Daisy's reactions during the episode 3 flashbacks
After the deaths Daisy's parents, Daisy seems emotionally disconnected from the context of the situation.
I understand the justifications for this:
- stoned
-possibly in shock
Still, her reactions in these scenes would feel better matched if these were foster parents who she had known for a couple of months or if her parents were killed ~3 months ago. (Inconsistent with the plot points, I know. This is a hypothetical.)
Why not make her react how most people would if their parents were just murdered? If it's for characterization-- like she's someone that emotionally disconnects and gets shit done in intense situations-- then wouldn't she have stayed on the balcony, heavily dissasociating, while the man's arm got cut off? That would be consistent with this characterization.
Speaking of the assembly: she had a stronger reaction in that scene than to her parents dying AND the show made the assembly scene feel more intense with the editing and sound compisition.
But sure, we can blame it on the weed. The writers made these scenes feel tonally inconsistent from the situation because the character is on the dankest kush ever made.
Or, maybe, just maybe the writers were more focused on fan service than on characterizing Daisy in these scenes. They prioritized showing June being a basass and having Daisy instantly trust her because the audience already trusts June.
(If my parents were just murdered and a random lady in the hospital told me my social worker wanted to kill me, that my parents were secret revolutionaries, and that we needed to leave the hospital together, I would not be leaving the hospital with her. I would not go to a remote hotel with her. Could June not have been a family friend at least to make this feel more realistic?? Okay, Daisy's stoned. Then it really weakens these scenes, that Daisy's doing all this tonally inconsistent stuff because she's stoned.)
Grief, especially when it hits suddenly, is a powerful opportunity to provide characterization, but the writers decided to mute Daisy's reactions with "Im really stoned, please answer these questions that the audience is likely thinking." But she cries once, so It's all good. /s
I would like to know if I'm the only on who found Daisy's scenes after her parents' deaths to be unrealistic or at least a strange writing choice. I'm a writing hobbyist and I was shocked by how weak these scenes felt compared to the rest of the show. Fan service can often make a weak scene feel stronger because there's built-in emotional connection.
It feels as though the writers saw that the scenes were weak and they added Daisy being high in the last draft as a crutch to justify the unrealistic progression of the scenes.