Not a second was wasted in this heartbreaking episode in which implications of Camille's return to her home town of Wind Gap is expanded from the two previous episodes. Significant backstory is delivered in a chilling manner. We learn much more about the cutting addiction, along with the girl in her flashbacks from the first two episodes. The performances are top-notch, with dialogue that is nothing short of what we would expect from Gillian Flynn.
Metaphorically, the circular nature of the central character's dilemma is developed visually - expanding on the previous ceiling fans, LP records which now occupy Camille's childhood home, to the roller skates of an unfettered half-sister Amma, and even glimpses of the cylindrical silos and bales of hay shown in episode 3. They now appear to represent the cyclical nature of life in Wind Gap, as she is taken through the same loop: small town cheerleaders, parking lots as venues for practicing night moves, inebriation, "tomboys" and especially compulsions - ranging from mother Adora's eyelash pulling (trichotillomania) to daughter Camille's more serious obsession of 'cutting.'
Metaphorically, the circular nature of the central character's dilemma is developed visually - expanding on the previous ceiling fans, LP records which now occupy Camille's childhood home, to the roller skates of an unfettered half-sister Amma, and even glimpses of the cylindrical silos and bales of hay shown in episode 3. They now appear to represent the cyclical nature of life in Wind Gap, as she is taken through the same loop: small town cheerleaders, parking lots as venues for practicing night moves, inebriation, "tomboys" and especially compulsions - ranging from mother Adora's eyelash pulling (trichotillomania) to daughter Camille's more serious obsession of 'cutting.'