I know! At first, I was like, Mary and Beatrice, *immediate hearteyes*. Then Camila, Lilith, Ava, Jillian, Mother Superion. Hell, I love Chanel, granted I still don’t really understand why we had to see that much of JC’s crew, if they weren’t going to play a part in the rest of it. If we had to put up with them as part of Ava’s intro, then I’m not sure why we needed the voiceover. Give us one or the other, somebody to bounce off of or just her internal thoughts, we didn’t need both. But since we did get them, would have been fun to see Chanel and Zori be recruited into the sisterhood, Chanel being super enthusiastic while Zori would have made Ava’s journey look smooth.
The Mary + Ava ep was GREAT! I think it did more for Ava’s growth than any other single ep and tbh, it was a relief to move more heavily into the bigger mythology arc and away from the “I’m going to keep running away despite this incredibly weird supernatural stuff that is still clearly following me around.” And it was good to see Mary’s side of things too, and the beginning of that particular kind of relationship, a lot of tough love from Mary, but love all the same.
I think Beatrice already has, lol, and it helps that we liked her even before she was revealed as the gay one. I have to assume that she didn’t get her own moment to shine in the finale because of the shield job, it was awesome. I’m actually kind of curious why she’s not considered for the halo, she’s a great warrior, possibly their best, a great leader, both compassionate and strategic minded, she even has the family background. I think she might have been too young to be considered for it? She speaks of Shannon being nicer to the new recruits, so I’m assuming it’s Mary and Shannon as one generation, then Lilith, then Bea, then Camila. And of course the halo went off to pick rando Ava, which, that’s the story needed to make the show. In-universe the explanation might be that the halo sensed how conflicted and distracted she was by dealing with her sexuality, and that she just doesn’t seem to want that kind of responsibility or duty, serving more as a really strong second in command. I just really love how complex and well defined and lovable they all are!