The Eddy
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When that doesnt work, Daniel asks her to make love with the snake.
You know what I mean.
She does, and offers up an overtly sexual delivery thats exactly what theyre looking for.
For Maja, its a gig, a one-off paycheck between work with the Eddy Band.
He needs new collaborators to keep it interesting.
And maybe he has other interests as well.
Then theres the flowers, the unexpected Eddy drop-in, and the late-night calls.
This offer couldnt have more red flags.
On the other hand, a steady paycheck probably looks pretty good to Maja.
She lives in a tiny apartment made tinier by sharing it with Julie.
(And tinier still when Majas mom shows up unexpectedly.)
They sleep together but its strictly sleeping these days, when it happens at all.
And professionally he keeps making demands she cant seem to satisfy.
And all thats before Elliot fires Kat for reasons he cant explain to her or anyone else.
Theyre not bad reasons, however.
By Elliots reckoning, this is all Kats fault.
By Kats reckoning, however, its Elliots.
What Farid felt then, Maja feels now.
And in this episode we get some more glimpses of why shes been sticking around anyway.
Maja still remembers, and doesnt forgive, her mothers past behavior.
(When Julie speaks admiringly of her, Maja informs her, My school friends loved her too.
She gave them vodka.
She fucked my boyfriend.)
Nor is she surprised that her mother seems to have come to Paris in pursuit of a man.
Then again, there might not evenbea club much longer.
Elliot is persisting in playing a dangerous game.
But he also, of course, doesnt tell the thug about the cameras installed by the police.
And the speech he gives Maja isnt exactly of the I-love-you-and-cant-live-without-you-variety.
Its more of the I-cant-love-you-like-you-want-me-to-but-Im-creatively-useless-without-you variety.
And its not that persuasive, to be honest.
He was special, she tells Julie earlier in the episode.
When you see really incredible people like Elliot it can destroy you.
Promise me it will be better, she asks.
I promise, Elliot replies.
Her response: I dont believe you.
But shes there anyway.
But should she be?
In an otherwise fine episode, that final turn feels implausible, however welcome.
Little of whats preceded it suggests Maja would stay.
Maybe what follows will clarify matters.
As with previous focus episodes, we learn a bit more about Maja with this outing.
Only this time its a little more self-serving.
Maybe she wont know for sure if shes made the right choice until the final fade-out.
Blue Notes
Episode five welcomes a new director for another two-episode stint.
Shes made four features since, most recently 2013sRock the Casbah.
