{"id":446987,"date":"2022-05-14T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-flight-attendant-delivers-an-emotional-gut-punch\/"},"modified":"2022-05-14T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T15:00:13","slug":"the-flight-attendant-delivers-an-emotional-gut-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-flight-attendant-delivers-an-emotional-gut-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The Flight Attendant&#8217; Delivers an Emotional Gut-Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b0d9abad84\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b0d9abad84\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-flight-attendant-delivers-an-emotional-gut-punch\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Flight_Attendant_Delivers_an_Emotional_Gut-Punch%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;The Flight Attendant&#8217; Delivers an Emotional Gut-Punch&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Flight_Attendant_Delivers_an_Emotional_Gut-Punch%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;The Flight Attendant&#8217; Delivers an Emotional Gut-Punch&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flight-attendant.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> <strong><em>Welcome to our weekly column<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Can\u2019t Miss Episode of the Week<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>! Every Saturday we\u2019ll be spotlighting a different episode of television from that week that we thought was exceptional and a must-see. Check back to see if your favorite show got the nod \u2014 or to learn about a new one! Spoilers ahead.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Season 2 of HBO Max\u2019s espionage thriller, <em>The Flight Attendant<\/em>, Cassie\u2019s (a phenomenal Kaley Cuoco) got a lot going on what with being framed by a doppelg\u00e4nger and dodging North Korean assassins, but in Episode 6, which aired on May 12, she has no choice but to take a break from all of that and focus on her issues. The result: the season\u2019s best episode so far.<\/p>\n<p>The previous episode ended with Cassie falling off the wagon, and having a frank conversation with her sober sponsor Brenda (a wonderful Shohreh Aghdashloo). This episode digs deep into the fallout, beginning with Cassie\u2019s friends Annie (Zosia Mamet, crushing it in the face-acting department during this scene) and Max (Deniz Akdeniz) finding her messed up back in her apartment. This show could\u2019ve gone the predictable route with Annie and Cassie fighting about the situation. Instead, it takes the opportunity for Annie to show how much she loves her best friend. She\u2019s not interested in taking the time to pass judgment; only in helping Cassie get back on her feet. Ever the pragmatist, she makes a list of what Cassie can do next, with number one being \u201ctell the truth about drinking,\u201d upon hearing Cassie\u2019s confession that she has in fact slipped multiple times during her year of sobriety. The honesty also prompts Annie to share some of the insecurities she\u2019s been trying to hide, including that after messing up as a mob lawyer, she\u2019s afraid to trust herself. It\u2019s such a beautifully poignant moment between the two friends.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Cassie doesn\u2019t have time to really dwell on it all because she has to run off to meet her brother Davey (T.R. Knight) at the airport to go to New York, all while dodging an impromptu house call from her CIA handler Benjamin (Mo McRae). Cassie\u2019s usual MO is to hide how crazy everything is from the people around her, while she internally implodes. But once again, this episode subverts our expectations by having Cassie actually tell Davey that she drank the night before. It\u2019s a huge relief as a viewer just to hear her say the words. He\u2019s angry and dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed, but the scene also ends with him reaching out to hold her hand as the plane takes off.<\/p>\n<p>What follows a few scenes later is the heart-wrenching scene of Cassie reading a letter to her dad at his grave. Cuoco\u2019s performance here is off the charts as she puts her all into it. Cassie confronts how much she loved her dad, but also about how he turned her into an alcoholic, and she doesn\u2019t want to be him. It\u2019s enough to make anyone cry just watching it.<\/p>\n<p>The emotional rollercoaster doesn\u2019t end, though. When she and Davey arrive at their mom Lisa\u2019s (Sharon Stone) house, it turns out to be an ambush courtesy of Davey. Neither Cassie nor her mom are prepared to see each other. We\u2019ve spent a lot of time on the show exploring Cassie\u2019s relationship with her dad, but her history with her mom is mostly new territory. It\u2019s a good reminder that there is still so much to learn about Cassie as a character. She has a lot more skeletons in her past that need excavating.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t already crying from the grave scene, you will be here. Lisa has no interest in just being polite. She clearly has a lot of pent up anger aimed at Cassie. On the one hand, it\u2019s understandable. We can only imagine what Cassie\u2019s put her through beyond the few examples she gives. On the other hand, Lisa doesn\u2019t seem to understand that Cassie\u2019s baggage isn\u2019t going to just go away because she\u2019s an adult now. It\u2019s terrible to hear from your own mom, \u201cI love you, but I don\u2019t like you.\u201d It\u2019s an emotional gut-punch followed by an actual slap from Lisa that makes Cassie gasp in shock (The slap was actually improvised by Stone! Watch the \u201cinside the episode\u201d that plays after the credits.). Knight only has so many lines in this scene, but his face conveys all the pain of watching this fight play out in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>But for anyone who\u2019s wishing for some more action this episode, don\u2019t worry. The North Koreans who are after Cassie\u2019s friend Megan (Rosie Perez) show up and end up chasing Cassie and Davey behind a truck. This episode doesn\u2019t pull any of its punches\u2013even as they\u2019re being shot at, Davey finally admits what\u2019s been going on with him, and why he\u2019s been avoiding going home to his husband. His OCD is getting worse, and he screamed at his daughter, and he\u2019s ashamed. What\u2019s more, he says what\u2019s been apparent for a while: he\u2019s been trying to fix Cassie\u2019s problems as a way of ignoring his own. Luckily, once he and Cassie escape, he realizes that in comparison to North Korean assassins, his life is maybe not so bad. After so many episodes of everyone trying to pretend like they\u2019re okay, it is so gratifying to have an episode that puts it all out in the open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other observations we thought made this episode stand out:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annie and Max talk about their relationship, and are able to work through some of their obstacles (all while Cassie\u2019s double plants evidence in her apartment!). I love this couple. It\u2019s good to see them start to get back on track.<\/li>\n<li>It looks like now that Shane (Griffin Matthews) is firmly on team Cassie, we\u2019ll be seeing a lot more of him in the final two episodes. He\u2019s one of the best characters and has been criminally underused so far this season.<\/li>\n<li>Is anyone else nervous about Cassie leaving the view-master teddy behind in her mom\u2019s house? We know it was planted by the double, and it could have evidence against Cassie on it.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s great watching Annie go toe-to-toe with Benjamin. He\u2019s met his match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The Flight Attendant<\/em>, Thursdays, HBO Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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