deprofundisss

This episode was intelligent, beautiful, and layered. Perhaps more importantly, it was an honest yet abstract (in a good way) portrayal of the reality of our world in ways I didn't want to watch but also understand need to be acknowledged.

Full disclosure, though...I had a hard time with this episode at first because of some personal trauma. I'm back now after making myself finish it and then watch it again, and I agree now that it's a masterpiece. It's still admittedly going to be hard for some of us to watch at first, so, please try to be be gentle about that reaction, if you're the type to criticize those who've experienced worse horrors than you could imagine. At least some people are conveying the fundamental aspects of these experiences responsibly--as did this director.

I thought this was the best episode, even though the mystery is really just what specifically happened to the main victim rather than who did it...but still. Incredibly moving, and although sad, I was really inspired by the two sisters, their strength in standing up to the perpetrator, despite their ties. It did make me cry. It's interesting to me that some people said they scored lower because of being angry that the perpetrator got away with everything. That makes no sense...how is that the fault of the show?? If anything, the show is helping bring to light a horribly unjust and unatoned for crime (two, really). Definitely worth the watch, and better than the higher rated episodes, IMHO.

I'm loving this season, especially the Goodbye Billy episode. This was another fantastic episode, but I found it to be lacking in both the suspense and emotional depth compared to, say, Dear Billy. I think this could have been remedied by a less obvious lead up to the "twist," which didn't feel like a twist at all to me because it was led into so slowly and too obviously. The plot itself? Excellent. The acting and sets? Excellent. The execution and some of the dialog leading into the situation are where this fell short, enough so that I want to rate it lower than the 9 it maybe deserves because I think others are inflating their ratings right now. But I'm not complaining overall and will change my rating if others calm down and it gets closer to the rating it should have, ~8.5 or 9, not over a 9.5 like it is now. Again - absolutely love this season!!