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@katrani replied:

do like that shot of elisa looking at broadway because it actually gives us a rare DISTANT view of the gargoyles, and kind of highlights that yeah, they could easily be overlooked if they're not moving too much, even when awake it feels "right" for something to be on any random ledge

I love that it's Elisa asking first if Broadway is alright. He was a bit closer to the blast, but he's also much more durable than her, so it wouldn't have not made sense for him to ask first. But just because he's tougher and stronger doesn't mean he doesn't need to be checked on, and I think that's a trait of hers that absolutely lends itself toward him caring for her so much. She doesn't just see him as the brawn but also sees his softness, remembers he can bleed.

But the winner of this particular segment is that cap with "I don't think so." The AGONY! The sun rising just after he takes a likely very wounding blow is probably actually the best thing that could happen for him. Turning to stone will heal him.

Broadway can act so oafish sometimes, that it can be easy to forget that he actually is smart to. He's smart in the way of emotions imo, and I think that lends itself to this moment. I don't think he knows how to put it into words here, but I think he's picking up on the way Elisa is being a bit rash herself. Maybe not treating it like a game but also not giving it the seriousness it deserves.

"I'm alone on this one," she says to him to tell him to back off, but she's also telling on herself. As Katrani pointed out in another comment, Elisa never wanted a partner. I think that's very much what we're seeing here. Elisa didn't want a partner because she should be able to do things on her own. It's in a similar vein I think in why she hoards her knowledge of the gargoyles to herself past what is reasonably necessary. She already has this bond with Matt, but she doesn't tell him about them; her brother was in serious danger and repeatedly refused to tell him about them. She hasn't shared their presence with anyone in her life important to her because she wants to be the lone human. She wants to carry the weight of it all and feel accomplished in that she can handle all that, that she is special. She is such a good detective that she can rescue Matt.

But even her captain was worried about this job and asked Elisa call for backup, but Elisa won't do that. And I think, in his own way, this is Broadway calling her out for that. And if she really wants to save Matt, isn't it worth putting in the energy to letting Broadway help, even if that means taking extra time to tell him how its done and what she needs of him instead of him guessing?? He is a powerful tool that she would be absolutely remiss to wave away when so much is on the line.

As small as it is, I'm glad we get a little moment in the aftermath of Elisa and Matt. It's a good moment. Poor Matt though, mostly there to be rescued. Haha.

And she's just so proud of Broadway.

And Broadway's SO PROUD OF HIMSELF I LOVE IT!!! He Deserves to be! He did amazing!!

I wonder what the clan is thinking about his two day absence where they can't even check in with Elisa to ask if she knows where he's been. They are Freaking Out.

LOVE this! He feels so bad about this whole situation. It's that he got Elisa wrapped up in it, that his desire for it to lead to his pet mission blinded him to the ways things didn't fit, but most of all because he didn't bring his 'best partner' in. This wasn't part of their job. It wasn't a part of their case. If they weren't close, there would be no need to apologize for anything other than her getting wrapped up in this. And I mean, that is part of it. Because of course if he went missing, she would look into it and be all the less equipped because she didn't know anything. But that's always possible. It's something about this Not being Illuminati in particular that galls him about not including her, like that is the only thing he has a right to keep to himself. And I think that's largely because he knows she doesn't even believe in that stuff. But the way he says all this feels like there's a possibility he would feel, in the future, like including her in on even that stuff.

Oh I don't know if I ever caught before that Elisa refers to the dangerous people here as the Illuminati. Because he's in danger and was looking into them, she's now just working off the assumption that ope, they're real and that's those guys! Which like is pretty fair but also still a leap, one that I didn't really expect of her ngl. But hey, she was just turned into a gargoyle the last episode, why not???