Late to the party, but is he auditioning for John Grey? He'd be a great John Grey.

See D-Day.

I don't know much about the illnesses myself from personal experience, but it seemed to me that Porunn was desperately trying to get Aslaug to take the baby so that she (Porunn) wouldn't hurt her. I also think Aslaug's "get a grip and pull yourself together" response was well-meaning — and probably very true to life,…

I got the vibe that Porunn is suffering from a combination of PTSD and post-partum and is going to kill herself and that poor baby. So I didn't think that scene was pointless.