Jia Tolentino

His mask is the thing that it's masking. Like he's giving like broken man. And he is. You know what I mean?

His mask is the thing that it's masking. Like he's giving like broken man. And he is. You know what I mean?

Like he's the only one that's sullen on the boat and as such he's the only one telling the truth about existence.

Like he's the only one that's sullen on the boat and as such he's the only one telling the truth about existence.

He's the truth teller.

He's the truth teller.

So he gets too high or so he says. They're at the snake show and he lets a bunch of snakes loose.

So he gets too high or so he says. They're at the snake show and he lets a bunch of snakes loose.

I think he – well, I didn't read it as a noble motive. But I do think, you know, he was – it seems the episode is trying to make it really clear. He was in his therapy session saying that he has been caged in by circumstance more or less. And he feels misunderstood and he probably feels misperceived.

I think he – well, I didn't read it as a noble motive. But I do think, you know, he was – it seems the episode is trying to make it really clear. He was in his therapy session saying that he has been caged in by circumstance more or less. And he feels misunderstood and he probably feels misperceived.

Kind of, yeah, right? Like he's clearly sick of everyone else's sort of – he seems like someone that wearies immediately of any stab at propriety. And he's just – he would prefer the truth of snake bites and chaos.

Kind of, yeah, right? Like he's clearly sick of everyone else's sort of – he seems like someone that wearies immediately of any stab at propriety. And he's just – he would prefer the truth of snake bites and chaos.

And unfortunately, my personal identification with the Chelsea ended in their final scene where she's like, I will follow you into the next life.

And unfortunately, my personal identification with the Chelsea ended in their final scene where she's like, I will follow you into the next life.

And the next life and the next. And I was like, you will never catch me saying that to a man.

And the next life and the next. And I was like, you will never catch me saying that to a man.

Well, there's something really sweet earlier in the episode. She's like, you know, like, I'm your soulmate. Like, I am your soulmate. And I really believe it from her. Like, she sees a hole in him that can be filled by her.

Well, there's something really sweet earlier in the episode. She's like, you know, like, I'm your soulmate. Like, I am your soulmate. And I really believe it from her. Like, she sees a hole in him that can be filled by her.

Right. With the snakes in this episode, with the preponderance of snakes that is sort of amassing in this season. We had the choker. Now we have the, you know, the pile of cobras that Rick unlocks out of their home. The Garden of Eden biblical stuff is getting more overt. The first episode, you had Saxon pick up a fruit. And Pam, Australian Pam, says, you know, this fruit can kill you.

Right. With the snakes in this episode, with the preponderance of snakes that is sort of amassing in this season. We had the choker. Now we have the, you know, the pile of cobras that Rick unlocks out of their home. The Garden of Eden biblical stuff is getting more overt. The first episode, you had Saxon pick up a fruit. And Pam, Australian Pam, says, you know, this fruit can kill you.