#515 - honorable mentions (3)
The Camera work centering the character who has just been tossed into a situation where he is turned into the patient: the autism paper, seen from Miguel's perspective (mirroring the opening of the scene, where we see his papers as he sits at his desk).
Now, the elephant in the room (and on the spectrum) has been mentioned and of course Miguel is immediately defensive (and I found the delivery of his reaction very mucch in tune), and, yes, Luz should have kept her professionial curiosity to herself, but then again they are two medical professionals who have sworn to follow that curiosity and help people - even if said people do not know yet that they fall under an ICD entry?
And it's such a lovely (and feminist!) fabulation to have a paper authored by the three pioneers of early autism research: the generally forgotten Sukhareva (as the only woman), Asperger, and Kanner, who never did collaborate on anything directly. But it is nice to imagine that they would have!
Also in this scene: Luz' hilarious gaze (a minute before she tells Miguel that he doesn't get irony and sarcasm) at not getting Miguel's teleportation crack:
What now, lesbian Columbo in your trench coat?