I wonder if maybe there was sort of a "being played" theme here on Cath's level too, not just Steve's? I'm having a hard time not thinking that Doris played Cath in that final scene in the car -- projecting "don't make me hurt Steve more than I already have by making him worry about this" at Cath, but maybe maybe what Doris was trying to *not* project was "don't tell my son, who I'm on rocky ground with, that I spent the afternoon torturing a guy in a very practiced, vicious way, and that I'm desperate enough about my safety to do just about anything I see a need to, dirty as well as clean" ?
And boy, yeah, do I think Cath has just been pushed down the rocky path to Steve sooner or later finding out and feeling more betrayed than maybe he ever has before by anyone. I really loved that moment at Cath's house where she's worried about Steve and he makes the remark about hating being played -- and then Cath gets caught up in all this stuff about Doris, and oh my heart hurts. I so much love the way Steve and Cath are, in their "friends" relationship, knowing each other so well and caring so much, and trusting so much, but not all "3.2 kids and white picket fence and Love Of My Life, oozing romance". Breaking that up, even temporarily -- aiyyy. I hadn't planned on liking Cath nearly as much as I do, and I'll hurt for her, but Steve? feeling even just a little betrayed by Cath? PAIN. SO MUCH PAIN.
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Date: 2012-11-28 02:53 am (UTC)And boy, yeah, do I think Cath has just been pushed down the rocky path to Steve sooner or later finding out and feeling more betrayed than maybe he ever has before by anyone. I really loved that moment at Cath's house where she's worried about Steve and he makes the remark about hating being played -- and then Cath gets caught up in all this stuff about Doris, and oh my heart hurts. I so much love the way Steve and Cath are, in their "friends" relationship, knowing each other so well and caring so much, and trusting so much, but not all "3.2 kids and white picket fence and Love Of My Life, oozing romance". Breaking that up, even temporarily -- aiyyy. I hadn't planned on liking Cath nearly as much as I do, and I'll hurt for her, but Steve? feeling even just a little betrayed by Cath? PAIN. SO MUCH PAIN.