Enough Said Secuences 1. PP: 1-9 they met. 2. PP: 10 -21 they start knowing better each other. 3. PP: 21-32 we are abducted by Eva’s intimate life... or not. 4. PP: 33- 48 we start to be confi, laying at Eva’s daily till Tess-factor aproximation. 5. PP: 49-63-82 Dishonesty crack machine. 5.2 PP: 63-68 past yearning. 6. PP: 83-93 calm-Storm-calm -6.2 PP: 93-98 repentance and reconciliation

Interesting take, Victoria, an interpretation of plot events through the lens of the psychological and emotional meaning. We'll get into that more in Part 4 of the series. This is precisely the type of analysis we, as writers, should be doing with any script we read to deepen our grasp of the interweaving of plot and characters.

Let me start my take on Enough Said with a nod toward the traditional Three Act Structure because we can see it at work here: Act One (Beginning): PP. 1-31 - Eva's life / Meets Albert / First date and crossing the threshold symbolized by having sex. This sets into motion some pivotal questions: What will be the dispensation of the Eva-Albert relationship and how will that impact Eva's transformation? Act Two: PP. 32-89 - The ins and outs, ups and downs of Eva's life on all fronts, particularly her numerous relationships (key subplots: Albert, Ellen, Marianne, Chloe) / crash and burn when the truth comes out about some deceptions including who she's been dating. Traditional All Is Lost plot point, several key subplots turn against Eva, representing a major reversal. Act Three: PP. 89-98 - Essentially one sequence tracking the impact the plot events of Acts One and Two have had on Eva, small but significant changes. This is a really interesting Third Act, very short (10 pages) with seemingly not a lot going on, basically reprising Eva's day-in-the-life routine. However there are three subplots here where we see metamorphosis at work in Eva's character: * Eva-Ellen: I'll talk about this more in the next part, but the two scenes between mother and daughter -- Ellen's "empty" bedroom (93), airport (93-94) -- represents Eva (and her daughter) finally confronting the reality of Ellen's departure for college. * Eva and her massage clients: This is a runner throughout the story -- Man With Horrible Breath, Chatty Woman, Man Who Doesn't Help Her With Massage Table. And after All Is Lost, we see Eva return to it (89-90) as if nothing has change. But then 94 where FINALLY Eva asks for help climbing the stairs with her massage table and he DOES help her. Small gesture, significant moment (to be discussed) * Eva-Albert: She reaches out to him once (90-93) to no avail. Then does so one more time (97-98). Again this is a small bit of business, but significant in terms of her transformation. Enough Said is an object lesson in the scalability of Story. Yes, we can have superheroes slaying mammoth evildoers where an underdog Protagonist can emerge from nowhere and evolve into The Hero/Heroine. Conversely we can have small stories where characters can deal with intimate matters of family and heart, and change is measured in tiny degrees. But you know what? What Eva does in her own way is confront the 'dragons' in her life every bit as much as Bilbo literally does in The Hobbit. Just on a smaller scale. More on this when we consider her psychological journey.