Vida
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InVidas first season finale, Lyn and Emmas arcs come to a head.
The episode is bookended by two stunningly shot sequences.
Sure enough, things start falling out of place in Lyns life as she goes about her day post-limpia.
She finds Johnny at the bar, off of work early and seemingly uninterested in seeing her.
(On a side note, I love that Johnny seems to exclusively hang out with lesbians.)
He mentions that people have been taking their business elsewhere because of how he treated Carla.
He says that he wants to get a house outside of the neighborhood.
What does that mean for his father, who depends on Johnnys support?
Im the porqueria, she realizes with a shock.
Emma especially holds a lot of contradictions at her core.
Even within this episode, shes fixing up the bar at one moment and contemplating selling it the next.
And she cant wrap her mind around her mothers paradoxes.
She cant figure it out, and maybe she never will.
She doesnt want to be told what to do or how to feel.
That makes sense, given the loss of control over her life when Vida sent her away.
Emma later lashes out at Eddy in the same way.
Eddy certainly doesnt deserve this, but she especially doesnt deserve what happens next.
The man viciously attacks Eddy in the bathroom, landing her in intensive care.
Its a brief moment of catharsis in the midst of a horrible situation.
The finale then moves into its second stunningly shot bookend.
That ignores the role of the homophobic monster who hurt Eddy.
Again,Vidaplays with the nuances and contradictions of the situation without landing on any clear-cut answers.
Emma digs deep into her complicated feelings about the bar.
Lyn mistakenly thinks she hates this place.
People constantly assume Emma hates where she came from, but that has never been the truth.
Of course, it doesnt have to be said that these memories came before she was sent away.
Lyn asks her what she wants, and finally, Emma knows how to answer.
She wants to keep the bar.
And just like that, the finale charts a new and exciting course for the sisters.
