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I was having the most awesome conversation with

thatyourefuse about the series in which she said:

[Sir Malcolm is] obsessed to the literal point of madness with recovering [Mina's] physical body and undoing a violation done to it, except we've SEEN how he plans to go about doing that and it's pretty fucking invasive in and of itself; does he plan to chain her up in the basement? That's still pretty fucked up.

I thought this past Sunday's episode did a very good job of drawing a stark distinction between Sir Malcolm and Ethan and the way they approach Mina's supernatural illness and Brona's rather more mundane one. One of my favorite parts of the show is when Ethan confesses that Brona is dying and Sir Malcolm offers to send her to the countryside to the best sanitarium. I love that Ethan's response is that they'll stay at home because he'd rather give her dignity in her final hours than all sorts of invasive and potentially humiliating medical interventions that ultimately will fail. I think

thatyourefuse's interpretation of Sir Malcolm's character is spot on, and I think we're supposed to in that moment recognize that Sir Malcolm has already abandoned any pretext of preserving his daughter's dignity.

I love that this show continually surprises me. I love that Caliban just randomly shows up and offs Van Helsing. I love that they didn't go the expected route and let Brona die in the street, only to be picked up by Caliban or Frankenstein for Caliban's bride. I love that Ethan is taking care of her and that he can forgive her for causing a scene at the theater in her fear and her anger at a life cut short and so full of pain for all its brevity.

I think that Sir Malcolm is starting to see Ethan as more than just the loaded weapon, the hired gun. And I'm just waiting for Ethan's dad or an emissary from him to show.

Josh and I both squealed when the episode ended immediately after Sir Malcolm says something like, "I haven't been entirely honest with you, Vanessa. Let me tell you the truth. . . . Oh, you're too busy floating on the ceiling for that. Mkay."

I love Dorian Gray more and more and more and more as the show goes on. I'm so glad they're not showing us his portrait. I think that's a smart move. And how awesome was the moment when Vanessa looks directly into the camera lens. She wants to put mirrors behind the world!!!! *swoons*

I don't think this show could be better if it tried.