#Also did anyone get a major gay vibe from Tatyana???

[hatchetation]

“If you were going to be true to yourself, did you have any other choice [than to sever ties with your family]?” <- line of the episode for me!!

I feel like we got to learn so much about why Lucy is the way she is in this episode. We’ve gotten hints about her strained family relationships but this ep really clarified so much of Lucy’s character to me. Why she chafed at not being open in her relationship with Kate. Why her experience of heartbreak was so crushing. Why she’s not interested in a big white wedding. Why she works for the navy despite a phobia of water. Why her friends are like family to her. And, perhaps counterintuitively, why she is so very warm and loving.

I have long said that Lucy’s desire to be open with Kate was hard won—I think she fought against her family’s disapproval to be her true self. And I think she decided she’d never compromise herself again. I really liked how in the end, Lucy admitted that she admired Tatyana’s bravery because I think it means that she has to admit that she was brave and that she deserves freedom too. 💫💫💫