The problem is that within the first ten minutes of meeting, Randall has already laid on her his entire adoption story and the fact that he once walked in on his parents having a major fight. The problem isn’t even that they face some blatant discrimination by the waitstaff and Beth cuts the whole thing short because no way, not today, Satan. But the problem isn’t that Randall’s trying too hard to impress with his suit and tie and the stuffy, upscale restaurant. Even on their first terrible date in college, it’s there. The true problem in their marriage - that Randall takes up all the space in the marriage and Beth feels like if she doesn’t “bend” things will fall apart that she has lost herself in Randall and he has allowed it - is one that has been there all along. It’s not that Beth and Randall are arguing in every flashback, but a pattern does emerge.
And now we get to see that fight play out over and over and over again in this episode dedicated to the couple. Beth says it best: They’ve been having this exact same fight since the day they met.
Certainly not since Beth asked Randall to drop out of the City Council race and he refused, but the tension that comes to a head in “R&B” had been slowly chipping away at their marriage for a long time. But, as both Randall and Beth admit, these two haven’t been in a good place for a while. Yes, we know this from last week when Beth was late to an important dinner and Randall left her a scathing voice mail belittling her dreams only to have her show up after all - cue the closed-door late-night fight we ended on. Randall and Beth are not in a good place.
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