Nick's still doing fine.
He's graduated from his program
He's looking for a teacher
He's not hurting for money
he'd do well to be around family support while he changes careers.
It's kind of hard to tell that poor, stupid Beth is talking about a convict in the slammer for felony drug possession. It sounds more like he's finishing up his MBA. And now she's inviting him to pile into the camper with her, and poor old mom, and the two big smelly dogs. By the way, when did prison inmates start "negotiating" when they would get out?
But there are some dark clouds on the horizon. Apparently ol' Nick has inherited his mother's intelligence, as well as her affinity for drugs:
He has learning differences so anything that isn't graphic is going to be hard for him
The other job he had that he excelled at was counseling at a treatment community.
Indeed, working in "treatment community" would be a dream job for a drug dealer.