Alison tries to get Meg to be healthier. Nicky’s addiction reaches a new low but then he finds a new obsession in Kingdom Scrolls.

After a strong opener, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Nicky didn’t have much further to fall in his addiction to opening crates, but when Russell makes him an offer you’d almost certainly think he’d refuse, we get to see just how far the depths of his new obsession go.

Meg meanwhile is really struggling – literally physically deteriorating to the point where Alison decides to intervene. It’s fun to see Alison play a much bigger part in this series – watching her try to keep up with Meg’s ‘game-speak’ in the previous episode rather nicely echoed Meg’s own attempts to sound like ‘a norm’ and it’s clear that she does mean well. However, the thing about addictive personalities like Meg’s is that they do everything to excess, and Alison’s efforts have some unintended consequences.

Just when Nicky’s addiction seems on the verge of being all-consuming, a new character appears and interacts with him in a way that you wouldn’t expect would cause him to instantly fall head over heels in love but then this is Nicky, he’s always been an odd fish.

Usman meanwhile is busy literally hiding from his own family in a small room next to the garage after his flight was cancelled, but how long can he effectively keep that up without being discovered?

It’s fascinating to watch most of the central characters moving forwards – Meg seriously trying to be healthier and having been given a promotion at work, Nicky finding… ‘love’ I guess and Alison’s own new relationship which has issues all its own. That last one especially delivers one of the strongest moments of the episode, as she tries to airily explain away something which is clearly bothering even her. The tables turn for just a brief second as we get to see Meg and Nicky with a genuine reason to pity Alison for her personal life, and we see her attempt at snarking a response.

Verdict: Come for the videogames, stay for the intensely complex examination of human relationships. 8/10

Greg D. Smith