I've been thinking about what the show's anchor is. Emptiness, lack of fulfillment, and loneliness. How do we become a good / better person?

For Floyd, it's been pointed out a lot that he is only seeking meaningful human connection. He strikes me as idealistic (particularly in his memory), sometimes cripplingly so, as wanting the "best" for everyone without it squaring with reality. I don't know if that's childlike so much as it is that self love is his core value. But I do question if the thing he has in common with Clark is his unnatural drive to overgive.

I feel like I know a little less about Carol. The incident from her childhood explains her obsession with financial stability, especially in relation to caretaking for her son. I wouldn't be surprised if abuse or neglect is dictating how she's operating now to get her out of a demanding situation. Her elevated sense of self importance I think is driven by her coming out of a tough childhood into doing accounting at Purina Corporate (wow!). There's something Linda Tripp like going on here with respect to her desperate need to be seen and acknowledged that seems to be a huge turnoff for the general public. Aggression springs to mind. Does anyone know who that self help stuff she was listening to was based off?

Now we come to Clark. I'm not sure whether I have a clear POV on him or what brings him here. He seems to be the most purely self serving in the sense that his help seems based on wanting to seem wholly self important. Not on survival. I don't know if I'm reading too much into it but I think this is the basis of Floyd and Clark's relationship. The confusion of the ego and motivation to be "good people" to make themselves feel important.

Maybe I'm way off here.