the walk in the woods job really did say “here’s Eliot’s and his ex boyfriend” “here’s Eliot ex boyfriend being killed and Eliot being sad about it” and “here’s Eliot and his not-dead ex boyfriend having an emotional reunion” and “here’s Eliot’s ex-boyfriend believing Harry is Eliot’s new boyfriend” and “here’s Eliot and his ex boyfriend having a candle-lit goodbye meal”
immediately following the walk in the woods job is the fractured job, in which Eliot goes home to see his father for the first time in decades because “he has to tell him something”. the episode widely considered to be Eliot’s coming out episode