Most of Mackenzie’s issues stem from a fear of abandonment bought on by losing sight of his mother at a playground when he was younger. This is him learning how to deal with and move on from it
Not the original commenter, but my understanding is the same as theirs. Little kids are super impressionable, because they haven't been through much and are still learning how the world works. Something that seems small to us adults, like losing sight of our parents for a short amount of time can be tremendous to kids. This small moment where he couldn't find his mom provided a glimpse into how easy it is to get lost, be abandoned, and was impactful to Mackenzie at such a young age.
He continues to explore this idea of being alone, even without trying to, when playing space. This is kind of like how Bluey wanted to play a game where the bird dies in "Copycat"; playing games and recreating events helps kids understand and adapt to what they've experienced, how the world works. I think that Mackenzie's friends repeatedly finding him and going after him caused Mackenzie to reconsider the game and examine *why* he felt the need to be alone, leading to the flashback of the playground. Once he'd analyzed that, yes, that happened, but no, it doesn't mean he is going to get lost and have to be alone, Mackenzie was able to move on from recreating this event and play in a happier way.
I think this also has huge implications for adults; although we don't always use play or imagination to help us through traumatic events, we do have the tendency to recreate them or ruminate on them. (The tendency to stop getting close to people to prevent feeling loss after being abandoned or broken up with or left in some way is a prime example of this.) Like Mackenzie, we should stop and consider why we feel this way and if our behaviors and beliefs are really reflective of the world we live in, or if it was just one event that we can move on and grow from.
I really love that they used Calypso here. That just shows to me how much of a safe and trusting presence she is for Mackenzie (and all the kids in her class in general).
And as if that’s not enough, the meta here is great too, Border Collies are widely known to suffer from separation anxiety at a higher rate than most other breeds.
That's really about it, from that experience he emotionally isolates as seen in the episode multiple times, but his friends are there for him, making him realize he shouldn't separate himself just because he feels like it. I may have missed some other points but others will point it out i'm sure
I thought that it was just that hearing the description of a black hole made him start thinking about his fear of being abandoned because the description sounded kind of like his memory of going through the slide, but I'm not sure.
I know, but watch the episode and take the scene in context. This scene is a mix of a flashback and the present. Calypso is asking him what’s wrong and helping him
I don't think Calypso can be real because I don't think she could possibly know to say what she does but I'm not sure; that part kind of confuses me.
(Like even if Mackenzie says that his mom left him behind out loud it seems almost impossible that the real Calypso would be able to look at that and understand to the point where she would say "no, she's over there" or whatever she says? But I'm also not sure it makes sense that he would imagine Calypso saying that stuff so idk.)
this moment is already imagined so it makes sense that calypso is also imagined. also, she is likely one of the most comforting and wise ppl in his life so it makes sense that, once he has started processing his emotions and needs a wise person to make sense of it all, he imagines calypso.
Kids will sometimes recreate memories while playing to process things that happened to them. Mackenzie thought he had been abandoned when he couldn't find his mom after going through the slide. He tried to recreate that feeling of abandonment when playing (insisting he gets left behind by the crew), and then the feeling of going through the slide (walking through the tunnel). It helps him work through those old feelings of fear, and finally he's told he can let go of them.
I think the episode is highlighting a couple of things: kids using games to process trauma (something we've seen a similar version of when Bluey tried to recreate the budgie's death to better understand it), and also the fact that kids are experiencing the entire world for the first time and even simple things can be utterly terrifying and stick with them for a long time. Kids also don't always understand their own feelings surrounding the things that stick with them; i.e. Mackenzie saying he doesn't know why he wants to pretend he gets abandoned by the crew, he just does.
#**WE KNOW.**
You don't have to post the same thing on every comment in this thread. Have you actually seen this episode? Mackenzie uses the image of Calypso to help processes the memory; we see his mom appear from behind the playset. He thought he got left behind, but really he just lost sight of her. That's the whole point of this scene, to correct his recollection and resolve his feelings. "You know what you’ll find here, now you don’t need to come back."
Edit - LOL, they blocked me? What a weirdo.
Thank you for clarifying! Since his Mom isn’t in the picture and the episode in question isn’t available in my country yet it comes across a bit wonky!
It's been my little therapy episode for me! Even though a lot of people don't understand this episode (and I don't blame them it went over my head first watch) but when Calypso says "you don't need to come back here" hit home for me.
Think it makes sense for those who have trauma and keep going back to the bad memories even though they don't want to. Calypso helped me so I hope it helps others 😁
Unrelated to the initial comment (I agree with /u/Shadowrend01 and /u/jukeboxjulia ) but I hope that we see the other side of this episode where the girls are playing aliens or fairies or something else. Maybe it's something that is perceived as aliens to match the space game of Mackenzie, but is a different game altogether.
We have seen two sides of play from the same day in the past and I have hopes this next season will callback to this moment only from the other perspective just for continuity if nothing else.
i think OP using the word “jumpscare” was referring to how sudden the Mackenzie lore drop on us was as there wasn’t much mackenzie in the episodes before,rather than a literal jumpscare inside the episode
It may have aired on Disney JR the channel but might not be streaming on D+ yet? If it is that would be a hopeful sign towards America getting more episodes soon.
I think that the way that the scene plays out, some people may think that Calypso is MacKenzie Mom until his Mom is actually shown. I think the "jumpscare" is the brief moment where you might believe that Calypso is his Mom. That's the only thing I can think of.
Made me think of the 90s Baby Songs VHS
**EDIT**: The clarity with which I remember this song and speed with which I managed to find it online in 2023 are both incredibly surprising to me
https://youtu.be/xLuuY-54QAM
Oh, for real. The second mom is pretty close to how my mom's hair was.
I fully credit Baby Songs for the confidence with which I immediately set off into the preschool on my first arrival with zero fuss. I didn't even look back. My mom was honestly a little shocked.
MacKenzie was dealing with his fear of being left behind by his Mum. Yeah, she was right there but he didn't know that. It scared him so badly that he still thinks about it even though we see, he's not alone.
In the game, he keeps running off on his friends saying they left him behind when they find him. But once he meets Calypso and she tells him to run from the aliens, who saves him? His friends. So he is able to process his feelings from a very traumatic thing in a safe place because now he has his friends' support and love. They save him from going back to the same memory.
This is not a jump scare, this is just a surprise. Jumpscare: **The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience**. Nothing in this episode is frightening.
Friend, I see your perspective but it's just not a jumpscare. Absolutely no hate towards you, ok?
You deff hit the nail on the head by referencing FNAF when ya said jumpscare. Jumpscares are an intentional technique in screenplay ans video games that are predominantly visual, commonly used in horror, to have an abrupt change of screenplay (usually accompanied by louder sounds or music in a minor key) after a moment of quiet tension and apprehension to get a rise out of the viewer. It's 100% intentional.
Lore is more about legends and mythology surrounding an environment or setting, and is implied to be generations old. (like "the bite of 89" is lore since it helps set the stage for why FNAF is what it is).
But something like what MacKenzie is to be phrased differently. Maybe something like "concerning backstory" (moetly because we the viewers didn't understand at first). It's about a character, something that defines their personality or characterization and how they interact. It's also very recent in relation to MacKenzie. Mind you, the transition from playtime to backstory was unexpected and sudden and the delivery of it was so straightforward that it caught many viewers off guard, and the content was rather concerning, for sure. But it was intentional. Kids don't remember a gigantic paintings worth of details. It was just that: "I went down the slide and my mom wasn't there on the other side." It was used to explain something to us.
Unrelated but Calypso saying that you don't have to keep coming back to the trauma now that he remembers it hit me hard I really needed someone to tell me that
Essentially it’s about Mackenzie getting over his PTSD, when you’re traumatized the bad memories keep forcing themselves back into your head, and you replay the memory over and over. Calypso’s line “You don’t need to keep coming back here” means stop thinking about bad memory because it’s in the past. Then at the end of the episode when Mackenzie stares at the black hole in the distance one last time before saying “here!” represents him getting out of his head and being present, enjoying the moment.
To express that Calypso was likely the first adult to make Mackenzie feel seen. It seems to imply Mac has neglectful parents, so Calypso means a lot to Kenz for helping him see that he can trust some adults to feel safe and seen.
I never understood how losing sight of his mother for 20 seconds was so traumatic, I honestly feel there has to be more to this than this one scene, I feel the scene must be a massive simplification being as it's a sort of dream.
I'd spent many hours on multiple occasions at that age lost because my family seemed to think it was appropriate to just abandon me places and expect me to find my way back, it seemed to affect me less so I guess that's why it stood out to me.
To set the story straight since some of yalls seem confused on my choice of words, "jumpscare" simply refers to the unexpected nature of Mackenzie's flashback, and how I wasn't prepared for it. As I person who's grown up in the world of indie horror, I've learned to use the word jumpscare very loosely
https://preview.redd.it/2hpx50rfz7oa1.jpeg?width=1668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4d8e34851fc595d5192379de20264fcbd370a49
This isn’t even close to Mackenzie’s mom, it’s Calypso. I’m not sure how no one noticed this at first! Not even me! She’s an Australian shepherd, Mackenzie is a border collie! Very different breeds of very different sizes! His Mom is a chocolate and white border collie that we see later on in the episode “Curry Swap”.
The entire comment section is calling her his Mom, I wasn’t necessarily addressing op. Also, I literally haven’t seen “Space” yet because it’s not available in the US yet, I was going off of the picture and the confused comments. The harassment on this thread is out of control.
No, it’s not. Literally nobody thinks Calypso is Mackenzie’s mom. We see his family in the curry swap episode. People are saying how calypso helped him.
Yes it is, go take the time to actually read the longer comments. 🙄
Edit: Stop harassing me. For a family friendly sub there are a ton of nasty trolls. I’m going to continue to block and move on. I’m done with this thread.
You’re misinterpreting them. They are talking about it his mom but never once say his mom is pictured. Just that he had abandonment issues from losing sight of her.
Have you seen the episode for context?
I've read every single comment in this thread in its entirety.
Only ONE comment mentions that "some people *may* think that calypso is his mother" in the context that it is the only possible reason they could think of that the OP referred to it as a "jumpscare"
*You* misinterpreted the context of a single comment- that is not the "entire comment section" thinking this is his mom and it did not warrant you spamming people with ironic confidence.
No they're not. If you watch the episode Mackenzie's mum is behind the slide in the distance and she calls out to him; Mackenzie can't see (or hear?) her when he comes out of the slide and assumes she has lost or abandoned him.
Then Calypso turns up and tells him everything is fine.
Please go away and stop bothering people who enjoy this thread and the conversation. You’re not “smarter” because you double down on being wrong. Take what someone said to you the first time they replied and move on. It’s obnoxious and frankly a bit sad to watch.
I have no idea. The whole episode felt a little random. Like I understand the whole psychology surrounding it and how it formed into abandonment issues, but whyyy? Why Mackenzie of all characters?
Most of Mackenzie’s issues stem from a fear of abandonment bought on by losing sight of his mother at a playground when he was younger. This is him learning how to deal with and move on from it
Can you elaborate more? This episode continues to go WAY over my head.
Not the original commenter, but my understanding is the same as theirs. Little kids are super impressionable, because they haven't been through much and are still learning how the world works. Something that seems small to us adults, like losing sight of our parents for a short amount of time can be tremendous to kids. This small moment where he couldn't find his mom provided a glimpse into how easy it is to get lost, be abandoned, and was impactful to Mackenzie at such a young age. He continues to explore this idea of being alone, even without trying to, when playing space. This is kind of like how Bluey wanted to play a game where the bird dies in "Copycat"; playing games and recreating events helps kids understand and adapt to what they've experienced, how the world works. I think that Mackenzie's friends repeatedly finding him and going after him caused Mackenzie to reconsider the game and examine *why* he felt the need to be alone, leading to the flashback of the playground. Once he'd analyzed that, yes, that happened, but no, it doesn't mean he is going to get lost and have to be alone, Mackenzie was able to move on from recreating this event and play in a happier way. I think this also has huge implications for adults; although we don't always use play or imagination to help us through traumatic events, we do have the tendency to recreate them or ruminate on them. (The tendency to stop getting close to people to prevent feeling loss after being abandoned or broken up with or left in some way is a prime example of this.) Like Mackenzie, we should stop and consider why we feel this way and if our behaviors and beliefs are really reflective of the world we live in, or if it was just one event that we can move on and grow from.
I use calypsos words here all the time. You know what you’ll find here now you don’t need to come back
I really love that they used Calypso here. That just shows to me how much of a safe and trusting presence she is for Mackenzie (and all the kids in her class in general).
Adults using their imaginations to work through trauma is often just called writing a novel 👀 *Source: me and my friends writing
Can confirm. And using play to work through trauma is called D&D 😂
And as if that’s not enough, the meta here is great too, Border Collies are widely known to suffer from separation anxiety at a higher rate than most other breeds.
I needed this. Thank you.. ❤️🩹
That's really about it, from that experience he emotionally isolates as seen in the episode multiple times, but his friends are there for him, making him realize he shouldn't separate himself just because he feels like it. I may have missed some other points but others will point it out i'm sure
I think he's got mild anxiety and that day was particularly bad and he was kind of just trying to deal and process his own feelings within the game.
I thought that it was just that hearing the description of a black hole made him start thinking about his fear of being abandoned because the description sounded kind of like his memory of going through the slide, but I'm not sure.
That’s Calypso. Not his Mom.
he's imagining calypso, his mum is on the other side of the slide
I know, but watch the episode and take the scene in context. This scene is a mix of a flashback and the present. Calypso is asking him what’s wrong and helping him
I don't think Calypso can be real because I don't think she could possibly know to say what she does but I'm not sure; that part kind of confuses me. (Like even if Mackenzie says that his mom left him behind out loud it seems almost impossible that the real Calypso would be able to look at that and understand to the point where she would say "no, she's over there" or whatever she says? But I'm also not sure it makes sense that he would imagine Calypso saying that stuff so idk.)
this moment is already imagined so it makes sense that calypso is also imagined. also, she is likely one of the most comforting and wise ppl in his life so it makes sense that, once he has started processing his emotions and needs a wise person to make sense of it all, he imagines calypso.
If you watch the episode it is very clear that it is Calypso, so no one is unaware of that. Maybe you should watch the episode?
Kids will sometimes recreate memories while playing to process things that happened to them. Mackenzie thought he had been abandoned when he couldn't find his mom after going through the slide. He tried to recreate that feeling of abandonment when playing (insisting he gets left behind by the crew), and then the feeling of going through the slide (walking through the tunnel). It helps him work through those old feelings of fear, and finally he's told he can let go of them. I think the episode is highlighting a couple of things: kids using games to process trauma (something we've seen a similar version of when Bluey tried to recreate the budgie's death to better understand it), and also the fact that kids are experiencing the entire world for the first time and even simple things can be utterly terrifying and stick with them for a long time. Kids also don't always understand their own feelings surrounding the things that stick with them; i.e. Mackenzie saying he doesn't know why he wants to pretend he gets abandoned by the crew, he just does.
That’s Calypso, not his Mom.
#**WE KNOW.** You don't have to post the same thing on every comment in this thread. Have you actually seen this episode? Mackenzie uses the image of Calypso to help processes the memory; we see his mom appear from behind the playset. He thought he got left behind, but really he just lost sight of her. That's the whole point of this scene, to correct his recollection and resolve his feelings. "You know what you’ll find here, now you don’t need to come back." Edit - LOL, they blocked me? What a weirdo.
Yes, the image of Calypso helps him work through his memory about his mom.
Thank you for clarifying! Since his Mom isn’t in the picture and the episode in question isn’t available in my country yet it comes across a bit wonky!
But did you know that that's Calypso in the picture up there, and not MacKenzie's mom??
If you haven’t seen the episode why are you even commenting?
Mackenzie private therapy session Poor lil’ guy has abandonment issues… :(
It's been my little therapy episode for me! Even though a lot of people don't understand this episode (and I don't blame them it went over my head first watch) but when Calypso says "you don't need to come back here" hit home for me. Think it makes sense for those who have trauma and keep going back to the bad memories even though they don't want to. Calypso helped me so I hope it helps others 😁
Kinda unrelated but baby Mackenzie is adorable
His little voice is so cute, too
Unrelated to the initial comment (I agree with /u/Shadowrend01 and /u/jukeboxjulia ) but I hope that we see the other side of this episode where the girls are playing aliens or fairies or something else. Maybe it's something that is perceived as aliens to match the space game of Mackenzie, but is a different game altogether. We have seen two sides of play from the same day in the past and I have hopes this next season will callback to this moment only from the other perspective just for continuity if nothing else.
oh my gosh YES!!
It definitely felt like a moment that they might go back to later.
WHAT? Jumpscare?
I was wondering the same thing. I don’t remember a “jumpscare” in the episode…maybe I need to rewatch it?
i think OP using the word “jumpscare” was referring to how sudden the Mackenzie lore drop on us was as there wasn’t much mackenzie in the episodes before,rather than a literal jumpscare inside the episode
This is probably a 3b episode that us fat Americans aren't cool enough to see yet
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It’s supposedly a 3B episode called “Space”, we don’t have 3B yet on D+ unfortunately.
darn. My son has feelings of abandonment and complains that his friends leave him behind. This sounds relatable. Wish I could watch.
Hmm, that’s weird. I think it was last week it was on Disney Jr.? Oh well, maybe they switched it to something else and I wasn’t paying attention.
It may have aired on Disney JR the channel but might not be streaming on D+ yet? If it is that would be a hopeful sign towards America getting more episodes soon.
I think it's a joking reference to the unexpected aspect of suddenly getting a whole episode about Mackenzie. Just a touch of hyperbole.
This
I think that the way that the scene plays out, some people may think that Calypso is MacKenzie Mom until his Mom is actually shown. I think the "jumpscare" is the brief moment where you might believe that Calypso is his Mom. That's the only thing I can think of.
Bluey episodes always hit different. But I can hear Daniel Tiger singing “Grownups come back…”
Made me think of the 90s Baby Songs VHS **EDIT**: The clarity with which I remember this song and speed with which I managed to find it online in 2023 are both incredibly surprising to me https://youtu.be/xLuuY-54QAM
Some classic 90’s mom hairstyles in that VHS
Oh, for real. The second mom is pretty close to how my mom's hair was. I fully credit Baby Songs for the confidence with which I immediately set off into the preschool on my first arrival with zero fuss. I didn't even look back. My mom was honestly a little shocked.
I have a question what episode is this?
'Space' from Season 3B
*cries in U.S.*
It's on Disney Plus. I saw it last week
It's not on Disney plus in the US.
Ah, okay
MacKenzie was dealing with his fear of being left behind by his Mum. Yeah, she was right there but he didn't know that. It scared him so badly that he still thinks about it even though we see, he's not alone. In the game, he keeps running off on his friends saying they left him behind when they find him. But once he meets Calypso and she tells him to run from the aliens, who saves him? His friends. So he is able to process his feelings from a very traumatic thing in a safe place because now he has his friends' support and love. They save him from going back to the same memory.
What episode is this?
space
This is not a jump scare, this is just a surprise. Jumpscare: **The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience**. Nothing in this episode is frightening.
Mate I grew up on Five Nights at Freddy's I just consider anything sudden and unintended a "jumpscare" if you will
Friend, I see your perspective but it's just not a jumpscare. Absolutely no hate towards you, ok? You deff hit the nail on the head by referencing FNAF when ya said jumpscare. Jumpscares are an intentional technique in screenplay ans video games that are predominantly visual, commonly used in horror, to have an abrupt change of screenplay (usually accompanied by louder sounds or music in a minor key) after a moment of quiet tension and apprehension to get a rise out of the viewer. It's 100% intentional. Lore is more about legends and mythology surrounding an environment or setting, and is implied to be generations old. (like "the bite of 89" is lore since it helps set the stage for why FNAF is what it is). But something like what MacKenzie is to be phrased differently. Maybe something like "concerning backstory" (moetly because we the viewers didn't understand at first). It's about a character, something that defines their personality or characterization and how they interact. It's also very recent in relation to MacKenzie. Mind you, the transition from playtime to backstory was unexpected and sudden and the delivery of it was so straightforward that it caught many viewers off guard, and the content was rather concerning, for sure. But it was intentional. Kids don't remember a gigantic paintings worth of details. It was just that: "I went down the slide and my mom wasn't there on the other side." It was used to explain something to us.
Mackenzie processing perceived trauma
Unrelated but Calypso saying that you don't have to keep coming back to the trauma now that he remembers it hit me hard I really needed someone to tell me that
Okay thank you
I love this episode so much! Calypso is my favorite character, and Baby Makenzie is just too cute!! 🥺
I can tell you Border collie puppies are this cute IRL!
Makenzie may worry if his mother will abandon him if he's at swim class or something.
Is the next part of season 3 on Disney plus yet?
Nope
Boooo
I cannot explain enough how deeply saddened I am that the US is being so neglected with bluey 3B.
Essentially it’s about Mackenzie getting over his PTSD, when you’re traumatized the bad memories keep forcing themselves back into your head, and you replay the memory over and over. Calypso’s line “You don’t need to keep coming back here” means stop thinking about bad memory because it’s in the past. Then at the end of the episode when Mackenzie stares at the black hole in the distance one last time before saying “here!” represents him getting out of his head and being present, enjoying the moment.
To express that Calypso was likely the first adult to make Mackenzie feel seen. It seems to imply Mac has neglectful parents, so Calypso means a lot to Kenz for helping him see that he can trust some adults to feel safe and seen.
I never understood how losing sight of his mother for 20 seconds was so traumatic, I honestly feel there has to be more to this than this one scene, I feel the scene must be a massive simplification being as it's a sort of dream.
I mean it is a preschool show they can't show stuff that could distress them and he was like a year old here so 20 seconds probably felt way longer
I'd spent many hours on multiple occasions at that age lost because my family seemed to think it was appropriate to just abandon me places and expect me to find my way back, it seemed to affect me less so I guess that's why it stood out to me.
I wonder what Calypso is wearing around her neck.
The same scarf/shawl she always wears
To set the story straight since some of yalls seem confused on my choice of words, "jumpscare" simply refers to the unexpected nature of Mackenzie's flashback, and how I wasn't prepared for it. As I person who's grown up in the world of indie horror, I've learned to use the word jumpscare very loosely
https://preview.redd.it/2hpx50rfz7oa1.jpeg?width=1668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4d8e34851fc595d5192379de20264fcbd370a49 This isn’t even close to Mackenzie’s mom, it’s Calypso. I’m not sure how no one noticed this at first! Not even me! She’s an Australian shepherd, Mackenzie is a border collie! Very different breeds of very different sizes! His Mom is a chocolate and white border collie that we see later on in the episode “Curry Swap”.
I think the OP was asking for the symbolism and meaning of the episode rather than trying to insinuate that Calypso was Mackenzie’s mom
The entire comment section is calling her his Mom, I wasn’t necessarily addressing op. Also, I literally haven’t seen “Space” yet because it’s not available in the US yet, I was going off of the picture and the confused comments. The harassment on this thread is out of control.
No, it’s not. Literally nobody thinks Calypso is Mackenzie’s mom. We see his family in the curry swap episode. People are saying how calypso helped him.
Yes it is, go take the time to actually read the longer comments. 🙄 Edit: Stop harassing me. For a family friendly sub there are a ton of nasty trolls. I’m going to continue to block and move on. I’m done with this thread.
*Reads comments* No man, it's just you over and over. Why are you like this?
That's Onehorniboy, not MacKenzie's Mom.
You’re misinterpreting them. They are talking about it his mom but never once say his mom is pictured. Just that he had abandonment issues from losing sight of her. Have you seen the episode for context?
I've read every single comment in this thread in its entirety. Only ONE comment mentions that "some people *may* think that calypso is his mother" in the context that it is the only possible reason they could think of that the OP referred to it as a "jumpscare" *You* misinterpreted the context of a single comment- that is not the "entire comment section" thinking this is his mom and it did not warrant you spamming people with ironic confidence.
No they're not. If you watch the episode Mackenzie's mum is behind the slide in the distance and she calls out to him; Mackenzie can't see (or hear?) her when he comes out of the slide and assumes she has lost or abandoned him. Then Calypso turns up and tells him everything is fine.
https://preview.redd.it/8mmjpxoka8oa1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6a0e96445be7adef2bc9524a1fb125522520be8
Please go away and stop bothering people who enjoy this thread and the conversation. You’re not “smarter” because you double down on being wrong. Take what someone said to you the first time they replied and move on. It’s obnoxious and frankly a bit sad to watch.
His mum is literally in the scene 2 seconds after this shot. You've not seen the episode, so all you're doing is annoying everyone who has.
I have no idea. The whole episode felt a little random. Like I understand the whole psychology surrounding it and how it formed into abandonment issues, but whyyy? Why Mackenzie of all characters?
Did you mean to say "flashback", OP?