I've read quite a few dismissals of mundane explanations based on psychics being more likely than mundane stuff in a world where the Departure happened.

No worries. It was more of a reddit style comment, and this isn't reddit.

If it buys him peace of mind?

That's who I thought of, but the existence of the young daughter confused me. Wouldn't she be related to Tommy and Jill? Seems weird she was never mentioned again.

So was I :)

Whose house? And whose kids?

No one could have been prepared for what the Departure did to people's mental health. Can't blame Laurie for how Patti turned out.

Guys without that particular hang-up? Plus, gay guys?

Getting an erection is a reflex, not something that can be fully controlled. Male rape victims actually have to deal with the psychological issue that their bodies respond in a way that could be read as "they really wanted it all along", no matter the gender of their assailant, or whether they protest or not.

There are ways to explain it that would work in the real world; I wouldn't call it unambiguous.

I thought the man Tommy was with was his biological father, who had abused him. But considering he seemed to have a young daughter who was never mentioned by the Garveys, that doesn't really make sense anymore, I guess.

Yeah, being abducted and tied up in a van is just normal foreplay. Nothing rape-y about it.

Not cancel out, but he's angry at her and defensive (he's the one who wanted to hire the persons of color, IIRC), and resents being publicly portrayed as a racist when, in his mind, he's clearly not.

Cary let himself be pushed into the "reverse racism" position by Monica's video stunt. It's pretty basic cause-and-effect, not inconsistent characterization.

Texting during TV is the second-worst thing after texting & driving :)

The cashier is learning, not the boy. The boy has a Russian accent; he knows the language.

The card is just an arm's length away from the cashier. If Kevin saw the guy he saw the card, too.

One that likes a paycheck?

"About Patti being real or not, I'm inclined to believe she's an actual
ghost or something. After all, she did see the duck card at the hardware
store before Kevin even looked at the the kid who was holding it. Now,
Kevin may have heard about Patti's husband Neil from Laurie back when
they were married, but if we are…

"Matt did not rape Mary."