4/3/2023 0 Comments I may destroy you episode 12![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a message thatseems to resonate through Bella, Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), and Terry (Weruche Opia).Bella’s persistent procrastination catches up with her and she needs to improveher motivation, Kwame tries to make amends for his questionable behaviour, andTerry finally lands a job. ‘Dowhatever you need to do to become the right person,’ says Arabella’sintroverted flatmate Ben (Stephen Wight) in episode 11. Coel takesapart the formulaic wheels of television, challenging the form without a drop of pretension. Using a structural move that’s initially confusing, episode 12 turns intoone of the most poignant and mind-bending episodes made in the last few years. Photo: BBC/Various Artists Ltd and FALKNA/Natalie SeeryĬoelprovides all those details while employing such inventive narrative turns, re-organising time to better understand fraught pasts and anxious presents. ![]() The sting of awkwardness as she sends a stupid DM. You can hear her shuffled breaths as she approaches apanic attack. You can feel the glass of the bar where her character,Arabella, was raped. Despite being distant from everything Coel tackles (yes,even partying), this critic can’t remember another series that feels soundeniably tangible. After half an hour, the world looks different – especially forthe privileged, who can hide from certain distressing realities.Ĭreator/writer/directorMichaela Coel has floated through issues of consent, rape, trauma, race, sexuality, class, gender,periods and partying via large-as-life characters thatscreech with realism. Withevery episode of I May Destroy You, you can feel a shift: a change that ripplesinto the future. ![]()
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