Puppy Place (2021)

Episode Overview

Ted is grappling with feelings of aging and insignificance after a brutal encounter with a teenage girl gang and the passing of a neighbor. After a movie night, he and Chel are caught up in the gang’s attack, resulting in Chel suffering a serious fall. He rushes her to the hospital, where doctors inform him of kidney damage, forcing Chel to increase her dialysis sessions to three times weekly. Overcome with guilt for not being able to protect her, Ted begins to isolate himself. Meanwhile, Melissa is frustrated to discover someone has been using her toothbrush. Feeling overshadowed in a house full of men and desperate for privacy, she tracks down the culprit—Carbo—who casually views toothbrushes as communal items. Nathan tries to comfort her with a new toothbrush, but it only deepens her discomfort about keeping Sammy's secret. When Nathan receives separation papers, Melissa and Ben face the dilemma of whether to reveal the truth. Dave raises the idea of kidney donation to Chel, and with Julie