Shep is turning into Thomas

Watching him these past few episodes, it’s alarming. He doesn’t seem like his old self. It’s like his veneer has slid off permanently. It’s no longer flashes of rage, it’s a permanent rictus. His age is finally starting to show, and suddenly he looks like this weird, jittery old man that is sort of incoherently full of rage. In a way, he is like TRav, who carelessly messed with the emotions of a naive young woman and sent her into a destructive tailspin. I’m starting to see the whole arc of Southern Charm as this ironic tragedy as history starts to repeat itself.