Episode 10
Episode 10 parallels Episode 9 by focusing on a couple. In this case we also have one-way infatuation. Gwen loves Sera and Laura loves Ona, but neither of them returns the love. And we all know about Ona and Sera. This just keeps getting more complicated. Is there something more complicated than a love triangle? How about a love hexagon?
The exasperating idea of a love hexagon feels pretty realistic in this episode. The opening shot is Ona, on her own, and trying to lose herself in a book. She looks comfortable lying in a couple of pillows and a multi-patterned quilt. Ona has built herself a sanctuary, and Laura comes in to interrupt it.
The exasperating idea of a love hexagon feels pretty realistic in this episode. The opening shot is Ona, on her own, and trying to lose herself in a book. She looks comfortable lying in a couple of pillows and a multi-patterned quilt. Ona has built herself a sanctuary, and Laura comes in to interrupt it.
Laura dismisses Ona’s reading choice, and asks that they go out. Ona of course wants to stay exactly where she is and disagrees. The two then talk about their living situation, and this reveals how they ended up living together in the first place. It’s insightful to see that Laura is, in a sense, in a position of power over Ona. The uses this fact to back Ona into a corner, and of course a fight ensues.
The fight is the high point of the episode, and it’s obviously an issue that’s been brooding for some time. Laura is a manipulator, and tries to use her whining and accusations to push Ona. Surprisingly, Ona pushes back, yelling at how this is not what she wants. Is this the way their relationship is like? Emotionally abusive. The fight ends with Laura in tears, and Ona, feeling guilty, apologizes and ends up right back where she started – playing right into Laura’s manipulation.
I must take a minute to say that the actresses in this scene did an excellent job. They played off each other perfectly, and could feel the frustration from both parties. The push and the pull is very clear here.
To me this whole episode goes back one moment in Episode 1 [hyperlink], when Ona and Laura first introduce themselves as a couple. Laura says, “It’s been like a year and a half.” Sera then says, “Maybe you’ll be next.” She’s referring to getting married. Ona’s reaction is less than thrilled, and it was the first hint of how she feels about her current relationship.
In essence this episode is an extension of the short scene at the end of Episode 3. In a way my cry for a short episode [Review for Episode 8] has been answered, in that we now seem to know more about Laura as a person. It serves as a good way of answering why Ona sticks (or is stuck) with Laura, but it still needs some background. Is there more to Laura? It stands that maybe there isn’t.
The fight is the high point of the episode, and it’s obviously an issue that’s been brooding for some time. Laura is a manipulator, and tries to use her whining and accusations to push Ona. Surprisingly, Ona pushes back, yelling at how this is not what she wants. Is this the way their relationship is like? Emotionally abusive. The fight ends with Laura in tears, and Ona, feeling guilty, apologizes and ends up right back where she started – playing right into Laura’s manipulation.
I must take a minute to say that the actresses in this scene did an excellent job. They played off each other perfectly, and could feel the frustration from both parties. The push and the pull is very clear here.
To me this whole episode goes back one moment in Episode 1 [hyperlink], when Ona and Laura first introduce themselves as a couple. Laura says, “It’s been like a year and a half.” Sera then says, “Maybe you’ll be next.” She’s referring to getting married. Ona’s reaction is less than thrilled, and it was the first hint of how she feels about her current relationship.
In essence this episode is an extension of the short scene at the end of Episode 3. In a way my cry for a short episode [Review for Episode 8] has been answered, in that we now seem to know more about Laura as a person. It serves as a good way of answering why Ona sticks (or is stuck) with Laura, but it still needs some background. Is there more to Laura? It stands that maybe there isn’t.
