Black Doves: The Cost of it All

December 20, 2024 6:42 PM - Season 1, Episode 5

With danger drawing closer, Sam takes refuge in the only safe place he knows. Reed issues an ultimatum, and Helen gets one step closer to the truth.
posted by bunderful (3 comments total)

“That was the last thing I said to Eleanor, I told her it was just business - me and her, just business. I’ve a knack for saying the wrong things to people right before I’m never going to see them again. ‘Cause I get lonely too, you know. And she’s my partner. And it can’t be just business. Not with the cost of it all.” Oh, Williams.

Really loving Michael’s sweater.

Sam’s mouth writing checks that can never be cashed.

I worry about that elderly shopkeeper crumbling to the floor - he could get badly hurt.

It’s when Dani starts talking about the kids that Helen takes off her coat.
posted by bunderful at 7:51 PM on December 20 [1 favorite]

This is also where we realise that Wallace isn't just going to go the predictable powerful-middle-aged-man route in the face of temptation—a great subversion of expectations.

Very good analysis of Wallace's part in this episode at Vulture.
posted by rory at 4:33 AM on December 21 [2 favorites]

I loved Wallace’s declaration to Helen. And her response is just like “ok, I won’t be late.”
posted by bunderful at 6:59 AM on December 21