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Four: Honour thy father and thy mother
The key players? 20 year old Anka and her father, Michal.
The set-up? When Michal goes away on a business trip, He leaves his passport and plane ticket ready on his desk along with a letter hiding in plain sight. Anka notices the letter because of the disclaimer: not to be opened until after my death. Will curiosity kill the cat?
But Michal would like her to open it, before leaving he asks her to pay some bills, directing her to the drawer where the letter is stashed. After a little hesitation she takes the letter out for a walk to the same riverside park in episode one. Kilvinski knifes through the water in a canoe to where she's sitting near the shore. Just when she's about to snip open the letter, She sees notices him standing there looking at her, although she may be just transfixed by the familiarity of that image: she sleeps next to someone quite similar every night. He stops her.
Here's an example of the exquisite craftsmanship in the series: the old doctor from episode two bumps into them in the elevator. He registers just a flicker of surprise. They're out of place. They live below him, what the devil are they doing up here? Already he senses something is up with them.
When the letter from her dead mother reveals the truth about the past it throws their relationship in disarray. Both father and daughter both confess a physical attraction to one another. Anka has never found anyone that measured up to him. Michal has never remarried so perhaps he was waiting for her to become a big girl. Although she's about to be engaged, she could just as quickly break that off if he expressed an interest. Without a direct blood line, they're just a man and a woman who have loved each other for a very long time. Yeah, this episode is whole lotta if, on the iffy scale.
From their apartment window, Anka sees Michal leaving in the morning and dashes downstairs to catch him before he leaves. This turns out not to be an idle fear. Staying in the apartment as man and woman, eventually they would have acted on their impulses; so Michal has decided to abandon her. It's at this point that Kilvinski reappears and walks past them as the canoeist.
One important detail to mention is that Anka is a budding thespian, and drama for drama's sake is always appropriate. Although in acting class, she's hopelessly lost during an intimate love scene---with her actual boyfriend no less! So she may be just another bad actress. Although she did nail the recitation she gave her father when he returned home from his trip.
The key players? 20 year old Anka and her father, Michal.
The set-up? When Michal goes away on a business trip, He leaves his passport and plane ticket ready on his desk along with a letter hiding in plain sight. Anka notices the letter because of the disclaimer: not to be opened until after my death. Will curiosity kill the cat?
But Michal would like her to open it, before leaving he asks her to pay some bills, directing her to the drawer where the letter is stashed. After a little hesitation she takes the letter out for a walk to the same riverside park in episode one. Kilvinski knifes through the water in a canoe to where she's sitting near the shore. Just when she's about to snip open the letter, She sees notices him standing there looking at her, although she may be just transfixed by the familiarity of that image: she sleeps next to someone quite similar every night. He stops her.
Here's an example of the exquisite craftsmanship in the series: the old doctor from episode two bumps into them in the elevator. He registers just a flicker of surprise. They're out of place. They live below him, what the devil are they doing up here? Already he senses something is up with them.
When the letter from her dead mother reveals the truth about the past it throws their relationship in disarray. Both father and daughter both confess a physical attraction to one another. Anka has never found anyone that measured up to him. Michal has never remarried so perhaps he was waiting for her to become a big girl. Although she's about to be engaged, she could just as quickly break that off if he expressed an interest. Without a direct blood line, they're just a man and a woman who have loved each other for a very long time. Yeah, this episode is whole lotta if, on the iffy scale.
From their apartment window, Anka sees Michal leaving in the morning and dashes downstairs to catch him before he leaves. This turns out not to be an idle fear. Staying in the apartment as man and woman, eventually they would have acted on their impulses; so Michal has decided to abandon her. It's at this point that Kilvinski reappears and walks past them as the canoeist.
One important detail to mention is that Anka is a budding thespian, and drama for drama's sake is always appropriate. Although in acting class, she's hopelessly lost during an intimate love scene---with her actual boyfriend no less! So she may be just another bad actress. Although she did nail the recitation she gave her father when he returned home from his trip.