Dear Edward
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I knew things were bleak, butthisbleak?
I had to step outside into the sun once I hit the credits!
Of course, its darkest for Edward.
He just threw a piano down the steps, remember?
This child is making some Choices as of late.
Earlier, Lacey found Linda unable to get out of bed.
When Lacey heads off to the school its a real comedy of errors here Linda gets her wish.
But she gets much worse.
She tells him to call 911, but Edward freezes.
Linda calls herself an ambulance.
He remembers being pulled out of the wreckage.
He remembers the turbulence, the look on Jordans face, holding his brothers hand.
Suffice it to say when Lacey shows up at the hospital, Edward is in a bad place.
No one is just gonna be fine.
Were all gonna die, he says.
Like I said: Dark.
What else is there to do?
it’s possible for you to physically see the weight lift off of Laceys shoulders.
Its a sob you know isnt just about one thing; its about all of it.
His day has gone from bad to much, much worse.
It also could be because his uncle is the one person not pushing him to open up.
It could be that!
John tells Edward about his own parents divorce.
He couldnt explain why except that he just wanted to break things.
I like the way it sounded, he says.
And finally, Edward feels like someone understands him.
Jordan shouldve lived, not me.
Im not supposed to be here.
That is some heavy stuff.
It cant be healed with one speech or in one day; that is going to take some time.
With that, John is called away.
He leaves Edward alone in his boiler room/office.
This sequence is gutting.
Edward begins reading the letters.
Mahiras letter is there, too.
Its too much for a little boy to take.
And we leave him there in the darkness.
You know the drill by now.
Dee Dee finagles 40 bucks out of him for party snacks.
How many Connie Britton monologues can you fit into a ten-episode season of television?
I dont know, and I dont care.
I want them all!
But she also tells Zoe that her father failed her too.
She tells her about his life in Los Angeles and the man he loved there.
She tells her how angry and hurt this made her.
Shes not doing this to punish Zoe.
They helped me to know who I am without him, she says tearfully.
It wouldnt be an emotional Dee Dee speech without her yelling at and then apologizing to some innocent bystander.
Dee Dee is going to miss grief group, and boy am I going to miss Dee Dee.
Postscript
Have imaginary maps ever been so swoony?
Kojo and Becks have to get on their flight to Ghana.
I mean, there had to have been an easier way to catch up to them, but sure.
Now I know where to find you, she says.
Edward obviously wins saddest boy here, but Sam comes in at a close second.
Sienna feels hurt and betrayed, but Sam says he loves her.
He needs to decide what he wants.
Could Brittany S. Hall and Ivan Shaw have any more chemistry?
Let them make out all the time!
Let all the pots boil over!
She loves that grief group, but shell never admit it to them!
