(TDI23 s2e4 messy analysis)
Priya not understanding that Emma no longer wants to participate because she doesnât see not playing the game as an optionâŠ
Emma trusts Priya because she knows she isnât doing well and wants to trust the one person who trusts her⊠itâs gullible, yeah, but she knows she needs someone on her side, and not listening to Priya wouldnât help her at allâŠ
Last chance⊠Emma feigns apathy, and Priya forces her to participate⊠âIâm serious!â âWhat gives?â This clearly matter more to Priya than to Emma⊠âThis is your one shot left to save the teamâ⊠Priya isnât at risk of being voted (she should be, but canonically she isnât) so why does she care about her team winning- Emma is the only person who would be voted off at this point⊠she cares about Emma? So she still sees her as an asset⊠âSwallow your prideâ- itâs not about her pride over being wrong! Itâs about her feeling betrayed! Priya misunderstands this⊠but thinks sheâs helping Emma? âWin us immunityâ⊠win Emma immunity because sheâll be voted off?⊠err make sure the other team doesnât get it?
âYou want me to pick the opposite of what I thinkâ she agrees to it! If Priya hadnât lied to her at first she would have agreed! She makes it clear in the first season that sheâs fine doing risky/stupid things as long as sheâs AWARE of it! âOkay. Letâs win this challenge!â She still trusts Priya! And sheâs not stupid, she knows that her strategy works. Sheâs just hurt.
When she says âno!â seeing Chase⊠I want to die!!! He continues to ruin everything for her and be the only way she remains useful đ
âEmma, donât think!â Fair thing to say I guess⊠but sheâs obviously so stuck in that strategy/desperate to win mindset and canât get out of it when thinking here WOULD help Emma! âPriya, please! I know this one is Bâ She knows! But of course Priya wouldnât believe her⊠and Emma knows it doesnât make sense for her to⊠âFight it! Trust that your gut is wrong.â what a messed up thing to tell someone haha⊠damn Priya. But she does think sheâs helping Emma because this has been the case over and over. Priya looks angry because she canât imagine going AGAINST the strategy that could help them win⊠she thinks itâs all about Emmaâs pride, but itâs about her âvalueâ⊠âBut!- OkayâŠâ she knows she isnât winning this⊠no point in fighting for longer⊠âIâll pick A.â SHE DOESNâT THINK ITâS A. BUT SHEâS WILLING TO PICK IT. Ughhhh⊠Priya seems angry, but itâs because she lost⊠itâs her fault!
Priya seems composed but worried⊠Emma is so sad đđ⊠I have to insert this next part I think
PRIYA CLEARLY FEELS BAD. I donât think she feels guilty, exactly⊠but she values Emma and feels empathetic for her. Also they have the same pose and theyâre sitting right next to each other! UrghhhâŠ
PRIYA IS SURPRISED SHES AT RISK OF ELIMINATION. She doesnât feel bad because she thinks she could be out, she genuinely feels bad for Emma and the team. She obviously doesnât like losing, but she makes it so obvious she cares about Emma somewhat.
âYou messed with Emmaâs head and ignored her when she told you she knew the answer!â Yep uh huh go off ChefâŒïž
Emma feels bad and then is like đ€š to Priya haha! Priya realizes it was kind of messed up, Emma wonders if Priya understand how Emma feltâŠ
Theyâre so quiet here. Itâs nervous and solemn and so weird for them! They were friends! Caleb alliance blah blah⊠âThis canât be how I go out!â She canât imagine being eliminated when she really tried to win! But she was kind of terrible to Emma. And that fear takes over all other emotions she would show.
Neither of them are happy with this. What a stupid way to lose. Emma doesnât get much to say here. I think they want to hammer in that keeping Priya was important but damn Fresh⊠you could have given her a line! They really donât care about her
Priya is safe and nothing else matters. Her face doesnât change for the rest of the episode. She glances around⊠but expresses little other than relief and joy.
Emma leaves, saddened. A bitter ending- she thought she could win⊠sheâll go back to whatever. They really donât care about her.
So. Priya cares. But she canât win over her need to win. Emma knows itâs over.
Priya knowing she isnât a people person and using that to TRICK her??? Because she needs Emma âfocusedâ- no, she needs her ignorant! Arg! Really salting the wound that she canât understand people by lying to her and using her. Damn.