![]() I thought about how Becca said she told him about her pregnancy only “as a courtesy.” That’s how little autonomy he has in this situation - he could’ve not known at all. But this has rendered Marcus a ghost hovering close by. (“But everywhere he turned, Marcus was hard-pressed to find even a shred of evidence that he was in the driver’s seat of his own life,” the narrator says over Marcus’s perpetually worried frown.) Of course, it’s Becca’s body at stake here, and it’s her decision that counts the most. Marcus has effectively had all of his agency ripped from him. (Side note: Please go to therapy, Marcus!!!) He really does not want a baby, but he refuses to be an absent father. They can’t seem to grasp the rock and a hard place he finds himself between. Ida, Kian, and Yogi try to shake him out of his funk, but Ida and Kian aren’t taking him seriously and Yogi is in forever-dad mode so he can’t understand why Marcus wouldn’t want to be in his position. Later, he even half-jokes that he was on suicide watch, which is extremely scary to think about considering he had no support. He’s despondent and depressed, capable of thinking only about his baby on the way. In the beginning, he can barely function. Marcus is relieved (“I know this is gonna sound a little fucked-up,” he concedes), but perhaps these last few episodes will explore the complicated feelings that arise from losing a baby he never wanted.īefore that revelation, however, “Becca Evans, Part II” sees Marcus come to terms with his upcoming fatherhood. (Correct me if I’m wrong.) In the end, Becca and Marcus do decide to terminate the pregnancy after numerous complications crop up that would result in a miscarriage. I can’t say I’ve ever had a pregnancy scare, but I feel like that experience would just give you a reality check. (Disclaimer: I didn’t binge the whole season because I wanted to avoid spoilers.) This just seemed like the natural progression because it would give Marcus the push he requires to reevaluate his wants and needs in life and love. That being said, I could see this relationship going one of two ways: Marcus accepts being a parent but remains unhappy, though this still felt like too much of a rehash of season one, or they end up losing the baby, which the numerous references to Becca’s age imply. Darby and Augie had so much history together and love for each other that co-parenting was the obvious choice, but Marcus and Becca are practically strangers - friends with benefits who had no intention of staying together for the long haul. But also these two pregnancies happened under extremely different circumstances. In the last recap, I briefly touched on how Darby and Augie had an accidental baby, and I thought there was no way it would play out the same way with Marcus and Becca. ![]()
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