Sharp Objects
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Watching Ripe I couldnt get this quote out of my mind.
Camille has grown adept at encasing herself in armor.
That dark clothing she has to be sweating like hell in.
The bitter sarcasm and wry grin she uses to pivot when anything cuts too close to the bone.
This dichotomy is especially apparent in her scenes with Richard.
Sharp Objectshas long been building to some sort of romantic and sexual moment between Camille and Richard.
But what we get in Ripe lacks the bristling, heated flirtation I would like.
You know, the kind of moment where a kiss seems not only imminent but unavoidable.
Camille closes the gap between them.
She reaches orgasm as a flutter of violent, mournful images puncture her mind.
Its startling how much intimacy this scene lacks.
he asks with a smile.
Camille is fracturing in Ripe.
The weight of being back home pressing too much upon her.
I loved the scene leading up to Richard and Camilles dispassionate sexual encounter.
They suggest not only the history of the town but Camilles own history.
The first crime scene she shows Richard is by the river.
The lack of a knife leads the question of whether this is murder or suicide hanging in the air.
Camille went to school with the surviving daughter of one of them, Faith.
As Camille says, She paid for the sins of a mother she never met.
Of course, every woman in this town had a label and Camille is still wrestling with hers.
Richard catches on quick to the meaning of this place to Camille.
He suggests the rape that happened here happened to Camille.
But the episode left me wanting more.
Its more tone poem than procedural which is part of its strength but can sometimes be infuriating.
Through Vickery we get an understanding of how the towns old guard views Camille as an outsider.
One of them is dangerous, the other is in danger, Vickery suggests to Adora about her daughters.
Lets talk about Adoras marriage for a moment.
The scenes between Alan and Adora are typically brief although they seem curdled with an unspoken history.
Here, some of this history is finally given a voice.
After bitterly watching Adora carry on a delightful conversation with Vickery, Alan finally cracks a bit.
Hes angry at how Camille views the loss of Marian as something only she has had to bear.
They go back and forth.
Adora blaming this on Camilles ability to sow discord.
Alan finding the way she blames Camille ridiculous.
Even more troubling is the scene Adora shares with Camille, the source of the episodes title.
A tipsy Adora waits on the couch as Camille enters the shadowy home.
Adora quickly launches into accounting her own series of hurts.
Thats a lot of responsibility on a child.
She belittles Camille for cutting her hair with fabric shears as a point of rebellion.
Something Camille swears she didnt do, shes getting her confused with someone else.
But Adora keeps going drawing closer and closer to Camille who soon grows teary, her armor breaking down.
It doesnt matter what Camille says or what the truth is.
Adora has created a narrative and its one that consumes the whole town.
Camille wounds herself because of her vulnerability and trauma while Adora wounds others for the same reasons.
Cloying heat, a touch of floral perfume, the undercurrent of liquor.
Now youve come back and all I can think is … you smell ripe, Adora viciously remarks.
What exactly is Camille ripe for?
What is she on the precipice of that Adora reviles so deeply?
Ripe ends with a revelation.
But the most intriguing details are about his sister, Natalie.
How the family left Philly because she stabbed a peer in the eye with a pencil.
How Amma was closely intertwined with her and Ann, constantly stopping their arguments.
This gives these crimes a new shade and makes Camille worried about her sisters fate.
She rushes from the bar searching the darkened streets for Amma her mind reeling with horrific outcomes.
Perhaps, she wonders, Amma could be the next victim.
And there is a flash of this possibility.
Ammas toothless corpse illuminated by a beam of light.
In reality Amma is skating through the streets with her friends, silhouetted by headlights.
Shes only seen in flashes like cruelly twisting a lollipop in Camilles hair.
And thats the girl I want Camille to find.
This show can be so uncomfortable!
Amma playing Tupac and bonding with Adora with a little dance was an interesting moment.
Ashley finds blood under Johns bed and cleans it up for him.
Is this a red herring?
Why is she so loyal?
Does Vickery even want to solve this case?
