Spoilers below for Sharp Objects S1.05 — Closer

Sharp Objects S1.05 — Closer

I’m excited to say that this episode deviated from the book and so I had the experience of watching something almost completely new. Calhoun Day, the central focus of the episode, is not part of the original story at all, though there are parts in the episode that are in the book.

Celebrating the fucked up Confederate/child bride history in their backyard with the whole town is a very Adora thing to do so I’m glad they added this to the show. Bringing all of the characters together on the same day that Camille’s second article came out is also a great way to blow a short fuse.

Most of the people in Wind Gap deduced from Camille’s article that Bob Nash & John Keene are the main two suspects and seems like everyone is casually interested. There’s a mix of enjoyment & derision as they take bets on who maimed & killed two little girls under their noses. This town really loves their gossip, I guess.

With free flowing alcohol, tensions rise and a fight breaks out between Bob Nash & John Keene. Bob is convinced John is the killer and as he drinks more, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, the MDMA that Amma took is hitting her hard right in the middle of the play she is performing (seemed like pretty bad timing — also what eighth grader does Molly?) and she bolts from the party.

Adora goes crazy once she realizes Amma is missing. A search party is assembled but Camille finds her pretty quickly: surprise, she’s in the creepy hunting shed. Here’s a hint: if they can’t find someone in Wind Gap, they should check there first. Seems like a lot of bad stuff happens in that shed.

Amma is cut up from tripping during her bad trip, but otherwise she seems okay. I mean, as okay as an eighth grader who has two murdered friends, a killer on the loose, and access to a seemingly endless supply of drugs and alcohol can be. I’m thinking between the drug use and Amma’s discovery of Camille’s cutting, the two girls are going to get much closer in the next few episodes.

And speaking of closer (the name of the episode): this was a big episode for Camille. Not only was she forced into sharing her secret with Amma, but she finally has sex with the detective, Richard. She doesn’t let him touch or see her body, yet, but it will be hard to escape doing so in the morning or the next time they are intimate.

Adora is especially cruel to Camille in this episode, but in the most polite ways possible, of course. Patricia Clarkson is really amazing in this role. She uses Camille’s father to hurt her daughter. As I mentioned last week, her father left when Adora got pregnant with Camille. She explains that she believes Camille has always been cold & distant because that’s how her father was. “That’s why I never loved you,” she says. So harsh.

I was a little worried that Adora was going to try to bang Richard when she took her on that creepy tour of the house, especially when she made him take off his shoes in her room, but it seemed like she just wanted to warn him about Camille. Also, Camille didn’t have any hallucinations this episode, so I didn’t notice any misplaced words.

We didn’t learn too much by way of whodunnit, but let’s see if Dan has any new theories:

No new ones, but now that drugs are involved, there’s some other funky stuff going on.

Like what?

Who’s the drug dealer? Is it Kirk (Lacey)? Does he kill kids?

What else?

I’m getting a little bored of Bob Nash and the other kid. Either they did it or they didn’t. Let’s get some new leads.

You don’t think they did it?

If they did, there’s nothing new in this episode to indicate that. Same with the girls. Nothing new to indicate, except that they’re taking drugs now.