![]() ![]() That Simone is trans genuinely doesn’t matter to Peter, but he can’t fathom that other people don’t see her the same way this is, obviously, a problem for her. His belief that admitting he likes Simone a great deal automatically suggests compatibility is painfully naïve not only can he not make basic decisions between things like cake and pie – which Simone, perhaps cruelly, mocks him about – but he also can’t understand that Simone’s view of the world is very different from his own. But the date’s a disaster since Peter, despite all the progress he has made in making decisions for himself and getting out of his comfort zone, still can’t bring himself to open up emotionally. The relationships that have been formed between the characters are supposed to extend beyond the confines and lifespan of the game, and it seems they might when Peter (Jason Segel) asks Simone (Eve Lindley) out on a date. The game is supposed to be over, of course, but that’s a difficult pill for the players to swallow since the game is really all they have in their lives – beyond, that is, each other. Despite all the concessions made to allow the players to continue the game, their constant unearthing of new clues and secrets that lead them beyond its prescribed boundaries is a source of consternation for Clara. The behind-the-scenes perspective of Dispatches From Elsewhere Episode 8 is illuminating on several levels logistically, in terms of how the details were arranged, but also emotionally, in terms of how Lee saw the game’s construction as a form of atonement for Clara’s death. Clara’s death occurred not long after, and it was that loss, which deeply affected Lee, which compelled her to create the game in the first place. When she originally approached Clara (Cecilia Balagot) to propose buying her ideas, she was a Digital Project Manager. ![]() But the titular Lee (Cherise Boothe) is an architect, and architects tend to relish fitting the pieces of complex puzzles together.Īdmittedly, Lee wasn’t always an architect, as we learn by revisiting major events of the season from her perspective. Dispatches From Elsewhere Episode 8 is largely about context about the reasons why someone would go to the lengths required to construct the game that has been played throughout the first seven episodes. ![]()
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