Nautica (The Resurrected)

put simply: mike was never planning on having a comprehensive, genuinely invested conversation with el where he sincerely apologises and does better, but he absolutely was planning this for will. he trivialises el's concerns, whereas he gives will an actual apology and affirms that he wants to fix things and be a team going forwards. he mends the intimate bond between will and himself that never existed in the first place with el. it shows where his priorities lie in terms of his relationships.

At the same time, that care feels performative. He wants others to see that he cares, but then he brings bland Eggos with no toppings or even cutlery, and he doesn’t know what to say. He opens with “so are we not gonna talk about it?”, while with Will, he knew exactly how he wanted to apologize and why it mattered.

They are actually from a 2017 photoshoot for Harper’s Bazaar!

The greater adhesion to the costuming and overall visual style of the first two seasons, can be attributed to this issue of the magazine coinciding with promotion for season 2. The photoshoot I believe was done by a Micheal Avedon, and the stylist is sadly uncredited at least in the online version of the article I was able to find (I don’t know about the models, but the costumes on Finn and Noah perfectly capture Adams, Turzanska, and Wilcox’s work as designers on those seasons!).

I especially love this last photo! It most resembles a real poster for the first two seasons, and I’d unironically put this up on my wall if I found an issue at my local newsagents.

(^the girl in the pool above is a model, not Millie as far as I’m aware)

Anyway, thought I’d upload this to correct misinformation I was seeing floating around of photoshopped versions of these originals being costume fittings for a scrapped version of season 3 that was more inline with s1&2’s creative direction. As much as I hate to be a party pooper, I felt this was important to hold up for the sake of creating an accurate record of this show’s history.