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Mr. Carlson is Cathy and M&M’s father and Mrs. Carlson’s husband. Mr. Carlson makes fun of M&M for his long hair and poor grades, and when his son goes missing, he dismisses the disappearance as a phase. However, when Cathy and Bryon find M&M on a bad drug trip, Mr. Carlson shows deep concern for his son and immediately drives to the hospital to make sure M&M is okay.
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Mr. Carlson Character Timeline in That Was Then, This Is Now
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Carlson appears in That Was Then, This Is Now. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
Bryon drives to pick up Cathy. While he waits for her to get ready, Mr. and Mrs. Carlson chat with him as M&M reads nearby. Mr. Carlson makes fun of...
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Chapter 6
...people who do drugs, he could get involved with something worse—like LSD. She says that Mr. Carlson has been giving M&M a lot of grief, and so M&M doesn’t spend time...
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Chapter 9
...is shaking, and Bryon says that they should take him to a hospital. Cathy calls Mr. Carlson from another room, and when she returns Bryon carries M&M down the stairs and...
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...M&M is as much his little brother as Cathy’s. When they arrive at the hospital, Mr. Carlson is already there. He carries M&M into the building as M&M babbles about the...
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Chapter 10
That evening, a doctor tells Cathy, Bryon, and Mr. Carlson that M&M’s psychological damage could be permanent—he doesn’t think M&M will ever be the...
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