oo, I like the idea of confrontation between Albie and Cameron! Out of left field, but plausible! If there’s some violence, I bet it won’t be between the people we’ve seen building tension so far. I guess, Albie vs Cameron would seem random and senseless enough.

I love Lucia, but at this point I definitely think she’s trying to play Albie. First I thought she wanted to become the girlfriend and be taken back to the States, but now I feel silly about that, because there is no reason whatsoever to believe she’d be naive enough to think that could work. She has clearly clocked…

What I`ve been saying since episode one. In his only defense, I think he couldn`t be honest with Harper if he wanted to, because he`s not being honest with himself. I think he’s with her because she picked him. He might also think that’s she the sort of woman someone like Cameron couldn’t steal, because she’s bound to…

I don’t think she charged him. She’s playing the long game here, going for the high risk/high reward strategy of potentially becoming his girlfriend and being brought home to the US instead of a one or two immediately recompensated one-night assignments. Her main motivation is probably still somewhat transactional -…

Maybe not exactly the same social circle, but the discrepancy is just smaller, more bridgeable. To be fair, it’s probably not entirely about money per se - the college education, the fact that they’re both from the US. Just a better “culture fit”.  And Albie certainly cares about that. The way he sometimes talks, it…

Maybe not rich, or as rich as the other rich characters, but certainly not poor. She’s got a job, sure, but a sort of job you probably need connections for - I don’t think Tanya would have posted that job on Craigslist and hired someone from the street. Portia also knows a lot of gossip about Tanya, seems like her…

Sure, he might genuinely believe that of himself. I could see him being very convincing next episode. Lucia has to have some plausible hope for the drama to work..

He might even stand by her at first, when the connection to his dad becomes apparent. He probably does want to see himself as the sort of person who doesn’t…

She did seem spacey, but I wouldn’t necessarly read that as happy - could also be delusional/melancholy/disassociating. To me it, it seemed pretty weird. Also the way she kept going on about it to those other two tourists, who were clearly just being polite. 

Also, I very much don’t enjoy seeing Valentina “flirt” with her subordinate. 1) She’s doing what she accuses Roco of doing. 2) It’s even worse, because she’s her superior. 3) She tragically misreads the situation - the younger woman admires her and sees her as role model, and that’s it.

I enjoy the Albie and Portia…

Harper does not confront her husband, because she wants to give him a chance to come clean on his own. She asks him multiple times, what he did that night. And if he told her the truth - Cameron invited sex workers to their room, they took drugs, Cameron slept with the sex workers, but he didn’t - that would be a…

I honestly think the show is highlighting how all this gender-essentialist talk is used in self-serving ways, with ulterior motives. Cameron and Daphne need to make their pattern into something universal - to rope in the other couple for whatever scam they’re planning, or maybe just to feel better about themselves.…

He wants to be a knight in shining armor and she’s the princess in the tower (imprisoned by the evil witch). They have no chemistry whatsoever. Of course the main blame lies with Albie because he desperately tries to force her into a narrative she clearly has no interest in, but I’m a bit annoyed with Portia too,…

Count me all in for the sexual intrigue. Maybe the show won’t have that much to say about class, etc., but I’m in a Portia mood, maybe I don’t always want all that discourse, maybe I just want to have some fun. Must be the Italian setting; Italy always does something to me. (I fully expect to be devasted by the last…

That was almost exactly my theory, but now that you’re saying it, I don’t think that Cameron’s me-too-vibes are entirely baseless. I also think he will resist Harper’s seduction if it comes to that, because he genuinely cares for his wife and/or considers Harper simply off-putting, but he did show her his ass on…

Definitely, but I kinda hope it zigs a bit. Like, the lawyer gets convinced the bro wants to seduce her, but hubby doesn’t believe it. She feels gaslighted and tries to lure the bro into a compromising situation, set up to be witnessed by the husband, so she can prove to him that she has been right all along. The bro…

Oh no, I didn’t think of it, but now that you’ve pointed it out, I think that option is very much still in play. It’s awfully convenient that they got Jen to let go of Josh. A Jen who’s still obsessed with him would probably track him down a lot quicker. 

Because a woman wouldn’t have to ask what’s so threatening about Tom Hardy coming at you with that “What did you say about me”-spiel, I guess.

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No guess yet as to the Antler Queen - I’m just willing to bet it’s not Jackie. Jackie is the Ralph analogue, the failed leader who seems to be the natural choice for the role in terms of traits and temperatment - competent, confident, extroverted, assertive, popular - but is ultimately overthrown by someone willing…

I watched this one on a whim (which I almost never do! I’m so behind on all my media consumption, I’ve got so much stuff I’m extremly likely to like on my to-watch list, I need to be careful with my ressources), although there was absolutely nothing in the promotion that could possibly attract me, and I’m so glad I…