“Holy shit”, the expression that defines this episode perfectly. The first episode gave us a brief demonstration of Patrick Melrose’s current state. His everyday struggle to overcome heroin addictions, later consumed by pain and temptation. A hint of abusive childhood that scarred him for life. We experienced hallucinations and outburst in Benedict’s charming fluid speech. An addicted crazy freak. Sherlock without the brain.

That was my assumption until I was exposed to his childhood trauma.

David Melrose, Patrick’s father, was a nice person according to Patrick’s mother. He was kind when he met her. She was stupid enough to believe that. Patrick’s mother belongs to a wealthy family and I believe David went to her just to get that money. And when he got it, that monster shown his true colors.

Patrick’s mother became drunk to shut herself from the abuse. So David went to his own son. The sweet innocent little Patrick on the handa of that bastard. whenever the two of them were alone that pathetic piece of retarded shit… I don’t even wanna get into that. Instead, I saw Patrick still crying on his father’s dead body. And that, was Mercy.