#side note i absolutely HATE the lack of interaction between rafe and thomas in this season

[cosmic-walkers]

On a more positive note, I absolutely love how Thomas's boys care for him when he is ill. I love how attentive to him they have always been, but when he gets sick, it shows. In S1, it was Rafe at his bed side, it was Rafe doing his work, it was Rafe making sure he was okay. Now, we have Richard and Christophe, who embrace him, who make sure he is well, who handles his affairs for him.

Thomas is a man who works himself near to death, always caring about everyone else, always propping up everyone else. And he is certainly someone who shuns, the help that's offered to him. But when he is sick, his boys are there. They take care of him, whether he wants them to or not, the wait by him, they handle his affairs, etc.

It's interesting seeing how the dynamic changes as well - especially between Richard and Rafe. Rafe is gone, so it's Richard. And the scene where he wouldn't let Richard go.

It's also kind of a sad foreshadowing of what's going to happen. They are no strangers to stepping up when Thomas is down, but very soon well...you know they're going to have to.