Wow, thanks to TM9394 for her last insightful commentary! Thanks to Ju, always, for the clips.
Todd Manning wakes up a homeless bun. Bo questions the waitress. I think Bo should have thought by now that Todd, if alive all this time, MAY REALLY HAVE CHANGED at least a little, since no crimes were committed by him in the area; that he was with small children who grew to love and care for him; that he never harmed a hair on Rebecca's head, or on the waitress' head. Of course, there's no telling what Todd will do, especially when face to face with Powell the Poet later. But as a detective, BO should be playing with the idea that Todd could have changed.
Personally, I LOVED whenever we got a crack in the armor and Bo showed signs of both fathering and understanding/believing Todd. These nuances of the story were played out perfectly throughout, and we see more of it during the Hospital Rapes story later.
He meets the elderly lady, Sarah Newland, in violent circumstances. She drops her cane, he gives it back to her. "Thank you, you're very kind."
"Yeah, that's me." This line, and his delivery, strike me so funny every time. He always had that sarcastic, biting edge. As he grew older, the gothic, desperate misery kind of faded, but he's always Todd! Oops that little smirk he gives says I've got an idea! LOL. Of course he intends to use her for whatever he can get, but we know he will also learn and take something with him that is more than material things. They play his dastardly music to make us think he might hurt her, but we know he won't.
Meanwhile, Rebecca and Powell (gag) are talking about the masquerade party! Zorro is on his way!
FAIL: Career Day at Jessie's school. Pllllth. Clint and Sloan are in competition for Vicki's attention. Vicki: "That girl is lucky she's still alive!" Well, Rebecca is! Sarah is! It cracks me up how Vicki acts about Todd now, compared to later. :D Love the whole Lord thing with Todd. Made for some good stories.
Well there you have it! Sound off!
PERFECT example of RH saying so much with just his face and not saying a word: When she is serenading him with compliments and talking about how she can tell what a "good person he is," you see the entire mixture of emotions in his face. Primarily, you see that he knows deep down she's partly right, and you see that guilt in his expression for not having lived up to it (to put it mildly).
ReplyDeleteIn the prior scene, when she talked about him "restoring her faith in the country," you saw that subtle indication (the very slight mischievous smirk) an idea had come over him to use her trust in him to his advantage. But now you see him wrestling with that thought. Ultimately, he's still going to take whatever assistance she offers him (and attempt to get even more, of course), but you can see he's now in a constant struggle with his conscience. There are limitations to how selfishly he is willing to act now.
Not to mention: For Todd, her belief in the good part of him also rouses up all the same stuff Rebecca did.
The waitress going "hope ya catch him"--sounds to me like somebody's just a tad bitter. LOL.