I think Sophia is a fascinating character and I'm sad that they used her life and the sad incident that was her death mostly as a plot device.
However I do not agree that Emily made Sophia's death all about her. Unlike Naomi, Emily didn't even know her and she still managed to show more sympathy toward this girl and her family than Naomi did. I think she and Matt were merely looking for different things in the same objects, and investigating it together made them both feel stronger (I especially love when he tells her that he made the wooden box for Sophia, and then continues to give Naomi the death glare). That Emily would concentrate on Naomi's betrayal once the truth is out is only natural, since she had no relationship at all with Sopia, and it had already been disclosed that she killed herself (her obsession with Naomi only being one of the things that made her do it), so the final reveal WAS more about the affair by default. They (the brother and her) both found their answers - Matt actually got his with the suicide note already - and it was to very different things, so I thought their scenes were well done. I had more problems with Naomi tbh, telling Emily to 'leave it, because the girl is dead anyways' would be bad enough had it just been the two of them, but considering the brother was present as well this line left a bad taste in my mouth. Emily didn't make Sophia's dead about her, Naomi made Sophia's dead about them. I still hope that we get to see a scene where Naomi we get to see her feel sorry for what happened, because she came across as decidedly cold in ep 2.
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However I do not agree that Emily made Sophia's death all about her. Unlike Naomi, Emily didn't even know her and she still managed to show more sympathy toward this girl and her family than Naomi did. I think she and Matt were merely looking for different things in the same objects, and investigating it together made them both feel stronger (I especially love when he tells her that he made the wooden box for Sophia, and then continues to give Naomi the death glare). That Emily would concentrate on Naomi's betrayal once the truth is out is only natural, since she had no relationship at all with Sopia, and it had already been disclosed that she killed herself (her obsession with Naomi only being one of the things that made her do it), so the final reveal WAS more about the affair by default. They (the brother and her) both found their answers - Matt actually got his with the suicide note already - and it was to very different things, so I thought their scenes were well done.
I had more problems with Naomi tbh, telling Emily to 'leave it, because the girl is dead anyways' would be bad enough had it just been the two of them, but considering the brother was present as well this line left a bad taste in my mouth. Emily didn't make Sophia's dead about her, Naomi made Sophia's dead about them. I still hope that we get to see a scene where Naomi we get to see her feel sorry for what happened, because she came across as decidedly cold in ep 2.