I do wish I hadn't heard about Laszlo's arm until the big reveal. It was nice to have some of the rewatch-bonus understanding of the earlier scenes--who he reveals the associated feelings of weakness to, in particular--but the Sara-Roosevelt conversation is such a great scene in its own right that I wish I could see that beat hit for the first time. Although it is still great either way.
Brühl's puppy eyes are such a key part of the show, because Laszlo can be such a dick to the people he cares about, but Brühl does a marvelous job of letting you know that that's what it is--lashing out at the people in his life who matter most, dissecting other people as a distraction from himself. The scripts are admittedly sharp on that point, too, but the sheer tensed vulnerability is all Brühl. And I love when you get the physical outbursts from him, like throwing the chalk or kicking the ball at the wall.
Sara's outfits are consistently magnificent, and I really love Fanning's performance. You can see how hard she's had to fight to get to where she is and how hard she still has to fight, all the time, to be taken seriously, and Fanning makes you see how the rare moments of joy and humor--when she can trust the people she's with enough to relax around them--mean to her. And I love what we've seen of her relationship with her maid.
Totally shipping both Sara/John/Laszlo and Sara/John/Laszlo/Mary, at least as a bunch of loose poly relationships. And Laszlo & kids and Laszlo & his household of misfit sympathetic murderers.
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Brühl's puppy eyes are such a key part of the show, because Laszlo can be such a dick to the people he cares about, but Brühl does a marvelous job of letting you know that that's what it is--lashing out at the people in his life who matter most, dissecting other people as a distraction from himself. The scripts are admittedly sharp on that point, too, but the sheer tensed vulnerability is all Brühl. And I love when you get the physical outbursts from him, like throwing the chalk or kicking the ball at the wall.
Sara's outfits are consistently magnificent, and I really love Fanning's performance. You can see how hard she's had to fight to get to where she is and how hard she still has to fight, all the time, to be taken seriously, and Fanning makes you see how the rare moments of joy and humor--when she can trust the people she's with enough to relax around them--mean to her. And I love what we've seen of her relationship with her maid.
Totally shipping both Sara/John/Laszlo and Sara/John/Laszlo/Mary, at least as a bunch of loose poly relationships. And Laszlo & kids and Laszlo & his household of misfit sympathetic murderers.