[s5e7] George Finds: Therapy Benny-ficial

The episode concludes with George's realization that his personal conflict with Benny is negatively impacting his son's well-being. To provide Max with stability, and reconcile with his mother for the sake of the family.

Contrary to George’s assumption, Max is not primarily traumatized by the shooting. Instead, his distress stems from to stay with Ernie. George had previously moved out to avoid his mother, Benny, who had moved into the Lopez home after her own house burned down in a previous episode. Mirroring Trauma: George and Dr. Nickleson [S5E7] George Finds Therapy Benny-ficial

The episode begins with a seemingly external crisis: . However, when George takes him to see a school counselor, Dr. Phillip Nickleson (played by guest star Richard Lewis), the session reveals a deeper source of Max’s chronic nightmares. The episode concludes with George's realization that his