Goodbye, Alice, Hello (S4E10)

Incident #39: Alice is the reliable squealer.  She's put into a number of situations where it's either keep a promise or follow a direct order.  In each case, she follows the orders of her so-called employer.  The boys at one point comment that she's "some friend" but in truth, Alice is nothing more than a domestic laborer and a lowly one at that.  One cannot be friends with the help, paid or not paid.  No one is smart enough in this stupid fucking family to realize that they're putting her in the middle and making her feel like total crap AND it's completely THEIR fault!

An interesting symmetry moment.  Bobby says that Marcia and Jan said not to trust Alice, and Cindy says that Greg and Peter said not to trust Alice.  Do you see the amazing symmetry there?  Far out.

It's amazing to me that Alice is actually considering leaving the family.  But clearly she's terribly torn about it.  Just like the slaves of old, she knows that she can't run away, but she MUST run away.  This causes her great anxiety which is evidenced by her conversation with her fellow "housekeeper" Kay (who looks EXACTLY like what you'd think a maid is suppose to look like).

Kay looks like a housekeeper

The children are unrepentant because the truth is that one housekeeper is as good as another.  My colleague has announced that it's also as frequent and easy as changing best friends.

Marcia and Jan share a Purple Moment.  Here is a picture if the momentous event:

A double Purple Moment

This is a very difficult episode to describe because the atrocities go so deep.  Everything about it is as near to evil as I can imagine.  It actually does have a dark vibe to it that has been confirmed by independent agents -- so it's not just me who's feeling this.  But look at this picture of her right at the end.  The look on her face is one of extreme distress for having to grit her teeth.  She is very stiff and looking away as if she's thinking about how horrible it was that they so easily got her back.  It's a grimmace and not a very good one at that.  Take a look:

Alice grimmices

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, 1996 edition, to "grimace" means, "a sharp contortion of the face, expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust."