We are almost finished with this epic series, so lets get to recapping.
We will start with Jane.
Police lights flash in the background of the opening scene.
Credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/HBO
Jane escapes her drive home from San Luis Obispo with only a bruised ego and a speeding ticket.
Thats pretty lucky considering she went down there with a tin full of joints and a loaded gun.
Janes quest to find Ziggys dad is deeper than revenge.
I love this show, but come on guys.
Laura Dern and Shailene Woodley deserve better than this.
The two women know each other well.
They already played mother and daughter inThe Fault in Our Stars.
They could have done so much better.
Hmm, that story line sounds familiar.
Prompted by MadelinesAvenue Qplay, the first graders are curious.
With one episode left, perhaps Jane will get the opportunity to tell Ziggy the truth.
She pushes back and you see her wrest a little bit of control away from him.
But, she describes, inevitably the bruises fade, he gets angry, and the violence starts again.
The therapist, played terrifically by Robin Weigert, doesnt let her off easily.
She challenges Celeste to confront how and when she is going to change her situation.
Im amazed by my patients who harbor such self-awareness under the hard shell of denial, says the therapist.
She hits at the multiple layers at work here.
Celeste gets her moment.
Perry returns early from Phoenix as her surprise plus one to the play.
But then he tries to make them late.
She wont have any of it.
But hes ready to get down and dirty.
I mean hes really ready.
And we get a close-up shot to prove it.
(Yes, I rewound the tape to see to it they did in fact show it.
You guys can thank me for taking one for the team.)
It makes sense that she broke his urethra in two spots.
Finally, some appropriate revenge.
And there it is.
She realizes the power exchange has not shifted and she has to escape this brutal relationship.
She finds an oceanfront apartment and begins to imagine what her new life could look like.
NEXT:Madeline does a cleanse
And now we turn our attention to Madeline.
I feel for Madeline.
The woman is really having trouble keeping it all down.
Shes got the pressure of dinner with Bonnie and Nathan weighing on her.
Her marriage to Ed is being threatened by her past life coming back to haunt her.
She feels like shes driven Jane to a bad place.
And her daughter is keeping secrets from her.
Its no wonder the woman wants to take the edge off with a little Xanax.
you might see Madeline struggle here.
She wants to tell Ed the truth, and she even tries.
But he asks her to stop.
Does he not want to hear it?
Are some secrets too hurtful to reveal?
In the case of Madeline and Ed, they may just be.
What isnt too big of a secret to share, though, is Abigails secret project.
And boy is Madeline not prepared to hear this one.
Her self-medicating has made her loopy for her dinner with Bonnie and Ed.
Is this Adele?)
to the red wine and the oysters.
Yet everything feels on the edge of disaster.
She pukes on the table, she pukes on the ground, she pukes on Bonnie.
Of course, once shes cleansed herself of all that haunts her, she finally levels with Abigail.
And rather then lecturing her, Madeline admits her own failures to her daughter, specifically her affair.
Madeline and Celestes story lines really carried the show this week.
Jane and Renata feel less pivotal to action, as does the murder we are supposed to be following.
With drama this good, we barely need it.
