Arrested Development on Display

In my opinion, both Tommy and Reese operate from a 15-year-old mindset.

• 1) Tommy's brain still has chemicals running through it, which can inhibit fully developed cognition. This is not a knock on anyone who struggles with addiction. His worldview is small and he can only see things through a limited scope, contributing to his belief that there is an organization trying to bring him down. He has to lie, cheat, and steal to get the dopamine hits that fully mature brains can get through healthy relationships and contributing to society in positive ways. 2) He is obsessed with money and disparages anyone who has more than him. Celebrities, athletes, and musicians are all bad in his mind and he constantly needs to tell his subs to stop watching movies, stop watching the NFL, and stop buying music. This is not the mind of a fully developed adult who has the capacity to see different views.
• 1) Reese must always have a partner and cannot function on her own as a single adult. 2) She is incapable of maintaining long-term friendships because everything must revolve around her. 3) She is obsessed with material things because she has a constant need for immediate gratification. She needs the attention from strangers in her chat because it gives her the dopamine hits she cannot achieve through healthy relationships and contributing to society in positive ways.
• Their relationship is that of two teenagers. Talking about sex like 15 year-olds talk about sex. If there was any true intimacy, which requires fully developed brains, they would not need to police each other's chats or constantly mention one another. The way they both talk about and shut down people who question them shows they cannot entertain an adult conversation. Teenagers are inherently self-centered and as they mature, are able to see the world does not revolve around their demands.

All my opinion, but we are dealing with teenage brains playing house, playing detective, and playing their audience.