Just finished watching the next episode.
Whew. I have never been this emotionally involved in a TV series before, and this episode was probably the toughest one to watch yet. The entire funeral sequence was just, wow. When they accidentally dropped his body while lowering it into the ground, and then began shovelling dirt over it, I couldn't take it.
I have never experienced death in my life. No one close to me has ever died. Not a family member, a friend, anyone I knew in high school. Nobody. I know I will someday watch this series again after experiencing loss in my life and I can't imagine how powerful it will be then if I am feeling so involved and helpless right now. About a goddamn TV series, lol.
And the funny thing is, Nate was kind of an a##hole. And you can probably drop the "kind of." Adulterer, narcissist, liar, manipulator. But George was right with what he said at Nate's service- he was an idealist, and he never gave up trying to become a better person or loving the important people in his life. I think that's why these last two episodes, and watching how the people in his life are dealing with this trauma, is so compelling.
I was almost starting to feel sorry for Brenda, having her comatose husband awaken only to dump her for someone he only recently became attached to (Maggie). But Nate's little speech to her at the end of this last episode was so true- she is no more deserving of sympathy than he is. At least he was up front about how he felt and what he wanted.
Brenda dumping off Maya at the Fishers' was just so typical, and then seeing her sobbing while in Billy's groping embrace (was wondering when he'd come back) was just so fitting.
And I'm not a Nirvana fan, but hearing "All Apologies" at the end was a perfect touch. And how good of an actor is Michael C. Hall? Every scene he's in has such a feeling of intensity.
I will sad to see this show end. Two more episodes.
As for the final scene in episode 5.09, I am starting to think that David and Nate were having the same dream. That would explain why David was a stoner at first (his dream) and in a business suit at the end (Nate's dream). But why was he a stoner? Is that how he always wanted his relationship with his big brother to be? And why was he with his deceased father and soon-to-be deceased brother? Was that foreshadowing? Man, I hope not.
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