Dialogue, perfect. Acting, great. Unexpected twists, definitely. Ending, way more perfect than I thought it would be. It went full circle where most dramas fail in their third act. This is the best drama I've ever seen. 10/10.
The writer of this show wrote a masterpiece about perfectly flawed, terrible, and at the same time sorely empathetic characters with big hearts. The best part is how the characters are presented as terrible people in the beginning until you fully understand them in the end. It flips the narrative and shows you the "terrible people" are remarkably good and the seemingly normal and kind people are just doing an act.
The honest and brazen ones tell the truth even if it's hard to hear or say. Meanwhile, the kinder people are always telling everyone pretty lies to spare their feelings.
The ending between the siblings is a perfect reveal of an honest conversation they have always been on the edge of having, and full of things that should have been said so long ago. But they were too terrified of what the other was going to say. It turned out, it was exactly what they needed each other to hear. The moment they say it, the trauma of their lives comes full circle. You finally understand why they love each other so hard. When, in fact, they thought the other sibling hated them. The truth was they loved the other so much, they were deeply hurt by them because of the fact.
Or rather, Vivian understood her brother's perspective, finally. You can actually feel the relief of that proverbial knife finally coming out of her fractured soul. She was whole again.
The writer of this show wrote a masterpiece about perfectly flawed, terrible, and at the same time sorely empathetic characters with big hearts. The best part is how the characters are presented as terrible people in the beginning until you fully understand them in the end. It flips the narrative and shows you the "terrible people" are remarkably good and the seemingly normal and kind people are just doing an act.
The honest and brazen ones tell the truth even if it's hard to hear or say. Meanwhile, the kinder people are always telling everyone pretty lies to spare their feelings.
The ending between the siblings is a perfect reveal of an honest conversation they have always been on the edge of having, and full of things that should have been said so long ago. But they were too terrified of what the other was going to say. It turned out, it was exactly what they needed each other to hear. The moment they say it, the trauma of their lives comes full circle. You finally understand why they love each other so hard. When, in fact, they thought the other sibling hated them. The truth was they loved the other so much, they were deeply hurt by them because of the fact.
Or rather, Vivian understood her brother's perspective, finally. You can actually feel the relief of that proverbial knife finally coming out of her fractured soul. She was whole again.