OH, ANON, I AM SO UPSET.

It was just. Completely heartbreaking. Turner saw a weakness in her and Stan and he’s gone straight for the jugular. It’s such a hard thing, because I think narratively and in the context of Ruby’s character, it makes sense. At the end of the day, Annie’s never going to flip, because Annie doesn’t have a lot to lose (if nothing else, she knows Sadie will be looked after between Gregg and Nancy), but Ruby has everything to lose. She has her own life, her husband’s, her children’s. She could lose literally everything that she has, and Turner knew that, and he played her with it. 

It’s doubly difficult to watch, because I think this season has really emphasised the strength and resiliance of Ruby and Beth’s friendship. It might sound cheesy, but Beth making that blanket for Sara (and hell, just knowing her daughter’s favourite author quotes is such an indication of that care, love and intimacy), Ruby not being able to snitch in 2.01, to Ruby’s support over the news of Dean cheating again, Beth being honest and open with Ruby about not loving Dean the way she loves Stan (a lot of people would be jealous, or self-conscious of that!) to Ruby being righteously angry on Beth’s behalf in seeing Rio with another woman! These women love each other so deeply, and this whole plot thread is going to hurt. 

I don’t think it’ll stay that way. I don’t think it can, even putting aside the fact we know from the 2.09 synopsis that Stan gets arrested, the friendship between her and Beth and Annie is not the gravy of the series, it’s the meat and veg of it, and so we know they’ll be okay.