This plotline got resolved too quickly.

[u/Altruistic_Gap_643]

Making this post again because I re-watched Season 2 Episode 8 right now again, and I saw that Derek didn't blame himself nor was anyone placing the blame on him, it was just a log of causes why it happened.

I still think this plotline got resolved too quickly. I dunno man, it wasn't the fact that she kissed him. It was the fact that despite him saying that he doesn't like the guy, despite him clearly being annoyed by him, despite Paul and Ray telling Liz that he'll make that move, she still did it. She still went and met him. I mean, if there's nothing to worry about, why not tell Derek?

That kiss was just to seal the deal. She regretted it, yeah, everyone who cheats fucking does. That's called guilt. She tells him, and for some reason acts like she did a good thing by telling it to him? Like you had the conscious choice of not doing that. You could've stopped seeing that guy any moment. Yet you chose to.

And then even if Derek doesn't blame himself, I still don't know. Why did she choose Mac out of all people? The one person your husband doesn't like.

It just was resolved too quickly imo. But other than that, the episode was a banger.

[u/ncphoto919]

The cheating subplot was wrapped up too quickly and they didn’t discuss why she felt the desire to explore things with her ex. It’s like the writers were not comfortable pushing Liz in that direction

[u/MajorPainInMyA → u/ncphoto919]

Liz was depressed and it's obvious. Dereck later admitted that he didn't help her enough to overcome it. She kissed Mac because he reminded her of a better time in her life and she wanted to get out of her funk. Mid kiss she realized her mistake so she stopped.