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Cut to a restaurant. Kevin and Chad are on their date. Kevin pulls out a gift for Chad. It's a copy of Rainer Maria Rilke's “Leters to a Young Poet.”

Kevin: Have you read it?

Chad: It's only my due north, Kevin.

Oh, please!!!! Due north?! I find it hard to believe that Chad even has a due north, much less even heard of Rainer Maria Rilke. I mean, when we first met him he was saying “bro” all the time and referring to his tennis shoes as “kicks” Sorry, I'm just not buying this.

But wait, it gets even more laughable because right there at the table Chad starts reciting a Rilke passage from “memory” -- only I could swear it looks like Jason Lewis is reading from a cue card just to the left of the camera. His eyes are perceptibly darting back and forth as if reading from a teleprompter.

Here's the quote he “recites”:

Chad : “Love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being, that is the most difficult test that has been entrusted to us. The work for which all other work is merely preparation.”

Oh, what a bunch of pretentious hooey. I feel like throwing my remote at the television screen.

Kevin: Wow. And do you believe that?

Chad: That love is difficult? I've never been good at it. I mean look at me and you. Is it easy for you?

Kevin: I basically screw it up. I either become wildly interested, or chronically and hugely unavailable. Like you, for instance.

Chad: Kevin, you really have no idea how available I am.

Yeah, Kevin, you should check out Chad's profile on Manhunt. Trust him, he's available!

Chad: Whatever journey I've been on. I think at age thirty-four I've finally, maybe, found out who I want to be and where I want to go. And who I want to go there with. Reichen Lemkuhl!

Err. Okay, I added that last bit about Reichen. Chad didn't really say that.

Cut to later at Kevin's apartment. His phone rings. It's Chad's ex-girlfriend Michele.

Brief aside, but Michele is played by Lexy Olin, the daughter of show producer Ken Olin and actress Patricia Wettig (Holly). She's pretty good. I'm sorry we're probably not going to see much more of this character.

Kevin asks Michele why she called. She says to warn him about Chad.

Michele: He's done this before. It's his thing. He's gonna get real close to you and then he's gonna find some girl.. Like me…and you're never going to speak to him again. Ever.

Kevin: He hurt you didn't he?

Michele: No. I'll be fine. It's you I'm worried about.

So she knew all along, eh? Well, if she couldn't lure Kevin away with Scotty, I guess she deserves to get written off the show.

Cut to yet another therapy session. Sarah has just spilled the beans about having an unconsummated crush on Noah. (We always come in on the tail end of things on this show, don't we?) Joe turns to the therapist with a frantic, pained expression.

Joe: Why the hell can't you help us? You sit there doing nothing. We're drowning!

Okay brief aside to say I'm really feeling Joe's pain. The actor who plays him is very effective in this episode. The bad news is, just as I'm warming up to the character, his exit from the show seems imminent. You get the unmistakable feeling that Joe and Sarah are headed for divorce.

Cut to Holly's office at Ojai Foods. Tommy is meeting with her. She tells him again about how William Walker had wanted to buy the winery so that he could run it.

Holly: But I already told you all this.

Tommy: Yeah, but now I believe you.

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