Cal’s own boundary issues come under the microscope, as we get more information on Foster’s cheating husband. Cal decides he won’t just stand idly by while Gillian’s husband cheats under her nose. He “accidentally” arranges to meet the woman in question, embarrassing Alec Foster. Later he sees Gillian hugging the same woman. When he asks who she is, Foster fobs him off, saying she’s an acquaintance. In the episode’s final scene, Gillian admits to Cal she was lying. The mysterious woman is Alec’s sponsor to help him get off cocaine and Gillian knows all about her.
Gently, she tells Cal that his desire to protect her is sweet, but it really is important for the two of them to respect the boundaries they have in place about acting on what they think they know about each other. I wondered whether that applied last week, when Foster had no compunction in telling Cal what to do about Zoe, but Cal doesn’t bring that up. Instead, we follow him walking alone out of the building, to ... Zoe, perhaps? With all this focus on boundary breaking, Zoe must be somewhere in the vicinity!
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1 - Phillip Winn
Cal's comment in the last second of the show sounded odd to me, so I rewound: definitely dubbed in. Not because that's not what he said the first time, but because they wanted it to be more clear, no room for confusion. Interesting.
2 - Phillip Winn
Oh, also, it's possible that the investigator didn't know he was being used, and was honestly trying to find the leak.
3 - Gerry
Hi Phillip, thanks for dropping in! I guess it is possible the investigator thought he was conducting a real inquiry, but I don't know that it makes sense to me that Cal would risk the agency's well being to conduct a test on Torres. What if she had folded? Once Cal sets a real inquiry in motion, he can't just stop it when he wants. It would be out of his hands. My impression was he set the whole thing up himself.
I think you picked up on a very interesting point with that "Night, love." It does suggest that there's more to come with the relationships among Cal, Foster, Alec and Zoe. Zoe clearly resented Foster's interference last week. Foster resented Cal's this week, though resentment may be too strong a term--she appreciated the sentiment, leading me to wonder just exactly what the sentiment is. And I also wondered if Foster is still fooling herself to some extent, and Cal knows that but will back away at her request. We had a lot of scenes with Alec lying and I may be wrong but I think at least one of them was to Foster with no one else around. Why use code words when they are alone? That use of "love' by Cal does suggest complications will be ensuing.
4 - Kate
"Zoe clearly resented Foster's interference last week. Foster resented Cal's this week, though resentment may be too strong a term--she appreciated the sentiment, leading me to wonder just exactly what the sentiment is. And I also wondered if Foster is still fooling herself to some extent, and Cal knows that but will back away at her request. We had a lot of scenes with Alec lying and I may be wrong but I think at least one of them was to Foster with no one else around. Why use code words when they are alone?"
Apparently eps 10 and 11 were swapped, which means originally this was to air before Zoe was introduced. If it had been that way, it may have been even more puzzling for Gillian to tell Cal to stay out of her life, while getting involved in his.
As for whether she's fooling herself: it's possible. Or, maybe she does know something but just doesn't want Cal getting involved. It did seem like he sensed there was something more going on. (Something she was trying to "hide".) And you bring up a good point about Alec lying to her when no one else was around. (I think there may have been a scene or two in "Love Always" where that happened. Though, now I'm not sure if they're saying he was using at that time, and maybe that's why he was acting strange.??)
Anyways, good recaps! :)