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The final decision at the end of Family Meeting has been bugging me all night

**EDIT** A lot of responses seem focused on which plan was better. My point is not about which plan was better, it was about Kate finally being assertive with her brothers and then Kevin pushing her announced decision aside and revealing his own idea. It's about the Big 3's interpersonal dynamic, and Kevin putting all the pieces of his plan in place before ever mentioning it to Kate, undercutting her authority as guardian. There should have been a better way to get to the same result than Kevin stepping into center stage.

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Most of the episode centers around Randall and Kevin arguing for their opinion of what to do with Rebecca. Kate has gone mute again and is taking it all in and struggling with the decision.

Then she finally has her decision. She has summoned the confidence to announce it to everyone over breakfast. She has split the baby and neither Kevin or Randall have their plans executed. It is decided.

And then Kevin just rolls right over his sister's decision with a new grand plan that he seems to have been plotting all night with everyone except Kate and Randall (and possibly Beth) so he can have it his way.

Yes, it's a good plan. Yes, with the benefit of flashforwards we see the plan has worked well and Rebecca will be able to remain in the house until she dies as she wished. But damn that was a BS way to steamroll Kate when she finally found her voice and finally stepped into the roll Rebecca chose for her. She made her first real decision as guardian and it lasted 5 seconds until Kevin tried to change it on her.

With Kevin living in the house and Kate living 3000 miles away, I can't help but wonder if this becomes a recurring issue over those next few years and perhaps that's why Kate is absent in the deathbed flashforwards.

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