Question..possible spoiler
so what happend to david other job?after he got fired?
shareWe as an audience don't know yet. That's another cliffhanger for season two I suppose.
shareI don't think we're going to get a season two with her as a character (there have been some quotes circling that IF they do a season two, it will be with whole new characters). But, back to this season, the arc for David ended at the restaurant. The audience doesn't need to know whether or not David got another job. What mattered is that we saw Christine say to him - paraphrased here - I did what I had to do, I dealt with it (it meaning the leak of the video sent out in the email by Jack).
The point of this scene was to show that Christine didn't care what happened to David or his family, or that she used him to make the impact of the video ultimately a "positive" thing in her life (being rewarded the money in the lawsuit), or that she destroyed 15 years of his career in seconds. Even though in many ways David was also in the wrong, Christine still exploited them to fix her personal issue, which had nothing to do with the firm.
In other words, whether or not he got another job isn't the point. The point is we see that aspect of her character cemented. She gets called selfish many times throughout the series but that was one of the most clear examples of her single-minded selfishness.
This is of course my perspective, but that is how I interpreted their lack of telling us what happened to him.
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In that conversation, she angrily reminded David that to him, she was just an intern that he wanted to have sex with and then get rid of when it was no longer convenient and added, "You didn't seem to care about MY career." So she felt he got what he deserved. When he accused her of secretly recording them having sex and using the film against him, she said, "Welcome to the club." She was referring to Jack having done the exact same thing to her.
I thought this scene was extremely well acted by both actors. Their looks, eyes, tone and body language was exactly right for that exchange. I love the way she leaned into the table as the rage was building in her. And as she walked away, the look on her face was perfect for the aftermath of that rage.
I also thought it was interesting that David called her after appearing to be obsessed with watching the video that Jack sent. He said he had something to tell her. When she sat down but didn't remove her coat, he seemed surprised, saying, "You're not staying? I thought we were going to have lunch." Then he seemed to try for her sympathy by sadly telling her he had been fired. When he saw how little she cared, the conversation quickly got nasty. But considering he was obsessed with watching her have sex in the video and expected to have lunch with her, I think his intent was to have sex with her again if he made her feel guilty for getting him fired.
So she felt he got what he deserved.
What's interesting is that on my first watch, I felt like she was genuinely into David Tellis and then hurt by him distancing himself from her. But on my rewatch, I find her more predatory. I feel like she preyed on him ("clienting" him before she was even an escort, sort of full circle to the way she eyes the man in the final episode), showing that her character was the type that knew how to get what she wanted from men from the get go. As she says many times, she IS a smart woman. So why did she go after him in the first place, unless she knew it was a card she would eventually play as opposed to genuine interest in who he was as a person?
Which is why, when he seems so shocked about her not having lunch with her, is why I think he was genuinely into her and that he only distanced himself away from her because of Quorta (spelling? I don't remember how it was spelt). I think he did it to protect himself and her at first, but he became more defensive because he could see that she was actually fishing for information (forshadowed in the scene where he takes her out for drinks). It is at that point when he starts to feel threatened by her and becomes more cruel. Until then, he seemed more cold.
In other words, I think David Tellis was WAY out of his league with her (and underestimated her) and in return, I feel like she misinterpreted and then exploited the reason why he pulled away from her in the first place. I think that she was so used to defending her actions and herself (her sister calls her defensive, the way her parents treat her), that she takes everything from David Tellis a lot harder. After all, it was her choice to sleep with her boss from the beginning, which is never a wise choice.
But what I like about this series (that I am way late for) is that there are so many tones/little body movements/fluctuations of voice that changes the way I view the characters on every watch. I think their acting is very natural, and their reactions and actions completely believable.
In some ways I feel like I just made David Tellis look like a victim. He was definitely not, and his actions were just as damning. But I do question her going after him from the very beginning, her original intentions.
I suppose like you say in the portion I quoted, it's sort of all full circle. She was used and exploited by Avery, Jack tried to do the same to her, it's only "fair" that she did the same to David Tellis.
To me, this is what makes the show so interesting.
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Her relationship with Tellis is somewhat confusing. In the first episode, she is being introduced around the office and he dissed her by saying he didn't have time to be introduced to her. From the look on her face, she did not like that. The first time he actually spoke to her he was chastising her for trying to be diligent (and trying to make a good impression) in writing her letters rather than cutting and pasting generic language.
But they talked at his party and then he asked her to leave the office and have a drink with him. She was charming and witty at the bar and went back to his apt were she initiated sex (though it was obvious that's why he took her to his apt that night). I felt like this was her way of "winning" by making herself desirable to this man who had initially dissed her while simultaneously giving her a big advantage in the competitive intern program (only 2 of the 10 would be given jobs).
But when she was too upset (and drunk) by Michael's death to perform for the couple who hired her, it was Tellis whom she called and wanted to be with that night. I never thought she felt that close to him. But he was the only one not paying her for sex so maybe she just wanted to feel truly wanted that night.
When he got concerned about her digging into his collusion and reassigned her, she realized her chance of being one of the 2 interns to get jobs was probably ruined. And now it was as if he was again dissing her even after getting to know her and sleeping with her. So she said she wanted to see him again, had sex and recorded it to keep as insurance. She wasted no time going to Erin with the info on Tellis' collusion. This served 2 purposes: trying to enhance her chances of getting one of those 2 jobs if she was in good with Erin and getting revenge on Tellis for dissing her again. After she was fired, she used whatever she had (the recordings) to get what she could out of the situation. She was very angry with Tellis and didn't think twice about costing him his job.
But what I like about this series (that I am way late for) is that there are so many tones/little body movements/fluctuations of voice that changes the way I view the characters on every watch. I think their acting is very natural, and their reactions and actions completely believable.
That is so true! It looks more realistic than any reality show. The writing and directing has been great as well as the acting. share