Vida
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Vidapacks layered character development into just about every scene.
ButVidahas pulled back the layers to each of them.
And Lyn isnt just a free spirit.
With this story line,Vidacomplicates and undoes the idea of a soulmate.
Lyn has become so convinced that she and Johnny have somethingspecial, and maybe they do.
Television often romanticizes situations like Lyn and Johnnys, butVidadoesnt make us root for their love story.
Mari throws her usual accusations at Emma, calling her a coconut and a traitor.
You and I were the same to her, Mari reflects after theyre arrested, and Emma silently agrees.
Its more deeply rooted than that, a subconscious expression of Maris frustrations with her brother and Lyn.
Mari says she never shows her legs because her tomboy scars are embarrassing, and Emma pushes back.
Theyre maps of who you are, she says.
Like tattoos you didnt choose, Mari replies.
Emma and Mari are the two toughest characters on the show at least on the outside.
But theyre more sensitive, more feeling than meets the eye.
And its telling that Emmas emotional release comes after she fails, again, to orgasm while masturbating.
Her scene with Johnny is yet another instance ofVidas organic, riveting character work.
Remember when I chased my own Vida when she was pretending to be straight?
She tells them she used to daydream about them all being a family together.
As with all the characters on this show, theres depth and dimension to Eddy.
Shes queer and religious, andVidastrikingly doesnt present those parts of her identity as contradictions.
She has been drinking a lot, something the show has been revealing in small doses up until this.
To the after Vida!
she exclaims after taking another shot, this time joined by Lyn.
But it doesnt feel like the release she desperately wants it to be.
It feels like Eddy letting go in the wrong way, letting herself slip further into her grief.
She takes care of everyone else, but who takes care of her?
