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Scenes from a Marriage: In the Middle of the Night, in a Dark House, Somewhere in the World (2021)
I wasn't expecting this episode to go this way, and I don't know if that's a good thing
It doesn't feel right to me, they being "together", I mean. I loved all the episodes that came before, because they were so raw and real. I can understand them fighting all the time, because, well... they are not good for each other. It's a toxic, consuming, obsessive relationship. And that's why it was so believable, so relatable, but this last episode just felt wrong to me. Maybe because I was NOT rooting for them, or maybe that's exactly what they wanted us to feel. Weird? Uncomfortable? Some people might've felt happy? I don't know.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. After the ending of the fourth episode, I expected nuclear bombs, not touchy feelings. The hot sex I totally get it, it does make sense for these characters.
It was a very disfuncional "happy ending" tho, and that also makes sense. They are neither together nor apart. They are just dragging more innocent people into their mess. These characters are so great BECAUSE they are so complex. I hate them, but I also understand them. They are just human, that's why this show is so relatable.
I missed the beginning when they show the actors getting into character but I figured it would end like that, and it did as it should. The actors deserve every praise they are getting and I hope they get awards for this. Especially Jessica, I think this is the best part of her career to date.
Amazing show overall, loved every minute of it.
Scenes from a Marriage: The Illiterates (2021)
I wish I could watch this again for the first time
This episode is my favorite. And this is Jessica's best performance to date, in my opinion. I didn't think any episode could top the second one, but I was wrong.
In my last review I talked about how me as an actress would always pay attention to how the actors would do this or that, and I have to say in this one Jessica gave EVERYTHING. You could almost feel her pain, her shame, her regret. You can feel so bad for her, but at the same time you can say that she deserved what was coming. It's the duality of how we feel towards her character that shows how good of an actress she is. I mean, her character is not an easy one to like. Neither of them are, actually.
I understand how some people wouldn't like this tv show, there's no action, no change of sceneries, two people talking for an hour. And yet, those are the the reasons this show is one of the best out there. It's raw, it's real, it's relatable, it's life.
It reminds me of good old Theater, a monologue actually. They don't listen to each other, so it's basically two monologues. Two very well played monologues, and unfortunately, that is how people in real life communicate, no one listens anymore, people are only concerned with themselves, and that's a pity, but real nonetheless.
Scenes from a Marriage: The Vale of Tears (2021)
I'm mesmerized by the acting
Since nothing can top the last episode (in my opinion) I wanted to talk about the acting.
As an actress myself I tend to always pay attention to their technics, what I would have done the same or differently, what was going through the actor's mind doing this or that scene, but with this show I just don't do that, and that is AMAZING!
It is so believable that I forget they're acting, and I know that is a cliche thing to say, but it's just such a rare thing for me to just... watch something, to be so immersed in all those characters inner monologues and beautiful stares and silences, I'm just grateful for the experience. Because it's not an easy thing to pull, believe me. To be so convincing that people just forget it's fiction. Even more when they literally start every episode showing the actors, the set and crew as they are about to get into character. It's so raw and ironic to be honest. When I first saw the opening I was sure a lot of people would hate it, for some breaking the fourth wall just breaks the "spell" of acting itself, let alone show them that what we are about to watch is a well rehearsed, well choreographed big pretend, which in my opinion is bs, because if the actors are good enough people are going to believe, and this only proves that. That's why I love it.
Love the show, how it's written and SO beautifully played.
Scenes from a Marriage: Poli (2021)
Uncomfortably human
I watched the whole episode painfully aware of how real and relatable this is. How human beings are so complex and, well... selfish in way that is actually not selfish at all, and also not impulsive as many might think. The way she describes feeling like she is constantly having an asthma attack, and feeling like she has to check if she's still alive, is so relatable. I think many of us have felt something like this before, and people around you just don't see it. It is painful and slow burning. And Isaac's character goes through a whole journey of emotions or lack of. It's like when you receive a life changing news and you just freeze.
This episode in my opinion is even better than the first one. I'm still trying to understand what I went through watching it, there were so many emotions, I'm still frozen by it.