That he does. He has his reasons. It's scary when things aren't where he needs them. ;)

*nods* Yep. I'm not entirely convinced she bought out of that plan, or even really knows what she's doing, because it's so easy for her to lose perspective (and fall for it fresh every day, because of how she almost...reboots herself), but I definitely agree that for her too it's based much more in loneliness and pain. I don't think that's changed from Joy for either of them. If it's not a complete disaster, then it would only be because the writers decided to replace them both with pod-characters.