Repairing Their Relationship
Paul Senior and Junior were willing to put their past behind them and work together on their relationship before the show started filming its 11th season in 2018. But despite their good intentions, the duo tends to clash. While they were rebuilding one of their bikes, something was bothering Senior, and he had trouble talking about it.
Trouble Putting the Past Behind Them
Paul Senior had trouble letting go of the things Junior had written about him in his book as he criticized his father's parenting and Senior's past with alcohol, and his parents, i.e., Junior's grandparents. Senior felt like he had betrayed him by writing these things. Junior still felt betrayed that his father had fired him from the shop in front of a camera crew, even though, in retrospect, he felt like it was one of the best things that ever happened to him.