Mescal is once again really good at capturing those little quirks people who struggle with speaking are so familiar with. Connell on the other hand was walking on eggshells the entire time around Marianne. Marianne was guarded and at times a little cold. She even threw the “They’re my friends” line right back at Connell that he had once said to her three episodes ago at the Ghost house.īoth of their dispositions toward each other gradually changed as the episode progressed. I think deep down Marianne may have been trying to get revenge on him for making her feel so terrible around his own friends. For someone with social anxiety, that’s no small feat. Marianne then tries to bring Connell into her own circle of friends, which Connell does his best to become a part of.

It started so endearingly awkward with a phone call where they pretty much skirted around every possible way to tell the other “I miss you”. This entire episode was about Marianne and Connell coming backing together emotionally, and by the end, physically. Geez, you could light a fire with the tension between these two.

We are who we are episode 5