(Classic.) She finds Nick in the kitchen because he also can’t sleep because they have so much in common!!! Sorry, sorry. He apologizes, though clearly he doesn’t really know what he’s apologizing for - his whole vibe is very, Look, I’m just the adult man in this situation, I don’t know what you want from me, which, eyeroll - and they joke that Frances has no feelings. Nick confirms that Bobbi doesn’t know he and Frances had sex. But left on the shore with Nick, she gets some sweet little banter about whether or not it’s “very awkward” that she’s here (her delivery of “extremely” is perfection). Frances does not even remove her sneakers. I mean, doesn’t Bobbi think Frances actually is interesting? Then Bobbi says she hates how Frances is always “thinking things and not saying them.” Personally, I think Bobbi could do with a little more thinking things and not saying them, but she didn’t ask me!Įven though Nick planned this drive and knew he would take the girls to a beach, no one packed a swimsuit, so of course Bobbi strips to her underwear to swim topless in front of her ex and her crush’s husband. But now she’s back to just offering up these judgments and criticisms masquerading as clever observations and cutting insights. During a brief sidebar, Bobbi says to Frances, “You know your whole silent thing makes everyone think you’re enigmatic and interesting?” This is really disappointing because at other moments in the episode there’s a real tenderness between them, and I was starting to feel like Bobbi was actually being a good friend.
So Nick takes Bobbi and Frances on a drive around the island. (Just want you guys to know I’m paying attention.) The usage request itself was not totally clear to me - like, did she want to quote it and give Frances credit? Or just use the line as if it were her own? She’d said she needed an answer within a few days, but it’s definitely been longer than that, and we have no closure on what happened there. The next day, Melissa has to work, and I am curious if Frances ever addressed that situation re: Melissa wanting to use a line from her poem in an essay. Then Frances and Nick make meaningful eye contact while swimming past each other in silence (“conversations” with “friends”). Everybody lies to everybody: Frances acts like Nick doesn’t matter, and Bobbi pretends to be breezy about the unlikelihood that she and Melissa will kiss again. She says this in a way to suggest genuine gratitude and zero suspicion … do you think she knows anything? Does she know but not care? Is she too enmeshed in whatever she’s got going on with Bobbi to see what’s happening right in front of her nose? Leave your theories in the comments!ĭuring a swim break, Frances and Bobbi catch each other up on the state of their respective theoretically unavailable crushes. Nick reports that the shoot in Scotland was misery - long hours, no fun - and Melissa will later tell Frances that he was a “wreck” upon arrival, perking up only when “company” arrived. But mostly they contribute very little to the proceedings, except, I guess, to somewhat tamp down the tension among our core four (and to serve as proof that Bobbi is not Melissa’s first or only Black friend).
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN EPISODE 4 PLUS
They don’t get real personalities in this episode aside from the aforementioned beauty, plus later they sing and play guitar. Totally get what they’re going for, though I wonder if it tracks from a character POV - wouldn’t Frances probably dress in as adult a manner as possible because she’s trying to fit in? Rather than draw attention to the decade that separates her from Nick and Melissa?Īlong with Bobbi and Frances, Nick and Melissa are hosting a beautiful couple that we are to recognize from their cameo at Melissa’s birthday party. Time for another Sally Rooney special: Uprooting our cast from their dreary Irish daily lives and flinging them into unimaginable luxury in some dreamy summer getaway! Frances arrives in Croatia dressed in an outfit that seems designed to make her appear as young as humanly possible - not that adults aren’t wearing shorteralls these days, but the whole look, from the ruffled short-sleeve shirt to those little starter hoops in her ears to the low pony, is for sure something Kristy would’ve rocked in the original Baby-Sitters Club books, no? I think I wore a very similar outfit on the first day of second grade.
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