what gets me about "let's go to new zealand, become sheep farmers" is that that's what prompts shiv to confess to tom about the affair. she lied straight to his face a day ago when he directly asked her, but when he expresses real and genuine love for her outside of their plan and the business, it gets to her so badly that she can't lie to him anymore. oh shit i think my husband might actually love me for real, for serious, and i've done something awful to him. it's silly, but it's also the moment that brings the conflict between tom's romanticism and shiv's pragmatism to a head.
"come live with me in a trailer park" is obviously a bitter echo of that conversation - a trailer park is much less idyllic and romantic than the cottagecore fantasy of being a sheep farmer - but it's also the two of them finally being on the same page. i do believe tom thought he meant what he said on their wedding night, but any attempt to follow through would have fallen apart immediately. now shiv is fully aware of the awful thing tom's done to her and tom is fully aware that neither of them are getting out of here. even if they do love each other, they want the money and the power too badly. even when they've chosen the money and the power over each other, that hasn't changed the fact they love each other. they finally understand each other. it's such a relief, and it's horrifying! i'd follow you anywhere for love, tom wambsgans. but we both know the two of us are never going anywhere
