I hate to double comment but I only realized this after my initial joke: I relate to the Clarem. I was also a skinny kid who pined for many a lady without realizing you have to just take the leap, that just pining in silence does nothing. It may hurt if you get rejected, but it may salvage your friendship in the long run.

It’s neat to see John both tackle this again and from a diffrent angle: While Ed was more passive, hoping she’d pick him but not trying to wreck her relationships. The Clarem, at least half of them, seem ready to try to get in there and fight unaware it’s not remotely what Claire wants. It does seem like a clever ploy by Lottie to settle her love life: Get her and Glenn to fully admit they want to couple and get the clarem to back down. She did start this trainwreck after noting there just isn’t enough Claire to go around and this situation is untenable and given she sicced them on Glemp seems keenly aware of what’s going on.