Man, imagine being Liara T'soni. You're only 106, only barely an adult in Asari years, and you're doing some routine archeological dig on some nowhere planet. And you suddenly touch the wrong thing and a forcefield traps you in place. And then a human shows up. A beautiful alien space commander from beyond the stars comes to rescue you, with her guns and her muscles. A knight in shining power armor. Yeah I'd fall in love too. I'd follow her anywhere. And when she died, I'd turn to crime to save her. I'd sacrifice anything to bring her back. To see her again. I get it

mel doesn’t smoke, tries to avoid caffeine, probably rarely drinks. but i truly believe she needs a vice otherwise she’d go insane. so logically the only option is that she jerks her shit like crazy.

sometimes i do wonder if mel will be forced into independence because becca wants more of her own, not the other way around. becca who enjoys her time at the facility and the independence it gives her, who wants to break away and make her own friends, and mel who fully rejects this, because they’ve always been the king sisters, becca can’t function without her because she can’t function without becca. mel who might actually need becca more than becca needs her. mel who is terrified of this fact because who is she if she’s not caring for someone else? what worth does she have if she’s not needed?

ooh mel having to come to terms with the fact that, well-intentioned or not, she's infantilising becca is actually such an interesting and necessary plot point to go with given how we've seen mel tie her identity so much into being a sister/caretaker. we saw becca assert her independence in some smaller ways during the last episode, but this was excellent.