It’s interesting to observe Jane’s reaction when Lisbon prompts him to tell her the truth and stop hiding things from her. He knows he has made it clear that it is important to him that their relationship be based on openness, but he still finds it hard to tell her some things – out of desire to protect her and himself, too, and also their relationship from unpleasant/uncomfortable moments, and things that can “come between them”, or out of his habit of taking decisions for himself like he would in the old days. I like seeing how he struggles with himself, constantly thinking of Lisbon’s reaction, how he cares about her feelings and finds it hard to tell her everything because he’s not used to it. Yet for him the truth is essential between them, and though it is easier sometimes to fall back on his old methods, he understands Lisbon doesn’t work that way and he has to accept it. He really has changed for her.
