Episode 2 Discussion [Rewatch]

[femaleBertieWooster]

The shooting reminded me of a scene in a Bergman movie. I'm not sure if it was Silent Spring. I'll spoiler it in case anyone wants to torture themselves and watch it.

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A woman is raped by two men in a field. She is crying and possibly cursing her fate, definitely thinking that things couldn't get any worse and that the incident was over. Then one of the men unceremoniously shoots her. It was awful.

I think he shot Helen because he was repulsed by the scene, not out of compassion for anyone but himself.

I think a lot of domestic abuse is driven by anger. Although the person may be very sick, I'm guessing they go further than they plan and are even surprised at what they've done. A man like Osborne was too far gone to have regret but would never back down or show that he may have gone too far. He probably shot her to get things over with, tie up the loose ends so to speak for whatever remained of his withered conscience.