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I wanted to show an unremarkable day that still felt imbued with happiness—Lucy and Graham return to their everyday lives, where they’re loved #GHliveblog
I wanted to show that Bartlett is willing to return to Fairview and make contact with the people who remind him of his painful past after speaking to Graham and Lucy
(Also, I wanted to give Haddock something to do lol) #GHliveblog
The reason they kiss twice is because I wanted it to be clearly mutual ha ha
Equal opportunity face grabs and kisses! #GHliveblog
I wanted the feeling of Graham‘s confession to be that he knows that Lucy’s in a good headspace now, and he couldn’t hold it in anymore! #GHliveblog
This was originally the last episode before the timeskip, which is why I leaned SO HARD onto the callbacks ha ha
(But then I found out that I should add another episode, so... oh well, the callbacks were still fun!) #GHliveblog
It was also important that when Graham thinks about his happy everyday life, it’s not just Lucy! It’s more widespread and stable that just one other person
(Though, yes, he does think of her as special ha ha) #GHliveblog
It was important that the question wasn’t “Are you happy now?”, since that suggests a final stage or completion
They’re still working on themselves, but they recognize that they ARE doing better! #GHliveblog
The Affogato ep needed to happen, but I was worried that after the catharsis of the previous episode, having Graham pull Bartlett away would ruin the momentum
I’m glad I did include it though—Graham needed his arc completed with this convo #GHliveblog
The idea was that there was no reason for them to have met with both Bartlett and Lynn gone
That they DID meet years later, and happened to be just the right people to support each other through their troubles, is the miracle #GHliveblog