Shepherd opines that Rick turning up to therapy shows that he "cares for the family".[1] Handlen writes that "the very fact that Rick is still living with any version of his family would suggest that on some level he does recognize a basic need for those relationships" and that he avoids therapy because "he's smart enough to know that Dr. Wong [...] is right."[2] Schedeen says, "Sarandon's [Dr. Wong's] monologue about Rick's habit of disregarding anything in his life that feels like work really cut to the core of his selfish, narcissistic behavior".