Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT At Least I'll Be Alive
By Jacob Clifton | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Aired on 07.05.2011
Anne: "Very good. How would Alison respond?"
...BITCH TOTALLY DOES!
Imaginary Alison: "Well, look at you! All independent and in touch with your feelings! I bet you're pretty impressed with yourself right now, aren't you?"
Hanna: "Uh oh."
Alison: "I'm proud of you, Hanna."
Hanna: "Don't care."
Alison: "Of course you don't. Today. You've got Dr. Do over there ready to pat you on the back for talking to an empty chair."
Hanna: "Technically, this little exercise in active imagination demonstrates that I don't need either of you."
Alison: "Well, you need somebody. Low self-esteem leads to Hefty Hanna. Wasn't that covered in Mona's class?"
Hanna: "I have other friends. Real ones."
Alison: "Well. You have what I gave you."
Alison: "You think your three gal-pals will be with you forever? Newsflash! You're already losing them. They're gonna move on, Hanna. And you're not. And you know who you'll be left with? Me. I'll always be with you. I'm the only one that can make you happy. The only one that'll tell you the truth. I'm the only one that you can count on."
Hanna: "Then I would rather be alone."
Alison: "You won't last a week!"
Hanna: "At least I'll be alive."
Alison: "That was way harsh, Ty."
Hanna, essentially: "Look. You can't reach into my life anymore, not unless I let you. Fear and anger and guilt and grief are all terrible on their own, but your death meant they all got tied together in a big sloppy bow, and it suddenly occurs to me there's no need for that. My grieving and guilt are not actually connected to my fear or my rage, no matter how many mean text messages I get. You're actually gone, and all this shit with A meant never having a second to let that be real. But it turns out you're actually dead, and all your power over me is gone, and I thought that letting that go meant I didn't love you enough, which meant all the good things would go away too. But no. I am just incredibly over missing you."
Anne: "Wow!"
Suddenly A Much Healthier Hanna: "Okay. I see your point."
THAT IS SO GREAT
I mean, it's not like you come to this show for stark realism, but that was so well-played. When you break the girls into basic Jungian typological functions, Hanna pulls the Sensation card, which means always you have a corresponding blindspot in your Intuition, which usually means bad dreams and religious trouble and weird premonitions.