hate that we will probably get the 'the gay character dies' cliché yet again, but the themes... linda shooting, one way or another, the killing bullet twice, both times to the men she loved the most, both times because she thought she was fighting for the greater good but ending up hurting someone she loves in the process... douglas being in the centre of it all, because the love he was promised was never enough, because he wasn't looking for a companion but for a lasting legacy of his own... evelyn staring helplessly, unable to stop it, in some way aiding the shooting, for it wouldn't have happened if she weren't right there, right then... norma, earning safety with new secrets and letting blood spill from innocent bodies to save herself... and maxine, getting the man she loved after the first shot and losing it right before the second... and, most of all, robert, who was always going to lose, because he is gay, and poor, and latino, and amidst all the rich white folks, he was the only one to be hurt. because in trying to end the cycle she had been happily rolling with all her life, because in believing herself to be the solution to the problem she had fed, mary hurt the innocent trying to become his saviour.

i'm honestly so pumped for next season! maxine had every right to lose her goddamn mind and i really really hope robert survives so everyone knows who norma/agnes is!