“You kind of had penetrative sex with someone under false pretences, Kwams.”
Yet again we get a multifaceted and fascinating episode. It’s partly about how Arabella is continuing to bury her feelings about the rape- the fact her bags haven’t been looked at and have stayed under the bed since the police returned them speaks volumes and is a blatant metaphor for repression.
Then there’s Bella’s anger, her desire to carry the world in her shoulders. Anger against white men, straight men, men in general. And the injustice she rails against is literally real.
Yet anger is not a healthy or a nuanced emotion where taken too far, and neither is social media. Bella has to step back from anger and realise that, while structural injustice and make violence aren’t going away, not everyone is evil- like her seemingly decent white and male flatmate.
Yet, at the same time, we mustn’t minimise the existence of bad things. Bella is right to be appalled that Kwame should have had sexual with a Roman before telling her he was gay. Yet it takes time- and sight of a foetus she (legitimately; it’s her body) aborted, to realise that her locking him in a room with that bloke at the party was wrong too.
And then, at the end, she returns to Ego Death. This seems to be an important moment. Either way, it’s phenomenal telly.
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