![]() ![]() ![]() She holds an ax, then puts it down she tells Candy she never wants to see her again, which she then extrapolates to Candy keeping Betty’s daughter Alyssa with the Montgomery family overnight, as planned she goes to fetch a towel for her daughter’s swimsuit and reminds Candy to bring peppermints as a reward for Alyssa’s swim lesson and then, when Candy literally reaches out for a final apology, Betty flies into a violent rage. She cycles through a series of seemingly contradictory phases and instincts. Instead, the episode opens with what feels like aftermath: There’s a grieflike haze to the way Betty reacts to the confirmation of her husband’s affair with her friend, Candy. (Chekhov was remarkably prescient in this regard.) Accordingly, “Do No Evil” walks us right up to the moment of Betty Gore’s death without actually showing it onscreen. ![]() We all know what Chekhov said about an ax looming in the foreground of the final scene of an episode of true-crime prestige TV: It’s an opportunity to tease a sense of dread out of the audience while tacitly insisting that this isn’t Dateline NBC territory. The previous episode of Love & Death left off with an ax looming in the foreground. Photo: Jake Giles Netter/HBO/JAKE GILES NETTER ![]()
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