I think the ending was deliberately an unknowable mystery: Did Clare fall or jump or was she nudged out the window by Irene? (Mirroring the unknowability regarding the affair. Was it real or not?)
Irene certainly exhibited signs of a guilty conscience, but it wasn't clear whether she felt guilt over an act or guilt over a thought. As she herself noted, it was better for Clare to disappear than to be divorced by her awful husband, which would free her up for Brian. Her exit out the window, however caused, was presumably in Irene's best interest. Or was it?
Any thoughts on the way the final scene was handled?
(Completely irrelevant: There's a "Sex and the City" episode where an aging party girl falls out of a window at a Manhattan soiree, and it comes off as the end of a problem/end of an era sort of deal. Like no one really wanted this annoying has-been lurking on the scene anymore — she caused discomfort, as Clare did — and no one wanted her to die; they just wanted her out of the picture, as Irene did Clare. But this girl wasn't going to just quietly fade away; thus the writer's convenient open window.)
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OT: KC, are you watching or rewatching "Sex and the City"? This is the second time you've commented on it -- the last about my late-night snack of Saltines and jam.
ReplyDeleteHehe.
I read this scene twice, because the first time I read it I was sure that Irene had pushed her out. Something about her reaction, her nervousness about what everyone else had seen, etc. She seemed guilty, and it seemed like more than just guilt over feeling relieved that the Clare problem was over. It was a little more ambiguous on second reading, but I'm still inclined to think she did it. Like you, though, I think it was designed to be unknowable, just like the affair.
ReplyDeleteAlso, saltines and jam was my dessert last night.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck did "misadventure" mean in the last sentence? That the guy suspected foul play or an accident?
ReplyDeleteIf Brian were in love with Clare, would he have shown more emotion when she fell or even when Bellew stormed into the room? I'll have to look and see what his reaction was, exactly.
Did anyone think Bellew was tipped off somehow to come back to town?
(cl, casually rewatching "S&C" on demand).