outwardly, dean’s got it together, but he’s kind of a duck in that way because under the surface he’s just kicking and kicking and kicking to keep himself afloat. he likes booze, drugs, casual sex with multiple partners, and anything else his little hedonistic heart desires under the guise of being “newly freed from the tyranny of marriage” aka absolutely not miserable, 100% not missing his wife and who he was as a husband, no way, no how