Before Julia...
With lockdown not ending anytime soon the obvious way to spend the time is rewatching MM from the start 🥰
I’ve almost finished season one and have been reminded of someone I think most of us have forgotten, but someone who is important to William’s character and in turn, his relationship with Julia.
LIZA!
Look how happy they were 😭
Liza was someone that William planned to spend the rest of his life with and as he tells Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘I know how painful it can be watching the woman you love slowly die...’
With any grief, any loss, it stays with you and becomes a part of you so I think losing Liza had a profound effect on the way William sees love, relationships and therefore his relationship with Julia.
He tells Doyle that when faced with the inevitability of losing the one you love all you can do is, ‘cherish every moment you have left with each other.’
This made me think of the last scene of season thirteen. William forgives Julia for almost being unfaithful and the way he does so seems so effortless. Of course, he points out that he’s thought of other women; but that aside it’s as if by this point he realised how pointless it is to dwell on the ‘what if?’ of the situation. What if she did stray? It doesn’t matter. She didn’t. So let’s focus on what’s to come and cherish the time we have together.
Despite seeing dead bodies almost everyday, and losing his mother, I think it was the loss of Liza that taught him how fragile we are, and in his own words, how we have to cherish our time with each other.
William and Julia’s relationship has been tested so many times, yet they pull through every time. In season fourteen I’m sure we’ll see them stronger than ever, making the most of their time together. I think we have Liza to thank for that... at least just a little bit ❤️
