The Undoing
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Sure, I was intermittently quite entertained by what David E. Kelley and Susanne Bier put together!
And once all those narrative fake-outs collapsed upon themselves,The Undoingfelt quite hollow, didnt it?
Seriously, though: Franklins enormous home has a serious wait staff!
Franklin never seems to leave, except to hit up art galleries every so often!
Grace clearly isnt working!
Kids these days, man.
The man is a murder suspect!
Why werent police stationed outside of Jonathans apartment to ensure that he didnt have a go at flee?
Why didnt Grace personally walk Henry to school that morning, or have Franklin drop him off?
(IN THE HELICOPTER, LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE BALLER.)
Why wasnt Grace monitoring Henrys phone?
), probably would have done all this.
But the Henry from this week, after realizing how unbelievably selfish and depraved his father is?
Why would that Henry do this!
None of this was really ever about Elena Alves, whose characterization barely rose above Jessica Rabbit fetish object.
No,The Undoingwas about the everyday evils, the very mundane depravity, conducted by men.
The petty narcissism of rich white men?
Its a tale as old as time, and I wishThe Undoinghad said anything new about it.
The UndoingMVP was obviously Donald Sutherland, and his very dry delivery of You got a text.
The morality lesson is suspended deserves an award of its very own.
Grace calling herself the most reliable narrator really made me LOL.
Possibly the series most unintentionally perfect moment.
I really sat through those credits waiting for a last-minute twist.
Curse you, Marvel Cinematic Universe, for infecting my brain in this way!
Who was Elena Alves?
Im not sureThe Undoingever answers this question past a disappointingly reductive sexy Latina, doing sexy stuff stereotype.
Was she trying to squeeze Jonathan out of his marriage?
Was she trying to clue Grace into what was going on?
Because, uh, they didnt.
Im probably giving Kelley too much credit with that one.
But why wouldnt Detectives Mendoza and ORourke be interested in what their suspect was saying or doing?
That didnt track, given how convinced Mendoza was of Jonathans guilt.
Not even an ankle monitor?!
Relatedly: What I will miss most aboutThe Undoingis its casual weekly reminders that the rich reallyarentlike us.
Did anyone else sense that rage when Jonathan watched Franklins helicopter taking Grace and Henry away?
