S01.E08: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

[AnimeMania]

(Season Finale)

When the pieces click into place, Charles faces the difficult task of revealing his true purpose at Pacific View. Emily helps him unpack the past.

Premiere Date: November 21, 2024   Netflix

[SoMuchTV]

Ooh! Surprise guest star (assuming you haven’t checked IMDb).  Blink and you’ll miss it. 

[Sailorgirl26]

On 11/21/2024 at 6:32 PM, SoMuchTV said:

Ooh! Surprise guest star (assuming you haven’t checked IMDb).  Blink and you’ll miss it. 

Was it definitely her? I thought it was an Easter egg--I was just coming here to ask if anyone else caught it. 

Just the extra rose of icing on a beautiful cake. 

Edit to add: I think you're talking about not-a-girl but there was an Eleanor Shelstrop shout out in the classroom, which is what I'm referencing. They show the back of a student standing up and she's wearing a white sweater that has rainbow stripes around the collar and the same haircut and color as Eleanor. It's a very intentional shot.

This was a wonderful, bittersweet, touching, and heartwarming show.

My mom developed early onset Alzheimer's when she was 52 so this show was a gut wrencher for me at times. Someone in that writers' room definitely has a relative with Alzheimer's or they put the time and effort into observing and really understanding the onset of the disease. 

The two scenes that really got me were when Charles was explaining to his daughter that he'd broken his promise to Victoria and was putting her into memory care. Having to make that decision for my mom really broke my dad. 

The second was the second to last scene when the woman with Alzheimer's was gently petting the stuffed dog Charles had given her. My mom had a stuffed seal that she was attached to in that way. I held onto that seal for a really long time. 😢💜🥰

Edited 2 hours ago by Sailorgirl26