#thizzy meta

I'm glad the show had Lizzy take the lead with Theo and initiate both kisses in 2x04. It's important for her to feel in control and act on her own desires freely, and it's important for him to see that she truly wants him, that he's being chosen.

The Buccaneers uses their score so masterfully! When Lizzy is hiding what happened with Seadown, we hear a short part of Nan's Theme. But it's muffled and dark.

When Nan finds Lizzy's earring in Tintagel, we hear that same leitmotif, but it's loud and overwhelming.

The use of Nan's Theme in that second scene indicates how pivotal this scene is for Nan and Lizzy's relationship, and the connection to the first use of this particular leitmotif already foreshadowed how bad the fallout would be (even if Nan's honest reaction without the pregnancy would not have been that bad at all).

What I also find fascinating is that the show uses the vocals of that leitmotif for one of the S2 scores called Affairs (which I will do another post on). We hear it when Theo shows up at Hector's auction, when Theo and Lizzy kiss for the first time, when Nan unexpectedly shows up at Theo's art studio, and when Nan finds out that the earring she found was Lizzy. The use of those vocals ties Nan to Theo and Lizzy's story.

After what happened during the game at Runnymede, Seadown pretended he didn't remember Lizzy to make her feel even smaller.

After they bonded during the game at Tintagel, Theo's opinion of Lizzy had grown so much that he called her sensational and helped her realize she deserved more than to settle for a marriage without love.

I would never claim that all the parallels, contrasts and connections that I find are intentional. Sometimes the universe just works in mysterious ways. But this one? This one feels VERY intentional.

I love that the writers show true love as being able to breathe again, to feel truly free. Love interests allowing each other to finally breathe and feel free is very much a recurring theme on this show with their main love stories.

Theo is already fulfilling his husbandly duties to Lizzy!

I really liked that Lizzy checked in on Theo and assured him that he's allowed to not be okay, to feel pain.

And while Theo has gone through all that pain and heartbreak, I like that he's come out of it with this whole new perspective. This true freedom. Because he has finally realised that he was living in a fantasy, and he's now free to pursue something real.

Theo felt endlessly bored during those meetings his mother set up, because it always came down to the girls (or, more likely, their mothers) just being interested in his title. But with Lizzy, he could listen to her for hours and not get bored for even a second.

And this is so important for Lizzy too! She can get quite flustered and start babbling when she's trying to impress a man she likes. Seadown looked at her with such disdain when she did so, but Theo listens to every word she says.

It's so sad that Blanche describes Theo as only being truly happy when he's all alone near his beach and art studio, when we know that he wasn't even truly happy back then. Thank god he's found real happiness with Lizzy, and can share those places with her.