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‘Scenes From a Marriage’ Season One, Episode 3 Recap

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Watching this show grows more taxing by the episode. Jonathan and Mira’s marriage survived on curated conversation, with Mira keeping especially private. The end of their marriage is verbose. They say unkind things that will surely remind every viewer of something unkind they’ve said or thought, or, perhaps worst of all, heard. Scenes From a Marriage is also becoming its own recap. The camera drops in at irregular intervals in consequential moments — a decade of love distilled into a handful of days. The premiere episode captures Jonathan and Mira as they learn they’re expecting a second child. In episode two, called “Poli” for her new lover, Mira decides to end their marriage. Episode three is called “The Vale of Tears,” and locating its significance is impossible, even after it cuts to black. Is this night crucial because it cracks open a future in which Jonathan and Mira reconcile, or is it simply the closest they’ll ever come to agree on what went wrong? The title is apt. I cried a

Scenes from a Marriage The Vale of Tears Season 1 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars * * * * Photo: JoJo Whilden/HBO Watching this show grows more taxing by the episode. Jonathan and Mira’s marriage survived on curated conversation, with Mira keeping especially private. The end of their marriage is verbose. They say unkind things that will surely remind every viewer of something unkind they’ve said or thought, or, perhaps worst of all, heard. Scenes From a Marriage is also becoming its own recap. The camera drops in at irregular intervals in consequential moments — a decade of love distilled in

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