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Jeff's Inn By The Sea, right.

THE HAIR.

Starting out, Ed's in his usual half-up everyday practical style (it's out of his face a bit, looks good, but nothing too fiddly).

Then in the next shot, he's pretending to be Jeff, and his hair is all up.

So adding to the thing from S1 where he puts his hair all the way down for his Blackbeard Persona on raids and when Krakening around, and half-up when he's being more himself, not hiding behind a persona.

Now we know the hairstyle that indicates Jeff. Jeff's hair is all done up. Like at the fancy party, except this time he had to do it himself and he doesn't have any flowers to put in it. Jeff is polite. Jeff is posh. Everyone likes Jeff. (except he's not really good with people, is he, because "Jeff" is still Ed, and Ed still struggles with wearing masks that aren't violence, with hiding the angry part of himself instead of the soft part. "Jeff" couldn't maintain the illusion of being a posh aristocrat at the party, and he can't keep it up now either when Hornighost starts being rude).

Hair all down, he's hiding his vulnerability. Hair all up, he's hiding his darker side. Half-up, he's expressing himself more honestly and completely.

There's one other time we've seen him wear his hair all up.

And as we know, here he's planning suicide by storm. He's hiding his intentions, keeping everyone thinking he's more stable, getting everyone out of the way so he can pull off his attempt without being stopped. Again, he's hiding his darker side.

And the updo starts to fall apart as he confronts Izzy and then tells Frenchie to take the day off, as he gets closer to not pretending anymore.

Then, in the storm, he's back to the half-up style again.