My Brilliant Friend: Season 4 Episode 4 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Lila has the rare episode where things revolve around her and while it makes you dread things refocusing on Elena, it reminds you who the brilliant friend is.
Lila has the rare episode where things revolve around her and while it makes you dread things refocusing on Elena, it reminds you who the brilliant friend is.
In a episode focused on Elena’s mounting misery, it will make you long for Lila as you may have in previous seasons.
“My Brilliant Friend” returns for its final season, and despite a time jump, new faces, and how long it has been since the last season, it’s easy to slip right back in.
As a young woman finds her life spiraling, she latches onto her estranged aunt, who might be the person she needs to navigate the next chapter of her life.
As Elena closes a major chapter in her life, we’re introduced to the next actress who will play her in Elena’s next chapter.
In an almost complete Lila-less episode, Nino returns to Elena’s life, and between old feelings and him supporting her writing, it complicates Elena’s marriage to Pietro.
As Elena returns to Naples and is coerced to fully be involved in what’s going on, Pietro gives the kind of observations that disturb her perceptions of everyone – including Lila.
As political violence starts to engulf Naples and surrounding areas, Elena is asked to keep her godson for the summer, with very little context as to why.
We jump through at least 2 or so years as Elena gets married and has her first two children while struggling immensely in her personal and professional life.
With feeling like she’d be better as a big fish in a small pond, Lila makes it her goal to return to the neighborhood, and Elena lays the groundwork for that to happen.
In “The Fever,” we catch up with Lila, whose life continues a downward spiral as one of her demons catches up to her.
In its long-awaited return, My Brilliant Friend focuses on Elena, Lila’s name haunts every conversation and accomplishment.
It’s 1967, and what Elena has long wanted has come to her. However, thoughts of Lila always lurk, and Elena once more is drawn to them and her.
With a time jump of three years, we learn whether Elena’s time away from the neighborhood changed her or confirmed what she already knew.
As both Lila and Elena seek freedom from the neighborhood, one potentially finds bliss as the other is practically forced back.
As the vacation comes to an end, both Elena and Lila are faced with a change in their life. One neither were prepped for but realized must happen if they desire happiness.
As Pinuccia comes to terms with marrying Rino, Lila finds a new means of getting under Elena’s skin – just as it seems they could reconcile.
After Elena spending so much time in Lila’s world, things are flipped, and with that, we see some old demons pop out.
As Elena observes what it means to be a wife, mother, and what can be lost in the process, her understanding of Lila reaches a new level.
In “My Brilliant Friend’s” return, we learn whether or not Lila made a huge mistake and if Elena may have finally found herself not seeking other people’s validation.
My Brilliant Friend is a true statement to the power of girls and young women despite a world which tries to undermine and oppress them.
Despite the brilliance of both young ladies, the lessons aced and the idea they were ahead of the curve – life shows they have so much left to learn.
Lila makes drastic moves in order to free herself from Marcello and Elena takes notes on her friend’s social intelligence.
Lila and Elena continue to take diverging paths and Elena may have finally reached a point of breaking away and getting ahead.
As Elena tries to find ways to keep up, maybe surpass Lila, she comes to a point of realizing that girl is in a league of her own.
We jump to the teen years and as the girls get a taste of being seen as women, neither one seems fond of what that brings.
While My Brilliant Friend overloads you with character introductions, the leads keep a tight enough grip for you to not end up lost.
The overall goal of Wherever I Look is to fill in that space between the average fan and critic and advise you on what’s worth experiencing.
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