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Sally experiences her first press junket in Ben Mendelsohn, a rapid-fire series of formulaic interviews from outlets likeE!
NewsandAccess Hollywoodasking boring questions like Who do you think should be the next Spider-Man?
And she certainly cant be honest during the actual interviews.
Besides, nobody seems to want to listen to Katie anyway.
He treats Sally like a star, Natalie says.
Thats why she keeps him around.
Her words are more significant than she realizes.
But the obvious truth is that Gene could never forgive Barry, and he shouldnt be expected to.
This many months later, Gene is still processing the implications of Barrys betrayal.
That means Barrys monologue from the pilot was fucking true.
But its heartbreaking to see him blame himself for not seeing the signs.
Barrys not wrong when he assures Gene that he cant put Janices death on himself.
But heiswrong when he acts likenobodyis at fault.
Thats whereLaws of Humanitycomes in, presenting a falsely empowering and unearned forgiveness arc in under an hour.
Barry, identifying with the pharma guy hes playing, thinks he can accomplish the same.
Youre never going to move past that!
You destroyed that guys life!
But it shouldnt take long for Fuches to actually return.
Of course, Fuchess only takeaway is the bit about putting an army together.
Maybe hell get his wish.
As in episode two, its always easy to track the moment when reality falls short of Barrys expectations.
Natalie: I love this romper.
It says, Im a woman, but dont treat me like one.
Sally: Thats what we were going for.
The press-junket sequence reminded me a lot ofThe Other Two, one of the other best shows on TV.
