@Cerialkiller great summary and analysis.
On first watch, I disliked Verity immensely all the way through and was satisfied with how it ended.
For me, the episode was particularly poignant having had my own recent personal realisations that I am persistently dealing with gaslighters in my own life. Family, friends and so forth. This therefore triggered me and I felt that utter powerlessness and frustration, questioning your own sanity, that Verity encapsulated. ( Yes these people are verifiably gaslighters and years of counselling only helped me realise).
When I watched it a second time, I then looked at the lack of accountability from Siena ( the bully). That bothered me. If someone said to me, look what you did. I would apologise with sincerity and mean it. But maybe Siena had lost capacity to express remorse after realising how Verity was manipulating her.
I also noticed how I could not even recall the main characters name despite having watched it twice. I had to look it up. Maybe that's because she's the main protagonist speaking and so we hear ' Verity ' continually, not Siena. Probably over analysing that part.
I read about the adaptations to further emulate the gaslighting vibe for viewers. Brilliant.
I love the genius of this series and the messages are so profound for me.
I had to try a few times to watch Hotel Reverie but once absorbed, I thought it was great. I loved both lead actresses.
I've downloaded the Thronglets game. Need a life clearly. 😆