User blog comment:Katapultman/My take on "The Choices": The undisputed crowning achievement of TAWoG's characters./@comment-30307603-20170910163855

Great post! I think you have managed to capture why this episode is adored by so many.

It would have been easy for the show to display the relationship between Richard and Nicole as a mere circumstantial decision than a genuine relationship. However, this episode, and the show in general, actually fleshes out Richard's and Nicole's relationship and gives it depth beyond "mistakes were made that one night." It shows why somebody such as Nicole needs person like Richard in her life. It shows that Richard and Nicole need each other, and why their relationship isn't as shallow as one may first perceive. Sad as it is, very few shows would take the time to do such, and the episode has my respect for it.