Interesting, because around the time of Alex and Leo’s wedding, Trudeau seemed to be setting up a transition to the new generation. It seemed plausible given some of the excellent work he’d done with Alex and Leo. But I seem to have misread the moment.
In good narrative, taking characters’ self-judgments at face value, or even inferring the author’s stance out of a particular moment, usually leads to surprises.
Even in abridged episodic form, Honey’s growing disenchantment with Duke both as a love object and as a person has been showing up for a while—I believe at least since he fled Haiti, and continuing throughout this arc.
or as I’ve read elsewhere: “the mating call of the lonely modem.”