Imposters: Glimpses of the Past and (maybe?) Real Love S2E3

Hey readers!

Episode 3 was full of twists and turns, and seemed to be an episode that was more about setting up situations for the next episode than anything else. There is continued tension and distrust between the imposters, for good reason. We see glimpses of the past and start to see more into these characters than we have before. Episode three focused on character development of Maddie, Jules, and Sally more than anything.

Jules is infatuated with Mexico and looks like she belongs there. After her late night at a party, we begin to see glimpses of her past and what her life looked like before Cici. We are introduced to her sister, Poppy, who looks like the antithesis of Jules. In the hallucination Jules has, Poppy mentions that Jules did something terrible, but that their parents were able to "fix it" with money and power. I begin to wonder, what did Jules do that was so terrible? I think back to the episode in which Jules runs into a man who accuses her of stealing his sisters's things. Could this be what Poppy is talking about? Or did Jules do something much worse than this? Later in the episode, Jules begins to distrust Ezra because he again betrays they code that they've just made, the Code of the Ex-Wives. She teases her distrust on the book she found when she became suspicious of his writing. His writing turned out to be a hoax, and is making lists of ideas for other cons and notes about Rosa. As a viewer, I became worried about Ezra at this point. I believe he is too infatuated with the idea of Rosa that he is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her, even stay in Mexico and continue to split his profits with her.

While at the harbor, Maddie begins to lie in group therapy to make other people feel good, such as saying that she has a sister. This time, her therapist blatantly calls her out on her lies, which is the first time that anyone has been able to tell she's lying right off the bat. She asks Maddie to imagine her own funeral, which is where we get the first hint that maybe Maddie's feelings for Ezra were a little bit real. Richie and Jules were in mourning outfits in Maddie's mind, but Ezra was in his wedding suit. It's a little sad that's how she imagined him, especially if she did have any feelings of love towards him, which later she reveals that she does. In the dream, Ezra calls Maddie out for not knowing what true love was, but when Shelly shoots him Maddie is really hurt. I believe that Maddie is a lot more capable of love than most viewers and characters in the show actually think. She is portrayed as a monster, but we're seeing a totally different side of her. I think that Shelly breaking into her home was her breaking point, and that soon she'll turn from her conning ways.

Thanks for reading,

Baleigh Whitesell


Comments