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| By Matt 'Quori' Armstrong |
We begin this week with the funeral of Charlotte’s deceased husband, Karl Millwright.
We see he was previously married as he is laid to rest next to the grave of his late first wife.
Now this sets up some interesting questions around Charlotte and Karl’s marriage. Karl’s gravestone indicates he is 61 yrs old. Now Annabeth Gish who plays Charlotte is in fact 42, and her character looks to be in her mid-40’s.
So let’s be generous and put a good 16-18 yrs between Charlotte and Karl.
We learn Charlotte has a step-daughter named Kate and she is none too pleased with having a step-mother.
She expressly states “Take your whore money and leave me alone” She also is getting plastered at 10am and points out she did so at her mother’s funeral wondering at that time why her Dad (Karl) was not there at her mom’s grave site and was instead in Cabo with Charlotte.
We see no dates for the late Mrs. Millwright on her gravestone, so we have no clue how old she was our any indication as to when she died which would help with a time line for how long Karl and she were hitched.
Based solely on Kate’s interaction here, Charlotte entered the picture not too long ago. I’ll guess it’s only been a couple years at most. It would also make some sense that if it’s been a short time frame, that Charlotte would not know of Karl’s secrets and why he on his death bed expressed regret admitting he did not love Charlotte, this makes some sense.
If his wife was going through a long drawn out death due to a disease, perhaps he sought solace and comfort in Charlotte’s arms. He mistook that escapism for love and only when facing his own mortality did he realize it.
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It’s a supposition, I know.
Later on post-funeral services we see an older Mexican woman admiring the horses in particular Karl’s prized champion stallion.
Charlotte approaches her and quickly surmises she is the client who shall not be named and insists that she wants nothing to do with the tunnel.
The woman tells her they are a lot alike and explains to her why “you did things to rise up from poverty and increase your social standing”.
Charlotte still refuses.
Mexican Voldemort Lady says goodbye to the horse and walks away.
This will clearly not end well for the horse.
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