im glad my dumbass comment inspired this essay! i never thought about how the connections between the group (or lack of them) are really what drive the action, specifically once they're isolated. poor dj....i really don't think he did anything wrong lol. sure, he isolated himself from a bunch of AMATEURS. but that's an interesting observation about how he just bandages people (lol ironic as a surgeon) without ever actually getting deep into the issue. i take that he's the kind of guy that views vulnerability as a threat, which is why he leaves the group to go on his own in the first place once there's the first sign that something's wrong.

mitzi is very cat-like. he wants in, then he wants out, then he wants back in. i think he's tempted most by connection, but im not sure what exactly triggers him to leave each time. yea, Marty's heavy, but talking to harry is kind of like talking to a brick wall when he's ptsd triggered mode. i think it's ultimately his inability to connect with harry when he's like that that makes him give up.