1:34 You can see Theo reacting to Nell's scream but Shirley doesn't react until Theo screams. Super cool detail that shows Shirley didn't see Nell before it's even explained
it LOOKED like she was kissing him, because his back was to Shirley and Theo was holding his face This is a classic clickbait title, just inaccurate enough that people can still misremember the reality Not shooting back at you, I just had the same comment and wanted to add something when I saw you already said it
@@QuikVidGuy I get it, but perhaps it is not so apt a comparison .. I think it is more the two elder sisters YET AGAIN not hearing the little girl-sister's trying to make them cooperate instead of fighting. She needs her family, but her family is too busy being "righteous" about whos right .. they can "afford" to alienate each other, but the little, vulnerable sister can't ..
3 things: Shirley is so motivated by her ego and anger that she totally disregards the fact that Theo is gay, that's some deep stubbornness You can see Kate take a moment to make it so Theo understands what Shirley's really asking about, but hedging her bets that she'll drop the subject if she talks about something else. The way her stare out the windscreen is just a LIIIITTLE distant before she starts talking If I look really close, it almost seems like Shirley's reacting to Theo screaming instead of to Nell. I haven't rewatched in a while, so I don't remember what's confirmed, but I wonder if she saw anything at all or if she just watched Theo break down and decided her sister's well-being was more important than her anger. That would fit really well with the entire premise with Nell dying and everyone trying to figure out their grief and their distance. I know that Patricia was told to jump out a couple of lines early for a more genuine reaction, but maybe Liz made a split-second decision that changed the interaction.
Actually one more: In the following bit after they leave the car, I finally connected things that I only recognized emotionally before. Kate is amazing at playing these highly internalized characters. All of their emotions are packed under the surface and glossed over with this untouchable facade, but she never gets boring, she never lets them be unfeeling girlboss types. It's always THERE, but if you're paying attention you don't even have to dig for it, which explains why when they DO reach their limit and their feelings spill out, it hits so hard. Because it's less like a switch in tone and more like the paint wore away. It's so very much like Theo describes herself and the foster girl. They've built up walls. But walls only hide and support what's inside, they don't get rid of it. And Liz's absolute subtlety while Shirley's listening. Her eyes are just a LITTLE frustrated at the start but still concerned, and she so GRADUALLY adjusts between every cut. She moves any part of her face probably less than 2 millimeters throughout the whole scene, but they look softer somehow when they start glistening. She looks like she's about to cry but refuses to, and is just BARELY holding back that flood. The amount of RESTRAINT and CONTROL that level of subtlety takes it mind-blowing, why have I not heard of her before?
