Symbolic conflict: Time and memory embodied by Tal's pocket watch — the object's breaking and attempted repair mirror identity erosion and the family's effort to 'repair' what memory damages.
Symbolic conflict: Time and memory embodied by Tal's pocket watch — the object's breaking and attempted repair mirror identity erosion and the family's effort to 'repair' what memory damages.
Events in This Arc
Marco arrives at the Cregg household, sparking a brittle, revealing family exchange: Tal oscillates between sharp recollection and confusion, mistaking Marco's past and producing an embarrassing claim that Marco was …
Marco carefully examines Tal's open Hamilton pocket watch and delivers a calm mechanical diagnosis—then offers to retool and ship it back from Paris, a small practical kindness that collides with …
As C.J. abruptly cuts her speech and rushes toward the airport because of coordinated embassy bombings, she shares a private, fragile moment with her father in the foyer. Tal presses …