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I keep coming back to the moment of Emma’s death. I’ve never seen it shot like that before. The way her life is hanging by a thread, and she is leaving this mortal plane. The imagery on the swing… even remembering it chokes me up. It was very well done. It was all the more brutal because it wasn’t depicted as such. I wasn’t expecting to like it honestly.

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It's so well done. I went back and watched the scenes leading up to it, there's a lot clever visual foreshadowing going on too. I've learnt so much from that show. And yes, the brutality of it.

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This is perfect.

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Oh this is so beautifully written and so moving. And that last line 💔

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If not now, when. Coincidentally this became my mantra too, and, I think, a second nod to Primo Levi in less than a week.

Mass extinction event. Yes! Ali, again you capture so much here that resonates so strongly. I wish it didn't. But your words speak truth to me and therefore, less alone.

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Oh gosh, Ali, this is so beautifully written. And just a perfect rumination on One Day and life/death/memories/etc.

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