My eyes are deeply offended by those scenes, it should have come with a warning!
What the actual fuck is going on? That is not Dodger!
Imo Cleo doesnt love Dodger she just wants the life hes able to give Theresa.
Dodger isn't "in love" with Theresa. Hes still looking sad and lonely, depressed even. (As has been said before this feels like a deliberate acting choice and obviously they know where the storyline is headed, let's just hope that for once the fandom is right)
I dont even know what Theresa wants any more. Is it Dodger or what he can give to her (expensive holiday, new house). Shes become very materialistic and kinda selfish
Its all so damn confusing
"Affairs" are meant to be fun (apparently)
That didn't look fun. It looked like a girl claiming her "prize" and a man just trying to be "normal"
(Topless Dodger, yum. That'll keep me going another week, as long as i crop her out of my mind)
Genuinely, I'm glad that I woke up to an ask about it so that I was semi-prepared, but it was worse than I was expecting 😭
It really doesn't feel like Dodger to me. Maybe it's part of how different he is now, maybe it's the self-destructing thing, or maybe he's just out of character. On the one hand, I appreciate that Danny (and presumably the writers?) have made the choice for Dodger to look exhausted and miserable the entire time, because I don't think I could handle it if he was happily sneaking around behind Theresa's back and lying to her while being all loved-up with Cleo (what we're getting is bad enough). On the other hand, every other affair usually has the cheater noticeably happier with the other person, making it easier for the audience to root for them. The fact that he hasn't properly smiled one in his scenes with Cleo recently (to my knowledge, I may be misremembering) is... interesting. Could just be guilt, but again, even when characters feel bad about their affairs, 9 times out of 10 they still have a couple of moments where you can tell they're enjoying being with the other person. I definitely think it can't just be an acting choice on Danny's part, because if the writers and Hannah Cheers wanted us to like this and root for it, they would have it in the script for him to play it differently.
I do think both Cleo and Dodger want the idea of Dodger and that perfect little life with him. It's pretty clear that Dodger doesn't even know what he wants. It really is confusing, and yeah, it's not fun at all. Cleo looked at least a bit happy afterwards, so she's enjoying herself, like we were told she would be, but seriously, what is the angle with Dodger? I just want him to tell Theresa and ends things with her already, the fact that it's an affair and not just two people getting together isn't sexy or romantic, it's just gross and infuriating.
(I'm happy we got more shirtless Dodger, at least 😭)