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This week, a pivotal sequence revolves around the classic paintingOphelia, by John Everett Millais.
Caroline looks at her, mildly shocked, and retorts that Ophelia is dead.
Its a great line.
But Ophelia isnt dead in the painting.
At least not yet.
Millais depicted Ophelia singing as she drowns.
In the image, Ophelia is on borrowed time; so is Sophie.
The truth is never fully clear in the play.
Again, this comparison neatly ties into Sophies situation.
But Ophelia never rocked a slinky black ball gown or popped party drugs in the pursuit of transcendence.
As with the Ophelia conundrum, we still dont know whether Sophie jumped from that boat or was pushed.
Conversely, Caroline and James seem to know exactly who Sophie is.
James retorts that he knew Sophie was having an affair as well.
This brings us to the pink pills.
Its clear Sophie has decided to take things into her own hands.
Instead of staying at the gala, Sophie decides to bolt and head to the Li Bo Lounge.
There, she hallucinates that a bar patron is the girl shes been seeing in her memories.
Blood cascades from her face as she levels accusations at Sophie.
When Sophie asks, Why did I run away from you?
the girl responds, Because thats your thing, Tess.
Adding insult to injury, she says, And you dont care about the mess you leave behind.
According to James, she wasnt supposed to come back.
A terrified worker wakes her up the next morning, and she immediately starts asking questions.
As Sophie begins to shake off her trippy evening, she finds her way home.
On the day before Sophies accident, 3.1 million dollars was transferred into an account for Tess Caldwell.
That name rings a bell!
There, she asks the question thatSurfaceviewers have been waiting for someone to ask for weeks.
She says, The missing money.
Recovered Memories
Its of note that Sophies drug trip doesnt actually yield any useful information.
The scene in which Baden confronts James provides an amusing and exciting beat.
Get this man a self-defense TikTok!
Well, things will get interesting when he finds out who Tess Caldwell really is.
Will he still protect his dear Sophie once the truth comes to light?
