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two scenes from "previously on Rectify" that I didn't recognize

posted 8 years ago by agacyb
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I'm feeling like I've missed scenes throughout this episode (4.7), beginning with the previous scenes before it begins. Can anyone tell me in which episodes can I find the scenes where Ted Sr. is telling Teddy to make the marriage work, and the other where Daniel is recalling the prison assaults? Also, no mention is made of Teddy's shooting himself (beyond the limping). And Daniel is suddenly in therapy after telling Chloe he's not ready, and leaving her abruptly. Have I missed an episode? Thanks.

[–] Mr_Fluffykins 8 years ago

he is recalling the prison rape to teddy, in s1,e02. the whole "eat your soul thing"

you didnt miss and episode there was a bit of a time jump, to move things along, i was surprised aswell,

about the other previously, i am sure whatlarks will be answering soon:P

[–] ToHelenBackAgain 8 years ago

you didnt miss and episode there was a bit of a time jump, to move things along,

Yes. I would guess it was a few weeks, maybe as much as a month. I'm basing this guess on that Teddy was pretty well healed up, though still limping, and a gunshot to the thigh is a serious injury. Also it did not look like this was Daniel's first session with this therapist.

"Oh, I'll be polite. Right up until I'm rude."

[–] prairie-16766 8 years ago

agacy,

No-one mentioned Jr's limp.

There was no seque into Daniel's therapy.

A scene which explains more about Amanth/Jenny, Amantha/Billy ended up on the cutting room floor.

I don't know about the Ted Sr thing.

[–] Mr_Fluffykins 8 years ago

on my rewatch of the series, comming up to the finale,
the scene with ted and teddy was from s03e06

[–] agacyb 8 years ago

Thanks for all responses. I guess they've run out of time and the editing has become choppy. (Could've used a whole lot less Tawney-Teddy angst, but there ya go.)

[–] Whatlarks 8 years ago

To quote Billy Wilder: "Let the audience add up two plus two. They'll love you forever." There's no problem with editing, because all the contexts missed, except for one, came from scenes in previous seasons. Some shows have flashbacks reaching fairly far back in previous seasons during their "Previously on..." preludes. Mad Men, for example. But Rectify doesn't do that.

Regarding Daniel "suddenly in therapy after telling Chloe he's not ready," this makes sense once you consider the context of both the nature of their relationship and the timing of her comment:

Daniel is angry with her. This has never happened. Why? Because having developed intimacy and trust he can really hear this hard truth from her, and it penetrates deeply. But this truth has additional weight now because he has become increasingly aware that something of value beyond himself is on the line, and the departure of the one he's developed that intimacy and trust with looms ever-nearer. In other words, he has great reason to attend therapy, and now.

The one remaining context to be noted is the "TED talk." It's from Ep. 306, The Source:

TED SR.
I need to say something, son.

TEDDY
I don't want to talk about this,
Dad.

TED SR.
When Margaret... your mother left,
I didn't say a lot about it because
I felt guilty. I felt like I failed you.

TEDDY
I felt like it was my fault somehow.
Her leaving.

TED SR.
I see that now.

TEDDY
I mean, the whole time I've been married
I've been afraid Tawney was gonna do
the same thing, Dad. She did.

TED SR.
I should've told you this, but... It wasn't
all Margaret's fault. I mean, she had her
problems. And we got more and more
distant, but...

TEDDY
But what, Dad?

TED SR.
I started leaning on somebody else.
Another woman. It wasn't physical,
just just talking and stuff, but as soon
as I opened that door... I sure didn't...
do all I could have to save the marriage.
I just let her go. I just hope you do all
you can to save yours.

"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

[–] Mr_Fluffykins 8 years ago

To quote Billy Wilder: "Let the audience add up two plus two. They'll love you forever." There's no problem with editing, because all the contexts missed, except for one, came from scenes in previous seasons. Some shows have flashbacks reaching fairly far back in previous seasons during their "Previously on..." preludes. Mad Men, for example. But Rectify doesn't do that.

some of this seasons previously on, have flash backed to season 1, i can think of one clear example,
in last weeks episode
there was a fashback to amantha saying "you are just gunna let him get away with this?" "who said he is gunna get away with anything" talking about bobby dean
also the episode where bobby dean talks with teddy, they showed the lynch mob graveyard beating,
we have seen lots of Foulkes in the previously ons, and he has yet to make an appearance this season

[–] Whatlarks 8 years ago

Ah, I stand corrected. You see, I watch it on Netflix, where there is never "previously on" stuff. I find it a kind of pleasure, the pressure to remember because otherwise I'm stuck. It forces one to be a Rectify detective.

"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

[–] Mr_Fluffykins 8 years ago

i can go either way, i can go into the episode blind,
with no problem,
but i am also on rewatch 5, so i like to see what they pull up, and see how the are deceiving,
like scenes from the next episode, which are pointless to watch, but i kinda feel like i have missed out on some information, not matter how red herring it is,
every rewatch of rectify is different, you get little pieces of what is either really good foreshadowing, or just good reflexive writing
although mckinnon did state that the show went in a direction he was never expecting,