Behind Her Eyes
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Im going to have a decadent weekend ofme.
Eat cheap pizza and ice cream and maybe watch a whole series of something on Netflix.
(Blake LivelysA Simple Favorpantsuitsforever!)
Then theres the question: To read the book, or not to read the book?
Until he abruptly pulls away and says he cant do this.
Plus, hes married.
Louise has other problems, we learn, in the form of night terrors.
She sleepwalks while she dreams and wakes in a screaming panic.
Over at Davids house, a strange scene unfolds as hes about to leave for work.
Well, then, he says as a sort of signal.
A satisfied David tells her hell call her later that morning, at 11:30.
He replies, I know.
In a later scene, David will surprise Adele by gifting her a credit card and a flip phone.
But, also, David kind of seems like a psycho?
Or at least, he seems cold and dispassionate.
Adele is trying way too hard, and David seems like he couldnt care less.
David is acting like instantly taken with her.
(And why wouldnt he be?
Shes goddamned luminous, I tell you!)
Is that a role hes playing for Adeles sake for some reason?
Adele reiterates to David once theyre back home, I want this to work.
New start, while a weary David responds, I cant do this again, Adele.
This has to be the last time.
They have sex, but he cant look her in the eye.
The next morning, we can see what looks like scar tissue on Davids forearm.
Youre the girl that paints fires.
Sorry about your parents, a similarly dressed dude hanging out in a tree says to her.
Next time, paint some water instead.
Tell them, The fires represent my grief, but water is washing it away.
More exposition comes shooting out of the screen when Adam returns from his weekend at his dads house.
Then this is your chance.
In the premieres final scene, theres a parallel meet-clumsy … between Louise and Adele.
It happens on a street corner after Louise has dropped Adam off at school.
Adele (again with the drapey pastels!)
claims she just walked David to his office, except Im pretty sure she didnt.
And what shes wearing when she runs into Louise is, again, not gym clothes.
She adds, Youll lead.
Adele seems to be sizing Louise up.
Louise seems like shes trying to avoid eye contact (just like David).
Everyone seems to be fucked up.
So what do we know?
Was David her first psychiatrist?
Is he a controlling husband, or is it just that he knows how unhinged Adele is?
Was Louise and Adeles run-in really a chance encounter?
For that matter, was Louise and Davids?
In other words, what we know is very little.
But Im good with that.
Im fizzy over this second chance encounter, and Im fizzing to see what comes next.
