The episode highlights how each character is stuck in their own cycle. For Eugene, it is a literal loop of memory; for Cassidy, it is the cycle of fatherhood and regret; and for Tulip, it is the inability to escape the "holes" left by her past.

Tulip O'Hare deals with the lingering trauma from her encounter with the Saint of Killers. She finds distraction by befriending a new neighbor and obsessing over a high-tech refrigerator. Thematic Elements

Cassidy struggles with his elderly son, Denis, who is dying and pleading to be turned into a vampire. Cassidy, haunted by his own immortality and past relationship with Denis in 1946, remains hesitant to grant the request.