"Nodus Tollens: The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore." The first rule of going undercover is that you give up your old life. You cut all ties and forget any relationships that could emotionally compromise your cover. The second rule is that nothing matters more than the job. But how were they supposed to just forget all their history?
"Anecdoche: A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening." Riley can't hear him, which makes everything else he does matter that much more. (In which Riley is deaf and Lucas is the boy who wants to learn.) (Rucas) (Joshaya)
"She's hiding something." "Like what?" "I think she's hurting herself." Between her friend group drifting apart, her art club disbanding, and her parents preoccupied with a new baby, it didn't surprise her that no one figured it out earlier. (Trigger warning: self harm)
"Vincit qui se vincit: He conquers who conquers himself." People say that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. So to work on that temporary problem, Riley's parents admitted her to an "Adolescent Mental Health Ward". Ever been to a psych ward? Well, it's hell. Or at least, that's what Riley thought. (In which Riley finds company where she least expects it.)
"1. Extreme physical or mental suffering; 2. The final stages of a difficult or painful death." How can you watch your seven year old go through the torture of all her bones breaking at once? (In which Hope still holds a lot of trauma from being possessed by The Hollow)