Bob Trevino Likes It (2025) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

After Lily's boyfriend sends her a breakup text meant for another woman, she ends the relationship and turns to her estranged father Bob for emotional support. When he dismisses her by showing off photos of women at his retirement village instead of responding to her poetry, she feels rejected and searches Facebook for other people named Bob Trevino, hoping to find a connection.

• facebook
• search
• estranged father
• rejection

The Bob Trevino Lily finds online is a construction manager from Indiana, not her biological father. He's a grieving, childless man who lost his son and has been coping with that loss alongside his wife Jeannie. He accepts Lily's friend request and they begin an online friendship that eventually becomes a meaningful father-daughter relationship.

• bob trevino
• construction manager
• indiana
• online friend

Bob agrees to meet Lily after she calls him in a panic when her client Daphne's toilet overflows. Although he realizes she's mistaken him for her father, he shows compassion by coming to help. He also buys her tools and takes her to a diner, seeing her vulnerability and lack of life skills as signs she needs support.

• meeting
• help
• toilet overflow
• diner

The scrapbook is filled with memories of Bob and Jeannie's son who died young. Jeannie created it as a way to cope with her grief. When Bob finally looks at it during the film, he breaks down, revealing the deep emotional. This moment brings Bob pain he's been hiding and Jeannie closer and shows why Bob is so understanding of Lily's need for connection.

Foreshadowing: Bob mentions early on that he and Jeannie lost a child, setting up the reveal of the scrapbook.

• scrapbook
• son
• grief
• jeannie
• memory

Bob suffers a heart attack while discussing a lawsuit with his wife Jeannie. The legal trouble stems from a construction site injury caused by a delayed inspection. While presenting evidence of his responsible work, the stress of the situation combined with his underlying health issues triggers the heart attack.

• heart attack
• lawsuit
• construction site
• stress

After Bob suffers his heart attack, Lily becomes worried when he stops responding to her messages. She travels to his house and tries to break in to check on him, which leads to her arrest. The situation shows how desperate she was the to maintain connection she's formed with Bob.

• arrest
• break in
• worried
• silence

Bob survives his first heart attack but later suffers a second one and dies. At his funeral, Jeannie tells Lily that Bob had read her poem and spoke about their friendship while in the hospital, showing how much their relationship meant to him. Jeannie then gives Lily a scrapbook filled with messages, photos, and the poem as a memorial.

• death
• funeral
• poem
• jeannie
• scrapbook

Lily's biological father calls her urgently demanding to meet, but it turns out he only wants money from her. When she cancels her plans with Bob to meet him, he leaves empty-handed and is revealed to have removed Lily from the family photo album to impress a new girlfriend he bought a dog for, further showing his neglect.

• real father
• money
• phone call
• betrayal

Lily writes a poem for Bob as a way to express her gratitude and hope for their friendship. The poem symbolizes her emotional growth and healing throughout the film. Bob reads it while in the hospital before his death, and Jeannie includes it in the scrapbook she gives Lily, making it a lasting symbol of their connection.

• poem
• gratitude
• growth
• healing

Daphne is Lily's wheelchair-using client who becomes a significant person in her life. When Lily accidentally calls Bob "Dad" in front of Daphne, it reveals her deep desire for a father figure. Daphne accompanies Lily to Bob's funeral and their relationship shows Lily's capacity for building other meaningful connections beyond her search for paternal validation.

• daphne
• client
• wheelchair
• friendship

Lily goes on a date with one of her father's girlfriends as part of her efforts to build confidence and feel connected to her father. However, the date goes wrong when the woman mistakes Lily for another woman she's jealous of, causing her to leave upset. This incident further demonstrates Lily's complicated relationship with her biological father.

• date
• girlfriend
• misunderstanding
• father

Bob takes Lily to watch the Perseids meteor shower at his rural property, a tradition he started after losing his son. This annual event represents his way of honoring his deceased child and finding meaning in loss. Sharing this tradition with Lily shows how their bond helps both of them process their respective traumas.

• meteor shower
• perseids
• tradition
• son
• loss