Then, another tiny, tiny baby appears in her other palm.
The scene is bathed in light, an angelic moment for Robin and her two undersized babies.
Maybe Jane Campion also frequents DreamMoods.com.
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Acclaimed TV series creators; theyre just like us.
So, yes, Robin is feeling helpless.
Her method seems to be to make Mary comfortable, first and foremost.
She feels safe with Robin.
And so does Pyke, it seems.
He and Mary ultimately walk away together, leaving Robin comforting Pyke.
(Robin and Pykes sweet, easy chemistry also helps.)
He tries to snap some photos of her dead body on his phone and then gets kicked out.
Its all very creepy, and yet, at this point…I still find myself rooting for Brett.
That inkling seems to be right.
Back at his home, hes playing a video game when he hears Cinnamon calling his name.
He imagines her taking off his clothes, then imagines the two of them naked on the bed together.
Later, he passes his mother on the stairs and introduces her to Cinnamon.
Cinnamon isnt there, of course.
Its all a hallucination.
For one, Miranda is not actually pregnant, she reveals after a tiff with Robin.
She has a surrogate, and shes lost contact with her.
Shes worried and anxious and doesnt know what to do (hence the constant smoking).
Thats where the surrogate is.
This is a shock to Miranda, who thought the surrogate was a student.
And that surrogate feels like going on holiday.
Mary stands outside after they go inside and shut the door.
Shes clearly nervous and uses the opportunity to confront Puss about Cinnamon.
You think that I killed her?
You think I would do that?
Later, Robin comes home to find Puss waiting for her.
He apologizes for biting her, blaming it on compulsive urges.
Robin responds by saying she wants him to leave Mary alone.
Its obvious that is not gonna work, but good try, Robin.
Then Puss brings up Cinnamon.
He claims he doesnt understand why Robin hasnt come to the brothel Is it because shes Thai?
Is it because shes Asian?
The kicker is that he calls Cinnamon by her real name: Padma.
And they called her Padma.
Hes smiling, looking positively thrilled about whatever it is hes doing.
Hes going to the brothel, and hes got a gun.
He bounds through the house, demanding to see Puss as women run screaming out of his way.
The next thing we hear is a gunshot.
Either way, shes in trouble, and Robin might not be able to help this time.
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Chapter 6
Good news: Brett didnt shoot Mary.
Bad news: Brett took Mary hostage.
All she can hear is chaos on the other end Mary is clearly in trouble.
To make this whole moment even more fun, Robin is wasted.
Like, just-took-tequila-shots-for-the-first-time wasted.
But they do reveal that Mahlee Mirandas surrogate is in an apartment with her giant stuffed panda.
As for where that apartment is…they dont know.
Robin stumbles into the morgue and asks Ray to hold her; he obliges.
I mean, hes right, butdude.
Its embarrassing, she whines.
No, no, its lovely, Ray responds.
It is, she concurs.
Soon after, she passes out on his floor for a much-needed nap.
Once she wakes up, its time to find Mary.
For Robin, that means searching for a beer box she noticed in surveillance footage of the beach.
Its surrounded by tanned, happy beach-goers, just a harmless 12-pack hanging out.
Robin clears people from the area, and Miranda starts digging.
Underneath the box is Bretts head.
Alive enough, in fact, to draw his shotgun and shoot Miranda in the abdomen.
Robin does not have that luxury.
Just because her colleague just got shot doesnt mean she gets to stop working, and she doesnt.
She does catch a break, though: Mary shows up at Julias house.
This family is so weird.
Robin and Pyke meet up at the cafe where Mary met Puss and hold each other in celebration.
Its also, uh, kind of a bad time to be staring lovingly into each others eyes.
Mary may be out of the hostage situation, but that doesnt mean shes out of harms way.
He rushes out, leaving Robin at the cafe alone.
She wanders into the back and finds Puss there, cooking.
I was hoping this meant something crazy was about to go down, but nothing crazy really goes down.
She stabs him, which I guess is crazy, but it doesnt seem to do much damage.
and I was really hoping for a WHAT!!!!!!!
Shes not in love.
Shes scared of you.
I think she hates you.
On paper, that doesnt look that harsh.
On screen, its as fiery as when she literally lit the curtain on fire.
Its empty, except for a TV and a DVD that says, PLAY ME.
The point of this?
To tell these parents, Your babies have flown away, and now its your turn to cry.
This video is both the best and worst thing Ive ever seen.
To the couples, its just the worst.
They panic upon realizing their babies are gone, and one father-to-be claims, Its theft.
But really, its not.
Those babies might be theirs, but they truly belong to the women theyre being birthed from.
Their bodies, their wombs, Adrian explains.
I feel bad for these people, and at the same time, Im completely annoyed with them.
Where is the couples empathy for them?
(Recap continues on page 5)Puss threat wasnt empty, either.
He really did take them all away, and Mary almost goes with them.
Thats confirmed when Julia and Pyke call Robin to tell her that Mary is with them.
But through all of this, Mary believed that they were madly, deeply in love.
She even said she thought she would die if she didnt have him.
And then when he and Mary faced death, he chose to save himself instead of her.
Their entire relationship was built on fantastical idealism.
Mary saw Puss as this damaged, brilliant soul helping women.
He painted himself as a savior, and she believed it, because hes charming and persuasive and older.
But he also just used a group of human women to prove a point about society.
He thinks hes freeing them when hes one of many who have aided in commodifying them.
But now Mary really is free, by her own doing.
Shes in bed with her friend while Robin and Julia look in at their daughter, peacefully resting.
Its not all happy, though, of course.
The surrogate mothers have uncertain futures.
Mirandas in the hospital with a critical gunshot wound.
For now, Robins okay.
