![]() True/Penance argument, and really dug into how other members of the orphanage reacted to it, and what ensuing lines were drawn. Perhaps “Hanged” would have been more effective if it focused solely on that Mrs. ![]() But much like how The Nevers treats Maladie like a narrative shortcut this episode, I’m not sure it’s done the work so far to fully convey what a rift like this would mean for the women, men, and children who live at St. True that they’re all “a part of God’s world”-those hint at a religious belief that this episode leans on quite heavily to justify her break from Mrs. True and instead forgive kidnapper Maladie? Has Penance spoken of her faith before? Her insistence on forgiveness, how she beseeches Mrs. Is The Nevers really equating Penance’s discomfort with seeing and hearing people sexing it up with her fear of oppression against the Touched? And combined, would those put Penance so on edge that she would believably turn on Mrs. True both when others don’t believe in her, and when Amalia doesn’t believe in herself. Up until this point, the two have been phenomenally close-best friends, colleagues, confidantes-with Penance stepping up to defend Mrs. Something else strange: the sudden rift between Penance and Mrs. True says in a throwaway line of “Galanthi,” “I know I’ve been vague about what that means.” Yes, Mrs. True and Penance choose this moniker because the vessel looked like one of those flower buds? Did they further translate Mary’s song and come upon that term? I don’t know! But The Nevers just slides in that terminology until finally, 39 minutes into the episode, Mrs. Is the name inspired by Galanthus, the Latin name for the snowdrop flower? Did Mrs. ![]() True been referred to as “Galanthi” before? I watched “Undertaking” again, and perused through my notes, and didn’t notice a mention of it. True keeps dropping the word “Galanthi” like we should know what it means! Perhaps I am totally blanking, but has the force or being who delivered that song through Mary to Mrs. Joss Whedon wrote this episode, and it sure feels like certain chunks of exposition and character development felt missing, didn’t they? Mrs. ![]() “Hanged” assumes that we care about Maladie enough to be both torn up by her death and reinvigorated by her deception, and it spreads that presumptive quality regarding our reactions far and wide. ![]()
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