So I've read a bunch of comments on yesteryear now, and I feel like most of them focus on their hatred for Nathalie. Now was she a very likable character? No. But was she the main villian of this story? Not by a long shot.
She started as an intelligent, hardworking girl who struggled socially. When she got to uni, she felt overwhelmed and lonely, seeing other girls live a lifestyle so radically different from what she grew up with. But the thing is, it's clear that deep down she had no interest in becoming a housewife and no interest in becoming a mother. So how different would her behaviour have been if she hadn't grown up with these ultra traditional values? She might've become a ruthless CEO with no friends, but she definitely would not have become a tradwife mother of 9 suffering kids.
Her oh so kind mother's preaching that marriage and children are the ultimate goal and divorce and birth control are a sin screwed up both her and her sister's life. And then it turns out that all this time her mother was a hypocrite?? She cheated on her husband (who btw is also at fault for abandoning his kids) and had him leave so she got to be single without a divorce, with only two children and no worries about having more. She gets to enjoy that life, but her daughters don't.
Then, she SEES that Nathalie is not doing well after the birth but she doesn't want her to see a therapist, only to years later get herself one. The only person benefitting from the mom's self-improvement journey over the years was she herself. For Nathalie, the damage was already done.
And now Caleb. Yes, Nathalie telling him that lie about schools was what initially made him fall down that rabbit hole. But she made one comment and he was a grown man at this point, if that's all it took for him to get sucked into it, that really says more about him that her.
He was also no better parent, and no better spouse than Nathalie. Shanon was shocked about Clementine's lack of general knowledge but it was Caleb who was responsible for the kids' education. And Caleb who didn't allow a nanny despite already having so many kids. And Caleb who cheated and wanted to leave everything for his affair.
Also don't even get me started on the 1800's part. He literally kept Nathalie DRUGGED to the point where she completely lost her mind and any concept of where she was. She had been mentally unstable for a long time and instead of getting help, he then spent years drugging her against her will and knowledge.
And let's not forget how he continued to enjoy modern life, chilling and watching tv in his sons' house while his wife and children were trapped in their 1800's nightmare??
To be clear I'm not saying Nathalie isn't to blame for what her children went through. But we have to acknowledge that if it wasn't for her upbringing, Nathalie would have never thought to marry Caleb. Even if she had, she would have divorced him after baby number one.
And in the end, with Nathalie descending more and more into psychosis, her husband could've ended this whole farce a LONG time ago.
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