s01e06 — Episode 6

And here it's a mystery to me, what's on the TV series, what's on the book... The family is generally mentioned in passing

Yes, I already read the book after the series. The film adaptation is quite accurate and yes, the author himself does not really give a question to this answer. But most likely he's just an asshole with an inferiority complex who watched his dad beat his wife and daughter (or maybe him too)

@tevladka: Marianna says in the series that her father did not beat her. Maybe he beat his brother, and this is another reason to hate his sister for making her life easier?

but apparently the brother himself beat his sister, as I understood it.
Maybe he was following his father

@Maximgrechany: that is, there are no details and reasons for such disgusting behavior of my brother in the book either? Well that's absurd then :/

the film adaptation is quite accurate according to the book. Yes, there it is also in the background. I don't think this is absurd, rather a literary device and the vision of the author of the story)

@xavini: Oh, I wasn't quite right. The answer is in the next episode

And that's probably why she gets offended from time to time, starts new relationships that she hates. Of course, all the blame is on Connell, his fault;))))

@Maximgrechany: And I didn't say at all that someone was to blame :) You wrote above yourself, didn't you? (if I understood correctly), that the whole point is a misunderstanding on both sides, an inability and ignorance of how to properly articulate your feelings, solve problems together. After all, any relationship is the work of two people. I'm just an observer here and I don't choose sides) We, as viewers, see more, we can understand the motivation of both characters, but they do not share everything with each other, much remains "behind the scenes" for them.

@Maximgrechany: Hmm, I can understand why her actions can be interpreted this way. But I didn't see it. All I saw was a girl he had hurt a lot in the past, and it still lingers somewhere in the present. Plus problems from the family, and a sincere inability to understand that someone really loves her and chooses her for real. Actually, that's why she pulls away and enters into other relationships with unsuitable people, it seems to her that she is not worthy of more. And all this confidence and coldness is a mask to protect yourself. Well, that's my vision.
In general, I understand Connell's behavior and actions more, but what's the point of sitting and calculating who has more joints) Both do not tell each other, and this leads to thinking for the partner, respectively, to discord.

Well, what about talking?! ;)

@vk821985:

behind six closed doors, Connell is very tactile, as we can see. so it's quite a stretch for a complex, if the emphasis is on the public manifestation of feelings