![]() And she is so bowled over that she accepts. ![]() He is brazen, confident and oblivious to the “relationship” that’s dictated by work rules set by the state. There’s no joking about the line that Kate crosses with the rugged fellow she calls “Blond” ( Tom Burke of “The Souvenir” and “Mank”). “What’s THAT mean?” “He hasn’t any legs!” The guy’s just having a bit of bother “getting on his feet.” Her parents ( Elizabeth Rider and Frank McCusker) ask about her new bloke, and get an even worse zinger. A stern “final warning” from her boss about her absences and general goofing-off is almost laughed away with a bad joke. Gentle lectures from Alison about how she needs to “get your priorities right” fall on distracted, deaf ears. But that doesn’t mean that heedless, mercurial Kate won’t muck things up. Kate’s pal Alison ( Hayley Squires) may have gotten her a job at an unemployment benefits office. “True Things” is about a reckless woman whose lifetime of bad decisions may have finally caught up with her with this latest fling. That’s become her calling card on screen - damaged, guarded but alluring and above all “beguiling.” That’s not it.Īnd as Kate is played by Ruth Wilson of TV’s “The Affair,” “Dark River” and “The Little Stranger,” we get it and agree. “Sexy?” “Compliant?” Because she gingerly went along with his “lose your knickers” orders. Because their first “date” was basically a vigorous shag in a parking garage. What’s he talking about? “Impulsive,” because she just slipped out to meet him, on the sly. Her new man gives working-class Kate the once over and asks a question that sits heavily on the viewer’s mind.
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