He's been put off of fishing for a while, but he'd happily take walks with him or go sit down by the water with a cooler just to shoot the shit and enjoy the shade.

I saw that Ainsley disappeared. Boo. He's fine hearing about Neal. He likes Neal.

For now with the alcoholism, he's keeping his drinking to nights and weekends. (This is going to progress over time as alcoholism does.) My plan with it is for things to eventually hit a point where he screws something up badly he shouldn't have, misses an important detail, or gets himself or someone else hurt before he actively seeks help for it. I can absolutely see Malcolm recognizing it for what it is at the level where it is now, given his history with his mom and his training.

And I would love if over time it does make it more into play. I never like doing addiction SLs if they aren't handled realistically and don't eventually get some movement/attempts to improve. Malcolm would be a good person to not only help him recognize it's a problem but point him to the resources that could help him. I don't think George's rock bottom will need to be abysmal misery before he realizes he can't sustain this. So if you're down for that, we can start working it in in little ways here and there. Just lmk.