Thank you! Justin is, in my opinion, the strongest person on the show, but the bashing was such a huge metaphorical blow for him, and it stripped him of so much of his confidence, especially the first few months afterward. And so I think that if he had seen Debbie with that bat, and with the way she used it, it would have thrown him right back into that time in his life.

And I'm glad you liked the Brian/Debbie scene; I struggled with her voice a lot, because she had to lose so much of her bravado and her sheer force of personality once she realized what she'd done. So if it worked for you, I'm taking that as a sign of success.

Thank you for mentioning the line you liked, too. I was quite proud of that line, myself, and it's good to know it affected you that strongly.