When I first saw this I thought that there was a US version of Green Wing coming over.

The Roger/Marigold arc is the same as the Roger/Don arc - Roger feeling like the parent who attempts to reach out to their offspring only to be rebuffed at every time. Meanwhile the other child, the child he could actually make up for all this negligence with, is completely off limits to him.

No Pete Campbell and his bachelor love of cereal?