[Ammi]

…Noooooooooo!!!!!!…@bots …for me, it absolutely wasn’t a filler episode…

Spoiler:

…. it was a really important episode to lead up to the final and to…(…hopefully and possibly…)…Carol and Manousos finally meeting…I think because they are such different people from totally different worlds…?…it was so important to show those differences…how Manousos had no trust at all in the shiny happy people so won’t accept anything from them..he won’t accept food or water or help in his journey and yet they’ve offered to help him to reach Carol…and we know they can’t lie…?..but he doesn’t know that and wouldn't believe it anyway/…he’s chosen to completely isolate from the happy’s in every way that Carol hasn’t in the same ways…and Carol, herself was such a non people person…someone who was quite insulated emotionally etc and didn’t need people around her very much in her life didn’t even like people that much…?…and there she is/able to just request anything her heart desires or just take anything…a priceless painting, a super car, eating in any restaurant/anything she wants on the menu will be there etc…?…but all of that now means nothing, she’s so craving human contact that will she actually give into the happys…?…

…and even things like Manousos learning English on his journey to be able to communicate when he finally meets her and how hazardous and long/impossible his journey is…?…it’s the very opposite of filler for me…so pivotal, so important to establish these layers of both characters when we think they’re on the cusp of finally meeting…