Ragnell wrote:1) There's something really significant I have's seen anyone point out yet: Dougie-Dale made a decision. In the past we've seen him distracted and interested in things while being guided, but he always gave way to the people physically directing him. The one time he broke free of someone's grip was to push Janey-E out of the way to block Ike the Spike, and that could be attributed to muscle memory. Other than that he always lets someone direct him...But here, he saw the One-Armed Man and broke free of Bushnell's grip. You can see Bushnell resist a little but he just breaks free. Did not react to his name being called, which is actually unusual, in the last few eps he usually stops and looks. No, he goes straight for that vision of the One-Armed Man. He PRIORITIZES the Red Room vision over Bushnell's interference.That is HUGE.
Since Janey-E has been like DougieCoop's guide for practical day-to-day like getting to the office, as well as stepping in as his protector to fend off the loan shark's two goons for example -- then, becoming self-actualized as a thing like Following The Cherry Pie does seem significant. I wish we'd seen how that transaction went. The purchase of pie happened offscreen, so all we saw was One-Armed Gerard beckoning. At the time I was clueless what kind of shop it was, no idea a bakery. Until I read comments here I didn't know where the pie came from. Someone else mentioned seeing a Naido lookalike sitting near there too, so I tend to miss fleeting details, but recall impressionable moments.
How many times earlier has Philip Gerard appeared to DougieCoop? I'm only remembering the "Wake Up" scene. Did Dougie repeat it back to him like he does everyone else's, the ends of their sentences, "Wake up"? When was the other time he saw Gerard in a vision-like situation? I'm curious what people think about Dougie rubbing his jaw during the dining scene/Part 11, which reminded me of a moment from waaaay earlier in the season.
And why did Dougie start crying that random moment while Sonny Jim was waiting out in the car in Part 4 or 5?
Ragnell wrote:2) Candie, and I'm still open to her having other purposes but I'm sure this is one, is a feminine mirror of Dale. She hurts Rodney in the last episode, makes a cut. When Dale first visited the casino, he caused some minor harm to the Mitchem Brothers by getting their money unfairly. A small, accidental injury that's barely noticeable in both cases. But with Candie, he just waves it off. When the injury Candie made is HEALED, it opens the door for Rodney to make the same decision and waive off the small injury from Dougie-Dale.
There's so little time spent with any given character that when we meet someone who gets as much screen time as the Mitchem bros or Candie, often we're ready to assign them special significance -- I'm sticking with my self-actualization theme for now and enjoying as I did while watching Part 10 and rewatching: Candie is her own character and her mystery is her own. A published interview** with Shiels has her telling of an abused past for her character Candie. Mystical affiliations were not part of it, nor did I get any whiff of the mystical for her. SOme people are mysterious in their human nature. I think there's more to learn about her significance to the story overall, although that could be said about many of the characters~
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** I think the interview was at vulture.com