'Love & Death' Episode 5 Review: Candy's life descends into turmoil as she faces consequences for her actions
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The entire nation was stunned when it was revealed that Candy Montgomery is the prime suspect in Betty Gore’s murder. No one expected her to do such a heinous crime because she was an innocent, church-going lady who never thought of hurting anybody. But you know, people can do the worst of things if they are pushed to the extreme. Candy had a monotonous life and she wanted to have something exciting, so she had an affair with Allan Gore, a married man who was a part of the Church choir. When Allan’s wife got to know about the affair, she wanted to teach her a lesson, but no one would have thought in a million years that their meeting would end with a lot of blood.
In the fourth episode of ‘Love & Death’, viewers saw that the authorities seem to be keeping a close eye on Candy, especially after Allan confessed that he had an affair with her. Everyone believes Candy had the motive to do such a thing and this is where the latest episode gets interesting. Candy has finally confessed that she had an affair with Allan and the police feel that they have found their killer. But the most astonishing part about the episode comes when Candy admits that she killed Betty after her friend tried to come at her. Her attorney and friend Don Crowder (Tom Pelphrey) is the only person to know about this and he advises Candy to get a criminal lawyer because he is just a lawyer that takes small cases.
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Police, in their usual way, play with Candy and her attorney by denying the bail bond and arresting her for the murder of Betty Gore. Things get even worse for Candy because Don says that she needs to do everything that he tells her to do and recommends she visit a psychiatrist. This is where we get to know that she is not a sociopath and her childhood might have been a bit rough. During her session with the doctor, she experiences everything that she was bound to and even re-lived what happened between her and Betty on that day. As the session moved forward, she revisited her childhood and talked about a scary moment she endured when she was 4. She was badly injured and was covered in blood while being taken away on a stretcher. Her mother kept on telling her not to cry and when the psychiatrist asked her what she wanted to do at the time, she said she wanted to scream.
Don asked the doctor if she was faking all of it, but the doctor gave him a demo on how she was not. This might have been one of the most well-written and well-executed scenes in recent years. Viewers get to know what’s on a person’s mind and how a psychiatrist can help people in letting the pain go away.
Elizabeth Olsen gives a soul-stirring performance once again and embodies Candy’s character effortlessly. One moment, she is a confident lady who is keeping everything away from the police, and in the next, she is a nervous little girl who is scared to tell anything to her husband. The scene with the psychiatrist is the highlight of this season and Olsen’s performance shows how much she has evolved as an actor. She is scintillating.
The writing is also splendid and it keeps you hooked on the story that you might have already known about.
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This episode had everything that viewers were expecting from it and we cannot stop praising Olsen’s performance enough. She’s not the only actor to show her impeccable acting skills. Patrick Fugit (Pat Montgomery) and Tom Pelphrey (Don Crowder) are incredible as they get several shining moments.
It will be interesting to see how Pat will confront Candy about the things she has done because he knows the truth now. Things are getting more and more intense for Candy and we can’t wait to see what happens next.