'Take my hand'
I never noticed it before, but each "Meg" responds differently when Joe offers his hand to them.
Mousy, frightened DeDe never un-clenches her fist when Joe takes her hand in the restaurant.
Self-absorbed Angelica, with whom Joe forms no attachment, simply shakes his hand.
Just before jumping into the volcano, Joe asks independent Patricia for her hand, and it seems that she will also keep her fist clenched. But then her hand opens and her fingers intimately interlock with Joe's.
Subtle touch