bottle of ketchup he left and realizes that Clay is pranking them. However, Angela is so elated that Clay isn't dead that she gave herself a heart attack and died.

* DeadlyPrank: Clay's prank accidentally results in his mother dying in relief from a heart attack when she realizes Clay is alive.
* DownerEnding: Clay's prank accidentally gets his mom killed and Arthur is so disgusted by this that he ignores Clay, to the point where he only gives him attention when he does something disrespectful and hits him, which becomes the only way Clay is able to feel love.

The episode ends with Clay staring in his drink.