I discovered this week’s episode, written by Michael J. Feldman & Debbie Jhoon and directed by Gail Lerner, very emotional, and I prefer to see how the secondary characters and their relationship with Nell proceed to develop. This time it was Edward’s flip, who we hadn’t actually seen a lot of, however now that he was extra within the heart of the story, we acquired to know a little bit extra about him.
The central theme of the episode was to simply accept ourselves as we actually are and allow us to be ourselves in entrance of others, with out the masks that we regularly put on when connecting with others. We had a number of examples of this, with characters who didn’t let themselves be seen as they actually had been, for various causes.
One was Lexi, who was requested by Sam to manage herself on the trivia night time organized at Cricket’s bar, as she knew that her good friend’s aggressive spirit will be fairly annoying, and though she refused a number of occasions to take part along with her for that very purpose, in the long run she ended up agreeing to go to the occasion however placing these circumstances on her. Finally, Sam realized that Lexi’s nature will be useful at occasions, and in the long run she let her be herself to confront one other workforce that was making enjoyable of them. I feel this case was additionally an instance of how a lot Lexi values Sam and her friendship, as she made an important effort to do what her good friend requested her.
One other character who set an instance of what occurs when you do not settle for who you’re was Marlena (Paula Pell), the actress that Nell needed to write the obituary for the week about. Though she apparently had a really fascinating life due to all of the characters she performed in her profession, we found that she was not likely comfortable for a very long time, as a result of she didn’t brazenly settle for her sexual orientation, and when she lastly determined to return out, she realized that she ought to have executed it earlier than as a result of she felt she’d have actually loved her life for an extended time. I feel it’s vital for this story, that the character in query was an actress, as a result of that exemplifies the half that not being your self is like performing for others.
At this level, I’ve to say that, though Marlena gave good recommendation to Nell to get nearer to Edward and assist him, I really feel that her story was not fully closed as a result of we didn’t know what was the ultimate obituary Nell wrote about her, so I’d like within the subsequent episode we might get a correct closure to that half, trigger it appeared to me as if it was left unfinished.
Lastly, we noticed how Edward, the central character of the week, actually hid his true self when he acquired a go to from his girlfriend Charlotte (who we had already heard about, however didn’t know but), as a result of he didn’t need her to know all of the issues he is aware of and likes to do, plus he was not open in entrance of her about his hobbies and the foundations he imposes on different individuals in his life, and all this for not desirous to be alone, as a result of he felt that if he was himself in entrance of Charlotte, she would go away him. It was right here that Nell determined to speak to him and assist him together with his points (inspired by Marlena), after he had pushed her away in a primary method, by telling her that they weren’t buddies.
However in any case and because of the trivia night time, Edward was in a position to let himself be in entrance of Charlotte, by displaying all his information on completely different topics. That made her really feel assured sufficient to admit to him some issues she had additionally been hiding from him on her personal, like that she did not agree a lot with the environmental care concepts he promotes, being an environmental lawyer. Ultimately, these mutual confessions made them finish their relationship, not less than quickly.
I just like the reflection that this case leaves, as a result of their concepts weren’t suitable and if they’d been honest with one another from the start, they in all probability wouldn’t have even began a relationship within the first place, however they both wouldn’t have felt exhausted by pretending one thing they weren’t. Ultimately, Edward managed to step up and eventually accepted that his relationship with Nell is a friendship and they aren’t simply roomies, as he had stated earlier than, so now lets say that they’re nearer. I feel there’s a number of potential to see that relationship develop, now that they’re “formally” buddies, so I hope to see extra tales shared between them, to any extent further.
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