#jon stern

rewatch highlights ✨Amantha x Jon edition 💖

season 1 episode 6

Season one Amantha has no filter and is quick to raise her voice. People close to her provide behavioral modulation for her.

Amantha: (to Sheriff Daggett) You self-deluded ass.

Jon: (reprimanding) Amantha!

then, Amantha FOLLOWS SHERIFF DAGGETT SCREAMING AT HIM as he gets into his patrol car.

I have soooo many thoughts on the Amantha x Jon dynamic, stemming from this scene. Probably gonna make a separate post about it.

Amantha faces problems head-on.

Janet: You usually face the gun, Amantha. You always have. Ever since you were a child.

Jon accepts physical touch/intimacy from Amantha (if nothing else). In the apartment scene, her hands are reaching for him before he's even sat down.

Jon attunes to and exercises compassion for others, including his clients. When Daniel shows up at Amantha’s apartment, Jon listens to Daniel without interrupting and tells Daniel what Daniel is experiencing is normal and that Daniel’s experience of the world outside Death Row makes sense.

Jon invites but does not force Daniel into the apartment. Neither does Jon demand an explanation for Daniel’s reluctance to come in. They are sitting on the curb when Amantha gets back.