The Changeling
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And if you ask Emma, Brian knows something is off too.
Theres a raw and restless energy, something all new parents can relate to.
While Brian is galavanting across town with his firstborn, Emma realizes that perhaps her babyisactually being watched.
As soon as Emma properly looks at the photos, they vanish.
Shoutout to Apple for the unsend feature!!).
On the surface, Emmas psychosis could be chalked up to sleep deprivation and the perils of postpartum.
But as she keeps receiving the unsettling pictures, she becomes increasingly unhinged.
Soon she reaches her boiling point, calling her crying son a little fucking fucker.
Emma storms home, speaking so aggressively to Brian that passersby look her way.
Together, they agree shell talk to someone about her postpartum, and shes eventually prescribed medication.
Kim accompanies her to a janky apartment building where Emma is instructed to visit by someone named Cal.
This triggers her to reveal a family secret to Emma.
Kim says the day began with their mother keeping them home from school.
Emma backs away from her mother and says, Let me go.
Their father says his final good-bye before going back to rescue their mom, never to be seen again.
Knowing the truth about her parents sends Emma further into insanity.
Shes so serious about getting him baptized that she makes the appointment that day.
Apollo is annoyed about being left out of such a big decision, and the couple starts fighting.
Apollo says Emma probably wants Brian to have an exorcism, not a baptism.
Apollos flippant comment is the last straw for Emma.
She returns his cruelty with a blank stare and then calmly leaves the apartment.
Before opening the door, she faces Apollo and says, You dont see, but you will.
Or perhaps it was before when he started to latch but ended up biting Emma.
Its hard to tell, but nothing could convince Emma that thats her baby.
Patrice is great comic relief!
His fuckoffy comment was the perfect quip to that know-it-all white woman.
