‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’ Recap: ‘New Patty’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Five of ‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’.
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Ask anyone you know what they think about change, and you’ll get one of two answers. In that, they will either lament change and speak to how it consistently frustrates them, or they’ll grow incredibly excited and speak to the wonder of the universe’s ability to shake things up, and it makes sense as to why people seem to embrace one side or the other when it comes to change. Because some folks, simply love the idea of new opportunities and embracing whatever life sends their way since it makes them feel alive and energized. While others simply hate the idea of getting out of a routine since where they are now is comfortable and safe and secure and well, our polarizing approach to change is relevant to our discussion today, simply because it served as the focal theme of last night’s episode of Kevin Can F**k Himself.
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For ‘New Patty’ saw both Allison and Patty deal with the nature and the potential of change and that immediately put them on a path that expressed how view it. In Allison’s case, the reality that Kevin was soon going to die at her hands put her in supremely happy place. Because it wasn’t going to be long now before she was finally free of Kevin and the rut he had helped to create in regard to her life and well… that motivated her to continue to the seize the day and no longer take crap from anyone. Because she simply felt alive now and knew that change was a wonderful and empowering concept and well, that motivated her to take action in ways she normally does not in everyday life. Such as say, ripping off the local beauty store where she is constantly judged and insulted, just to make a point that they need to treat her better and the tiny act of stealing lipstick, led to far bigger carpe diem moments for her.

Because it also motivated Allison to finally stand up for herself at work when it comes to the rude jerks that frequent the liquor store. For she expected to be treated with a little more common decency and respect than she was used to receiving in this place and when that didn’t seem possible… she straight up quit out of the belief that she deserved better and that in turn, led her to make her biggest life-changing decision of the night. Wherein she not only signed up to be a waitress at Sam’s diner… but she was also quick to act on her emotions for him and consummate them post haste and well, in the end, it was simply magnificent to see Allison embrace change and enact it wherever possible in her life. Because not only did her actions remind us of the positive nature of change when we choose to embrace it… but we finally got to see Allison enjoy a taste of happiness for a change and that was just downright refreshing.

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As for how people view change in a negative light, well that was handled by Patty’s journey in this tale. Because her life was turned upside down by the universe once she settled back in from the road trip. For Kevin opted to ‘ex-communicate’ her from the group. All because she didn’t make any efforts to bring him back a burger, and Kurt broke things off with her since she didn’t put any urgency behind his proposal and to top it all off, the lack of Oxy in her shop motivated a local scumbag to threaten her to provide him with more drugs, or else. And well… Patty herself even outright said that she hated change and loved patterns and having it come pouring down upon her here, put her in a sour mindset and understandably so. For change can be hard to deal with and it can upend everything that keeps us happy or steady and well… when we are unhappy with change, we can either try and fight it and see where that takes us or try and learn what the universe is trying to tell us when it sends change our way.
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Thankfully Patty went with the latter option and realized this was a wakeup call. For her relationship with Kurt was hollow and unfulfilling and she did need to stop with dealing drugs and of course… Kevin's actions helped to remind her, that he is a piece of human trash that treats everyone equally bad. Because it takes a special kind of jerk to try and replace a life-long friend with a real-life Travis Bickle, also named Patty. Which brought her to make quite the deal with Allison. In that… she was able to talk her neighbor and only friend into avoiding the plan to use drugs to kill Kevin… since there was a chance the plan wouldn’t work. For Kevin is damn near invincible when it comes to abusing substances. But her bigger hope in going this route, was so that she could get her hands on the Oxy and save her hide, and buy her time to execute a new plan. One that would eventually make it appear as though Kevin McRoberts was the one involved in the city’s drug trade and going that route… should in fact allow for Kevin to either disappear behind bars for years on end or end his life without any involvement from Allison and Patty.

Which was quite the unexpected and satisfying twist to see pop up in this tale, since Allison seemed hellbent on doing this herself. But knowing that she wasn’t able to do so, speaks volumes to how great of a person she is and how she understands that there are certain lines you don’t cross and well, while we wait to see how this new plan to bring down Kevin is going to work, we can bask in the wonder of one fascinating tale. Because this one, once again, just presented its observations in the raw and didn’t really demand anything of the viewer. It simply pointed out that you either love or hate change and it is up to us to decide how to perceive it and view it and ultimately whether or not we want to embrace it and that really is a unique way to present and examine change and it will be quite interesting to see what other unique topics come forth for analysis as Allison and Patty begin to enact their plan to be free of Kevin McRoberts and his special brand of stupid. Until next time.

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