At the end of this season's Episode 4 of "The Great Reset", David suggested the group dedicate time to processing The Incident from Episode 1.  They both agree it would be ideal if Steve could be part of that.  But even if not, Ernie acknowledged that there are larger issues that the group needs to discuss.  And that David was right that we owe it to the group to acknowledge their concerns, rather than putting them off indefinitely.

However, Ernie admitted that part of his reluctance was that he didn't know how to host a frank yet constructive conversation if Steve wasn't present. David replied that if he were in charge, he'd start by sharing a perspective that defended each of the participants, even at the cost of consistency, in order to set the right tone.

Ernie immediately jumped on this to insist David take charge of next week's meeting.  David was initially reluctant to commit to this, for a variety of reasons. Eventually he conceded that if we criticize someone, we should follow through with showing them how to do better.  His last qualm was that he wanted to hear from Ted (who wasn't there at the end).

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