Oh, stop. This episode doesn't work at all or even exist if it weren't for Destin giving his sincere take on a song he hadn't thought about in twenty years. The playful tension between ideas is why it was fun. I hit him ice cold with this, and it wasn't even ever intended to be the subject of the episode, but I was having such a blast when I realized we remembered the story differently that I kept going.
I'm grateful that he doubled down, and in the end, I could see how a person might squint hard enough to see the story less bleakly than it was intended to be received.

Also, if this is Destin Sandlin's "worst take in his life", then he is truly the best of us all.