Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

[Betty]

I didn't think that "cynical" was an insult. I thought DSS was talking about a quality in people that's something like William Blake's "experience". (Wise as serpents, versus innocent as doves, cf. Gospels.) My husband represents that point of view, and he can still feel things deeply while critiquing them. I'm innocence--I watch any theater the first time around with my critical faculties chained up in the backyard Second and third time around I invite them back into the house. It means I can't watch emotional stuff WITH my husband the first time around. I'm likely to punch him if he points out a plot hole, for instance. But I still love him and admire his ability to do more than one thing at a time. We just are the way we are.
Did I mention that my favorite movie is Pollyana? Ha ha