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The boy with the dog being beaten up right outside her house was a bit random I thought, perhaps it just gave her the idea to experiment with sedation on the dog, or perhaps she would have gone and practiced on another dog or on herself, or got the drug somewhere else....
I think James and Paula were just drawn to each other in that way that two people whose wounds mirror eg, a giver and a taker, an avoidant and an anxiously insecure person, but in their case it was more fucked up.
He wasn't trying to scare her. I think domination, control, misogyny and aggression are part of a relationship to him. (crystal and megan)
Showing that he had sister wives made us assume that Paula was 'The Normal One' in this story.
Yes, agree the cop was out of his mind to bring Paula out with his kids - just a plot device, for her to think she saw James in the mirror. For us to see her nervous and losing it.
Her parents werent supposed to be the cause of her weirdness. It was supposed to be her brother right?? although her brother was / had been the golden boy before his drug addiction I think.
James mother lost her daughter Mary and remained sad and depressed and she never really communicated with James much in their visits. In hindsight this could be interpreted as her revulsion of him...? his guilt? Her anger. Not sure.
The married cop might be afraid to ask if it was his. He's digesting the possibility first.
I thought she wanted the baby regardless of whose it was. It makes no difference to her, she said ''it's mine!''. Earlier she said to Mac that she doesn't really have feelings and it gets her in to trouble. So now this woman who admits to having no feelings is going to bring a child in to the world.