When individuals are attempting to cowl up a homicide on TV and in motion pictures, they normally do it nicely.
If it wasn’t inherently clear that Cassie was not reduce out for this on The Flight Attendant Season 1 Episode 1, then I shudder to suppose what you thought after The Flight Attendant Season 1 Episode 2 and The Flight Attendant Season 1 Episode 3.
Characters like Cassie are normally well-liked or well-hated, however there’s one thing concerning the vulnerability Kaley Cuoco brings to the position that makes me really feel sorry for her.
From masking up the crime scene to visiting Michiel’s office, and, lastly, attending his funeral, she was a scorching mess, however I am right here for each single minute of it.
The entire above made Cassie appear like the highest suspect within the homicide, nevertheless it appears there’s far more to this than I first thought.
There was one thing about Megan from the get-go, particularly the way in which she spoke soothingly to Cassie as if she was her finest pal.
Her taking part in drunk in Rome was additionally apparent, main me to imagine she was as much as no good, and reiterating that she was going again to her lodge room to get an alibi for one thing else that occurred.
Cassie: Davey, hello, I actually cannot speak. I will miss my flight.
Davey: Oh, yeah, I simply needed to test in concerning the New York journey actual fast, trigger, you realize, Rick’s getting nervous.
Cassie: Nervous? What are you speaking about, and it is like weeks away. Is not it?
Davey: Yeah, sure, it is 4 days away.
Cassie: Oh, shit, actually?
Davey: Yeah, and the women are excited to see their aunt Cassie, however they’re starting to appreciate she’s a horrible planner.
Cassie: OK, put these knives away proper now. That isn’t truthful.
Megan is desperately attempting to keep away from being hauled in by the feds, and conveniently telling them issues that will make them flip to Cassie is an efficient transfer.
It is potential she’s scared on the prospect of her little drug ring being uncovered, however she’s clearly as much as greater than that if she’s stealing information from her husband’s pc for sketchy people.
Megan is aware of greater than she’s letting on, and on condition that the Solokov household are a bunch of crooks with some huge cash, there might have been worth in killing him, and pinning it on her co-worker.
It is an outlandish principle, nevertheless it’s the perfect I can give you for the time being.
The Miranda Croft of all of it is significantly more durable to crack. Do I feel she was in a romantic relationship with Michiel? Sure, however he was holding it from his family members.
Cassie: Oh, fuck. Who’re you?
Ethan: I am Ethan from final night time.
Cassie: How did you get in right here?
Ethan: We met on the bar.
Cassie: Sure, however you are in my condominium.
Ethan: You texted me proper right here, you advised me to make use of the important thing above the door factor, the door body. We have been supposed to satisfy right here at 2.
Cassie: Ethan, oh my god. OK, I am beginning to bear in mind, I used to be very, very drunk. That is on me. OK, I am sorry, I bear in mind you now.
The way in which Miranda is pursuing Cassie would make you imagine she was a cruel killer, however what if she’s concentrating on Cassie as a result of she thinks Cassie legitimately carried out the brutal slaying?
There’s quite a bit we do not find out about that night time, however we do know that Miranda, Michiel, and Cassie obtained shut over drinks, however we nonetheless cannot place Miranda on the lodge room.
Miranda appears to be like like a villain based mostly on her actions, however then once more, Cassie appears to be like like a assassin due to her actions. Appears might be deceiving.
I gotta bathe, no, no, no – not in a enjoyable manner. You gotta go trigger I obtained to go away. Thanks for the hassle. Good job.
Cassie
As a lot as Megan desires her co-workers to suppose she’s an older girl who will get her kicks by ordering issues on eBay, she’s on the market making dodgy offers and whatnot.
The funeral was significantly telling. It is a household that did not even suppose something was off a few girl who knew Michiel for all of 12 hours earlier than his demise attending his funeral.
It suggests Michiel might have been a casualty of one of many dodgy offers of the household, and that will be terribly unlucky. All of it harkens again to my principle about Megan being the killer.
From the attitude of the FBI, Cassie is responsible as sin. She will deny being part of issues all she desires, however we have already witnessed how shortly she breaks down when she’s underneath stress.
Annie desires to avoid wasting her pal from the regulation, however how can she try this when Cassie regularly breaks the principles? Absolutely, Cassie would have been well-coached in what she might and could not say to Kim and Van.
The intriguing a part of that is that Annie has connections, and she is going to use them to search out out which manner the FBI is swaying, by way of whether or not they’re Cassie, or another person.
With Miranda on the free, and the place the scene of Annie and her boyfriend was positioned throughout the third episode, I figured one or each of them have been going to be attacked by the knife-wielding maniac.
As an alternative, we obtained Cassie bumping into her on a packed practice.
Buckley could also be simple on the eyes, however he is as much as one thing. We all know Cassie drinks herself into oblivion, however him calling her earlier than she attended the funeral got here out of the left discipline.
What if he is an secret agent, desperately ready for Cassie to snap. Let’s face it, she’s obtained a previous, and she or he might or might not have been concerned within the demise of her father.
There must be some that means to those flashbacks.
The writing is actually strong, and the collection is bursting on the seams with witty one-liners, however I am not solely offered on Cassie assembly with Michiel in her thoughts.
Megan: Good morning.
Cassie: Good morning, Megan.
Megan: We have been taking bets to see how late you have been going to be.
Cassie: Oh, I would like in, is completely on time nonetheless obtainable? Oh, I win.
Megan: Yay.
On the one hand, it provides us a first-row seat into Cassie’s thoughts, however on the opposite, it takes away from the realism of the plot. Sure, the actions are heightened, however one thing like this might occur in actual life.
For now, the collection is a hit, and it is due to the riveting performances from the solid and the script.
What are your ideas on all the bombshells? Do you suppose Megan is as much as one thing? Who do you suppose is the killer?
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