Even Elizabeth sees that this is good-bye to Gregory--she could never go back to their relationship truly, but she could give it a good-bye embrace, if that makes sense.
Exactly. Like I would kind of suspect that even pre-pilot there were points along the way that Elizabeth probably realized she and Greg were growing apart, but didn't want to think about that because they saw each other so sporadically and it was a nice vacation from real life. I'd guess she'd push it out of her head and just focus on reaffirming that one way they'd always connected, but she had to recognize on some level, IMHO, that there was so much of her that was starting to matter to her that it would hurt him too much to hear about--how she loved her kids, how she loved her family, the trust she felt towards Philip, the fears she had--and so probably they didn't get a lot past the connection they had at the very start. I mean, I don't imagine Elizabeth would be cruel to Gregory and all those things connecting her with Phil had to really hurt and threaten him. Because of that, I'd guess it was probably easier just to not mention it and give the impression she still thought the same way she had at the beginning--that nothing had changed.
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Date: 2013-08-02 04:47 pm (UTC)Exactly. Like I would kind of suspect that even pre-pilot there were points along the way that Elizabeth probably realized she and Greg were growing apart, but didn't want to think about that because they saw each other so sporadically and it was a nice vacation from real life. I'd guess she'd push it out of her head and just focus on reaffirming that one way they'd always connected, but she had to recognize on some level, IMHO, that there was so much of her that was starting to matter to her that it would hurt him too much to hear about--how she loved her kids, how she loved her family, the trust she felt towards Philip, the fears she had--and so probably they didn't get a lot past the connection they had at the very start. I mean, I don't imagine Elizabeth would be cruel to Gregory and all those things connecting her with Phil had to really hurt and threaten him. Because of that, I'd guess it was probably easier just to not mention it and give the impression she still thought the same way she had at the beginning--that nothing had changed.