It also lets the audience understand that in that next scene they are all aware of whats happening.
Like, no, they just know that its a messy situation and theyre reminded of that messiness.
Maxineisa good person and Sashawasa good person and Clay and Shelby are good people; theyre just complicated.

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The task force is falling apart; both Ryan (Jake McLaughlin) and Shelby have been exposed.
The task forceisreally fractured, and Im not entirely sure if theyll come back together again.
Episode 20 is probably our most moving episode of the year, at the end.
Youre almost at the end of the season.
Weirdly, we shot a kiss between them for episode 9, and then we cut it.
Thats all I needed to do.
But we cut it because we realized we didnt want to start that romance then.
All year theres been hints of it, but ultimately, we decided to go for the respect route.
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