TC is going to his shed, and barks at Liz, asking why she keeps on following him. Liz tells him that she was worried about him, because of his talk about seeing his dead father and making Julian pay. TC is like, how do I know if I can trust you, Liz. Nobody is supposed to see what's in The Shed. Sam knows, but he's TC's best friend and TC trusts him. Liz  tells him she can trust him, and TC grabs her and takes her inside of The Shed.

Liz asks TC not to hurt her, and he's like, what are you talking about, of course I wouldn't hurt you. I didn't mean to scare you, but he wanted her to realize how important it was to him that no one know what's in The Shed. She tells TC that he can trust her; that she can keep a secret. That she had never told anyone about the times they kissed, and that she would never tell anyone about The Shed. She asks TC why does he have it. Why is it important to him?

Well, after 5 years, we finally know what's in TC's shed.

The car that he was driving when he had the accident that ruined his tennis career.

Do I think it was a letdown?

Yes. They took five years to tell us, and they should have done more. Why not an homage to his father. Maybe pictures of the two of them all his life, referring back to TC's tennis career. Not just a car.

Of course, I also wanted a shrine to the woman who hurt TC so badly that he is obsessed with ' perfection' in his wife.

But, I digress.

What I DID love was Rodney Van Johnson's performance today. I thought he was great.

His speech about the car moved me. How the car was a representation of everything Julian had taken away from him, and ever since that night, he has been unable to forgive Julian.
 

TC: Ever since that night of the accident, I have never been able to forgive Julian. I hate him for his ignorance. I hate him for his indifference and for his cowardness. I waited for years. Years to get the proof that he is responsible for wrecking my knee. Ruining my tennis my tennis career. Taking away EVERYTHING that I always wanted. Everything that my father sacrificed for.

The passion in Rodney's everything made me ache for TC.
 

TC: Julian took everything away from me. Took away my tennis career. Took away my father. Liz, there were so many times I just wanted to end it all. Instead, I would drink a lot. Take pills. Because the pain was so bad. One time I cut my arms pretty badly and wound up in the ER. That's where I met Eve. She was an intern there. I used to give her hell, and she gave it right back to me. I will never forget the day that she took her beautiful hands and just caressed my wounds. Somehow Eve knew my anger and pain. She told me to take that anger and pain and funnel it.

TC was an open wound. A total wound. I loved this monologue by Rodney. It's the first time that the show has ever referred to the background information in Hidden Passions. It's the first time they ever truly acknowledged just how bad a shape TC was in, and even then, they didn't do totally right by it. NO WAY should that car look like that. TC was in a COMA for a MONTH after the accident. That car should be a twisted metal sculpture. But, I do appreciate them talking about his anguish and the booze and pills. Did we ever know before today's show, unless you read Hidden Passions, how TC and Eve met? I don't think so, and I think it's shameful that it has been wasted until today.
 

TC: We built a wonderful life together. Funny how God works. The worst thing that ever happend to me - the accident - brought the best thing that ever happened to me - my lovely Eve.

I felt so bad for TC here. It is so evident how much he loves Eve and what she means to him in terms of how he turned around his life. I just ache for him.

TC talks to Liz about finding the receipt in Julian's safe, but then losing it. Liz asks him if his father appears to him often, and he tells her that it's only in reference to Julian. That it's probably because his father can't rest until justice has been served about the accident. TC then tells Liz it's probably a good thing that he didn't find the receipt because if he had killed Julian, he would have lost everything he holds dear.

He thanks Liz for her assurance that she won't tell anyone about The Shed. He says that he comes out here to clear his head, and that it's odd, but that he's grateful sometimes for what happened, because without the accident he wouldn't have met Eve, and wouldn't have had his daughters.
 

TC: It's strange. I'm grateful sometimes about what happened to me.The accident. Yeah, without the accident I would have never met Eve, and I would never have my beautiful daughters. But, that is one thing Julian Crane doesn't have. The love of a beautiful woman like Eve. Nor the children born out of that love.

OH TC.

What is there to say about this, except the wicked irony about this. And, how dark and twisted this all is, the triangle of TC/Eve/Julian. How both men look upon Eve as the one who 'saved' them and showed them love and happiness. I felt so bad for TC. I didn't hate my Eve, but I just felt all the sadness wrapped in this triangle.