Things John's Mum said that made me side-eye her:
"what did those naughty Russians do to you?" "Nothing, Mum, we've done this, I've seen you twice since-" so she keeps forgetting about her son's new scars from being blown up does she?
"your generation is obsessed with pronouns" never a good thing to hear but also bad vibes that she's intentionally not telling John whether she has a boyfriend or not and making him feel bad for trying to ask
"Have you listened yet?" "Listened?" Your son has started a whole business where he follows a man around and solves crime and you can't even remember it?
"are the army looking after you?" "No again, we've done this" ma'am your son basically deserted so he could go fight for a cause he believed in how do you miss or forget about that
When John explains what he actually does she ignores that, suggests he should be a GP, and redirects the conversation to herself so he feels like his exciting new job isn't important
She likes Fifty Shades Freed and feels sorry for Christian Grey
"who was that nice girl? She's nice isn't she John?" Comphet warning flag
Looking after John is quite a challenge that she claims she did for 34 years and John has to correct her that he moved out and was presumably living independently at 18
Maybe I'm just sensitive but I feel like John's mum is very traditional and socially conservative, self absorbed and only has a shallow interest in her son as a person.
