formerlyfreedom December 15, 2016 Share December 15, 2016 Quote An ominous new dream and a tense outing with Nancy and Abel take a toll on OA. Steve finds his life in turmoil once again. Link to comment
numbnut December 21, 2016 Share December 21, 2016 Steve blames OA (I feel ridiculous calling her that) and stabs her because his parents want him in reform school? Mm...kay. I would have been on the phone to the insurance company to stop payment on that check before the van left the gas station. This ep was mostly narrative filler. I didn't need the smart kid (name?) to rehash everything we've learned until now. 5 Link to comment
PinkRibbons December 21, 2016 Share December 21, 2016 One way or another, that school is now toast. They sold a kid that was in their legal care to a complete stranger. That's just insane. 1 Link to comment
Guest December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 On 12/20/2016 at 7:48 PM, numbnut said: Steve blames OA (I feel ridiculous calling her that) and stabs her because his parents want him in reform school? Mm...kay. I would have been on the phone to the insurance company to stop payment on that check before the van left the gas station. This ep was mostly narrative filler. I didn't need the smart kid (name?) to rehash everything we've learned until now. French's monologue was painfully long and bad but I did agree with him that Prairie treats her parents like shit. Steve stabbing her was so awkward but I assume necessary so we can see the blood reverse back in next ep when they dance. But he was so contrite about the throat punch it didn't make sense to have him stab her. Or even be mad at her. They act like $50k is $5m. Link to comment
theOAfc December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 (edited) On 21/12/2016 at 4:48 AM, numbnut said: Steve blames OA (I feel ridiculous calling her that) and stabs her because his parents want him in reform school? Mm...kay. I would have been on the phone to the insurance company to stop payment on that check before the van left the gas station. This ep was mostly narrative filler. I didn't need the smart kid (name?) to rehash everything we've learned until now. Well i think,its clear at this point that Steve might have some mentall illness. This kind of violence ,especially towards someone who has been so good to him,is completely crazy. I mean his parents are shit for sure but he does need help. Edited December 28, 2016 by theOAfc 6 Link to comment
numbnut December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, theOAfc said: On 12/20/2016 at 6:48 PM, numbnut said: Steve blames OA (I feel ridiculous calling her that) and stabs her because his parents want him in reform school? Mm...kay. Well i think,its clear at this point that Steve might have some mentall illness. This kind of violence ,especially towards someone who has been so good to him,is completely crazy. I mean his parents are shit for sure but he does need help. He certainly has anger issues but it's weird that his anger is immediately directed at Prairie and not at his parents. I could understand him having misdirected anger at someone in the vicinity of the incident. I don't see him as mentally ill... Spoiler ...and the series doesn't go down that road -- he seems emotionally stable in the last episode, as his issues with anger, his parents and reform school conveniently vanish. I have the same problem with all of Marling's movies so far -- in the second half, someone will do something out of character just to advance the story. While she has intriguing story premises, I don't think character development is her strong suit. Edited December 28, 2016 by numbnut Link to comment
Guest December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 I haven't watched the last ep yet but I also didn't take it Steve was mentally ill. I thought he was just a small town kid who's bored and using drugs and bullying as poor ways to deal with feelings when he has no real friends or role models. I thought that was what BBA finally figured out about him. Though if the blood on Prairie (slightly less awkward to type than OA) doesn't go away next ep, I might change my mind about the pencil stab being just a very awkward writing choice. Link to comment
theOAfc December 28, 2016 Share December 28, 2016 2 hours ago, numbnut said: He certainly has anger issues but it's weird that his anger is immediately directed at Prairie and not at his parents. I could understand him having misdirected anger at someone in the vicinity of the incident. I don't see him as mentally ill... Hide contents ...and the series doesn't go down that road -- he seems emotionally stable in the last episode, as his issues with anger, his parents and reform school conveniently vanish. I have the same problem with all of Marling's movies so far -- in the second half, someone will do something out of character just to advance the story. While she has intriguing story premises, I don't think character development is her strong suit. I think looking at it overall,Steve has certainly not changed much,he hasnt developed much and his attack to Prarie showed that. I feel like Prarie is the one he chanelled his anger to,because she was the first one to show real care and love towards him by trying to understand him. Its like when we hurt the ones we love the most,like when kids say hurtful stuff to their parents even though their parents are not the cause of their pain. Id like to think that Steve connects to her as if she is an older sister which is why he hurt her even though she wasnt the one he was really angry at. To me Steve appears to have a mental illness,because of how the script conveniently forgets his anger issues and then remembers it. Like you said one episode he looks totally fine and suddenly the next he is physically hurting people. So to me this doesnt look much like a teen who is just in a constant state of being angry but more like a mild bipolar situation. 2 Link to comment
Ms Blue Jay January 10, 2017 Share January 10, 2017 On 12/27/2016 at 11:57 PM, Winston9-DT3 said: They act like $50k is $5m. LOL, I would 1 Link to comment
LeGrandElephant January 28, 2017 Share January 28, 2017 On 12/20/2016 at 8:48 PM, numbnut said: I would have been on the phone to the insurance company to stop payment on that check before the van left the gas station. She said it was a cashier's check, can you stop payment on those? It being a cashier's check might also cancel out the thought I had earlier in the episode, when she was saying how she wanted to keep the physical piece of paper of the check - well, nowadays, there's an app for that. When you deposit a check through a banking app, you keep the actual paper check, and never give it to the bank. But, I don't know if you can do that with a cashier's check (and there may also be a limit on the amount you can deposit that way). Steve stabbing OA didn't make any sense to me, but this show went off the rails as soon as it turned out the big reveal was that a weird hissing lizard dance has magic powers (no matter who does it, apparently). I'm also still deeply bothered by how many real chances at escape they blew in favor of their "movements". Also, OA's answer to her mother seemed deliberately misleading. "I did it to myself because I'm the original angel" would obviously make her mother think that she stayed wherever she was all those seven years by choice, as part of a cult type thing, rather than being kept in a cage. 2 Link to comment
numbnut January 28, 2017 Share January 28, 2017 1 hour ago, LeGrandElephant said: She said it was a cashier's check, can you stop payment on those? Whoever issued the check could stop payment in case of fraud, couldn't they? 1 hour ago, LeGrandElephant said: Also, OA's answer to her mother seemed deliberately misleading. "I did it to myself because I'm the original angel" would obviously make her mother think that she stayed wherever she was all those seven years by choice, as part of a cult type thing, rather than being kept in a cage. I'm still scratching my head about the "original angel" premise. If she's the original angel, who was the older lady with half a wing? Link to comment
LeGrandElephant January 28, 2017 Share January 28, 2017 58 minutes ago, numbnut said: Whoever issued the check could stop payment in case of fraud, couldn't they? I don't know. Isn't there some type of check that is just like cash, and anyone can cash it, and if you lose it you're out the money? Isn't that what a cashier's check is? I'm not sure. 1 Link to comment
LakeGal February 13, 2017 Share February 13, 2017 Prairie's mother was so worried what people would think of the photo of her. Yet she slaps her in a crowded restaurant in front of people. Now that is something people will all remember. 1 Link to comment
rubinia March 16, 2017 Share March 16, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 0:21 PM, LakeGal said: Prairie's mother was so worried what people would think of the photo of her. Yet she slaps her in a crowded restaurant in front of people. Now that is something people will all remember. To be fair, I think her mother lost her patience when Prairie started talking about angels and just slapped her out of frustration, without thinking. 1 Link to comment
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