Lessons in Chemistry
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Calvin Evans, this is your life.
Last week, we learned a little more about where Elizabeth came from.
I hate this, and I love this.
But, like, in a good way.
I know that last thing might sound made up, but it is not!
And not surprisingly, Calvins great at it.
Also, not surprisingly, the priest running the illegal operation is a real piece of shit.
The priest is definitely lying, but we dont know the full extent of those lies.
We dont have the details yet.
Its a lie that becomes part of Calvins fabric.
When we meet Calvin again, hes working at Hastings Lab and getting photos taken for his bigScientific Americancover.
He is wildly closed off, and his temper is on full display.
Here, he demands his own solo lab and then jets off to Boston to lecture at Harvard.
What might seem like your run-of-the-mill lecture becomes integral to Calvin and to this series.
Sitting in the lecture hall, taking in Calvins lesson, is Curtis Wakely.
Hes in divinity school but still interested in what this genius scientist has to say.
Hes so interested, in fact, that he decides to write him a letter.
The two, though fully aware of their differing beliefs, become pen pals.
We get a little closure on that.
Calvin finds himself falling completely in love with Elizabeth.
Are chemists this romantic in real life, Y/N?
In his defense, Calvin does apologize for talking so freely to a stranger.
She helps him find the perfect ring, understated and yet complex.
The ring remains in his lab coat.
Those insecurities are inescapable within his relationship with Elizabeth.
He worries that if she sees any of his dark side, shell leave.
His theory, however, is very much wrong.
But he is wrong.
Elizabeth is waiting for him at home.
She loves him, and she just wants to know what the hell happened there.
So, he tells her.
And she still loves him.
Of course she does.
What a real ding-dong.
Marriage may not be for us, but we are for each other.
We are for each other.
That sums up the whole damn universe, wouldnt you say?
I cannot believe they killed off this man!
But they do kill him off.
They kill him off right after he puts a stamp on this letter and sticks it in his mailbox.
We have to watch the whole thing all over again.
Its a nice moment.
Wouldnt you know, the same priest who destroyed Calvins sense of self is still running the place.
And he remains, as ever, a real asshole.
She wont give up; she knows there must be some evidence that her father was here.
Elizabeth finds her daughter on the floor of the library, scouring the books for some remnant of Calvin.
Friends, she finds one.
Inside the novel is a stamp that reads donated by the Remsen Foundation.
Theres more mystery for Mad to solve.
