Goals: 1) Show Celeste as hopeful and happy at the prospect of a relationship with Agent Taylor; 2) Have Celeste defend herself against Gordon’s threat; 3) Implicate Celeste in a murder.
This is the episode where things comes to a head, the climax. It begins with hope and light and ends with darkness and murder. The opening scene finds Celeste in a carefree moment with Trudy where she’s still on an emotional high from her encounter with Agent Taylor. It’s also a poignant moment because the audience knows that Celeste still has the same problems with Gordon and the money laundering that she had before, and that it’s just a matter of time before everything catches up with her.
When Gordon shows up in her office, she pulls a gun on him to protect herself and to regain her power. Of course, it’s another bad decision because she doesn’t have it in her to shoot him and ends up having him take it away from her in a knock-down, drag-out fight. Her attempt to assert control ends up with her not only losing consciousness but also losing her gun and being rendered even more vulnerable. Ultimately, the gun proves to be her undoing when it’s used as a murder weapon.
Because it’s the next to the last episode, questions had to be answered in a way to create more questions. Celeste is definitely interested in Agent Taylor and looks forward to a romance with him. What is Agent Taylor going to do when he finds out it’s her gun that killed Ivanov? Celeste stands up to Gordon, but can’t bring herself to shoot him and isn’t strong enough to physically overpower him. Will Gordon make the deal Agent Stover was talking about and get away scot-free? Gordon takes Celeste’s gun and frames her for murder. Will Celeste be arrested?
If I’ve done my job correctly, viewers will feel more emotionally invested in the story and be anxious to find out what happens next to Celeste, both legally and romantically. The character started out as someone who wasn’t all that likable, but at this point, hopefully, viewers should have discovered something about Celeste on her journey with which they can identify and/or empathize.
Wow that was strange. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say fantastic blog!