What motivates Quinn King?
Alexei has emerged as the most fascinating and inscrutable contestant onEverlastingthis season.
Well start with Jay.
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And its that tailspin which threatens to derail the fine line Jay is walking.
Jay is thrown, and even more-so when Alexei resurfaces, and gets affectionate with Jay.
In other words, hes an addict in a really bad place.
The same, perhaps, could be said of Rachel.
Of course I do!
Cant you just wait until the seasons over?
Does Quinn care about Rachel?
Certainly, in a sort of twisted, maternal way.
But shes also weathering other storms right now.
(Its veryLord of the Flies, Chet is sure to remind Robin.)
Here, once more, we see Quinns magic at work.
(Turns out he didnt even watch it.)
I think Quinn is threatened by younger, ambitious women, she admits, before getting meaner.
Shes been drinking on set… Robin takes all of the info in and brings it to Quinn.
The real story here is you, Robin tells her before getting kicked off set.
She tells Quinn she hates herself, and so she spends her life destroying other women.
Its…a little harsh.
And also simplistic through Constance Zimmers nuanced portrayal, we know Quinns motivations hardly run in that villainous direction.
Im hard on you because Im trying to help you, Quinn explains.
Do you think Rachel got so good at her job because Im nice to her?
Thats not even the only fire Robin starts this week.
She also gets Madison to let her speak to Serena for a few minutes.
(Especially since he had an unexpectedly good time with Alexei.)
She brings it to Rachel and demands an explanation.
And Rachel worn by the lying, needing to get back on the honesty track gives it to her.
She reveals that she had to encourage Alexei.
She even confesses that August slept with Quinn.
Serena is mad, but appreciative of the honesty, and goes to confront Quinn next.
We all do stuff, Quinn reminds Serena, referencing her torrid opening-night escapade with the jockey.
But Serena has had it.
She says shes only trusting Rachel from now on.
Fortunately for Quinn, thats exactly what she hoped for.
2 to lead exactly to this moment.
To the mans home, where Rachels going to finally confront him.
The twist as to who this man is comes as a very disturbing shock.
and that her father knew about it and beat up the man but otherwise stayed silent.
But isUnREALgetting a little too dark for its own good?
Its bleak, sure, but an intriguing character move.
And then theres Quinn alone in her residence, calling Rachel worried.
Finally we see her care for Rachel shine through.
Rachel appears in the dark of the night and sits beside her.
She puts her head in her lap.
Quinn takes her in.
This is not the self-hating, woman-hating destroyer of all things good that Robin characterized Quinn as.
Shes more complicated than that.
