‘Go On’ Recap – ‘Big League Chew’

Tonight's show opens with the entire group running into Lauren at a restaurant on a date with a guy named Wyatt. The group manages to embarrass Lauren pretty quickly but not before the group finds out that Lauren has talked to Wyatt about the group in some detail. The next day the group discusses the topic of Ryan's grief eating and confronts Lauren with her violation of telling Wyatt about their issues. The group decides that if Lauren wants to make amends she'll have to bring Wyatt to group so they can "Make it weird", Lauren reluctantly agrees. The next day Wyatt is a total hit with the group, to Lauren's surprise and Anne asks Lauren if she loves him. Lauren becomes defensive, denies that there's a problem and tells the group to butt out but later that night when Wyatt tells Lauren he loves her before he goes to bed Lauren can't bring herself to say it back.

Outside of group Ryan is concerned about Danny who is allowing his ex and her boyfriend Hector to walk all over him. Danny confides in Ryan that he's created a happy place "Harborville" in his mind that he started going to to help him cope with the stresses of being in the military and now uses it to help him deal with his crappy home life. After meeting Wyatt, Ryan tells Danny that he needs to accept what his life has become and stop hiding in "Fakey Town".

The next day Danny decides to but Ryan tells him it was wrong for him to judge what someone uses to cope with hard times and the two decide to talk more about Harborville after destroying Hector's car with a sledge hammer.

At the office Ryan's grief eating is starting to get out of control and Carrie is visibly concerned. The group removes the food from their meetings in an effort to get Ryan to deal with his grief. In a show of pride, Ryan declares that he's going to give up junk food and ride a bike as a healthier means of dealing with his misery, but he isn't on his bike more than two minutes before he's in a mini mart cleaning out their candy aisle. Of course, George walks in and catches him red-handed.

Ryan and George have a heart to heart and the group comes to Ryan's house later that night with the intent to help him eat past his heartache. Everyone is surprised when Lauren shows up and tries to convince them (and herself) that she loves Wyatt (but it's really not the case), and it turns out that Lauren has a lot to think about.

The show ends with Ryan and Danny walking away form Hector's vandalized car and into a sepia filtered Harborville where Ryan is eating pies like Tic Tacs.

Good stuff.