All the camaraderie, all the light heartedness and the upwards trajectory of our new protagonist, Mia is finally shattered and the carefully woven fabric of her recent recovery starts to unravel as she starts to come to terms with the new reality of seven months away from her friends.
She is vulnerable and conflicted and at times aggressive and antagonistic of disposition when she realises that she is now merely a bit player in her friends stories and can no longer play the central focus card as she once did.
She again starts to revert to her delusory place in the world as unloved and unlovable, lashing out as she regresses towards her old self-destructive mindset (despite the clear signals that she is respected, loved and perhaps even admired by so many).
Then, just as she comes to realise the unbearable strain she is putting on all of those around her and hate herself even more for it, a friend in a fraught situation by chance opens her eyes to the new reality.
Unlike many US Young Adult shows where the main protagonist becomes the hero of the hour or the centre of attention by mere stint of them being the main character, here there is no overt catharsis and there is no redemption.
Instead she comes to the simple realisation that THIS is the new normal and resigns herself to the fact that she merely survived, for better or for worse and will have to write her own unique story.
And upon that final release, that final letting go, she finds a lifeline cast in her direction, and wisely or otherwise, she reaches out for it as though her very life depends upon it!!!
A truly standout episode so far in an above par show.
She is vulnerable and conflicted and at times aggressive and antagonistic of disposition when she realises that she is now merely a bit player in her friends stories and can no longer play the central focus card as she once did.
She again starts to revert to her delusory place in the world as unloved and unlovable, lashing out as she regresses towards her old self-destructive mindset (despite the clear signals that she is respected, loved and perhaps even admired by so many).
Then, just as she comes to realise the unbearable strain she is putting on all of those around her and hate herself even more for it, a friend in a fraught situation by chance opens her eyes to the new reality.
Unlike many US Young Adult shows where the main protagonist becomes the hero of the hour or the centre of attention by mere stint of them being the main character, here there is no overt catharsis and there is no redemption.
Instead she comes to the simple realisation that THIS is the new normal and resigns herself to the fact that she merely survived, for better or for worse and will have to write her own unique story.
And upon that final release, that final letting go, she finds a lifeline cast in her direction, and wisely or otherwise, she reaches out for it as though her very life depends upon it!!!
A truly standout episode so far in an above par show.
