Off the Black

Spoiler alert!

Umpire Ray smokes a joint. (0:35)

Ray's father demonstrates disorientation and amnesia resulting from Alzheimer's Disease. He does not recognize his son or recall what he himself said a few moments earlier. (0:58)

Ray and Dave share the experience of emotional cutoffs. Ray's wife left him, and his son refuses to contact him. Dave's mother left him and his father and sister. How might these cutoffs affect subsequent generations? What could be done to minimize the negative fallout?

Dave and Debra mourn the loss of their friend Ray.

Bereavement | cannabis | Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type | disorientation | emotional cutoff | joint