I really, really love the Melissa-Jasper sub-plot which TLMOE’s been doing. Arguably, those two are affected the worst by the trauma around them, because Melissa has a mental illness and Jasper is literally a child. So Melissa gives him space, and speaks to him gently, and doesn’t pressurize him to talk when he goes non-verbal. I don’t think it’s a case of Melissa mothering him, because she’s made it clear she doesn’t want to be a mother, but she’s doing so well treating Jasper like a person when everyone else treats him like a baby or a generic symbol of their hopes for the future.

It’s not the sort of relationship you see often on TV, I’m really glad they’ve gone this way with it.