His parents made no attempts to hide their disapproval - even when the two got engaged, his mom told him to keep his options open. It may have taken until the latter half of the season to complete Darby’s puzzle, but in Marcus’s case, he chose to marry a woman his parents believed was unsuitable as an act of rebellion.
There are probably some weird Freudian connotations that I won’t get into, but for both of the anthology’s protagonists, their upbringing has shaped their perception of love in some way. She throws herself into relationships that she knows from the beginning will fail (Magnus), but on an elemental level, she needs someone who understands her, and she holds onto them until they slip from her grasp. If you’ll allow me to go armchair psychologist on this, I’d say that’s what spurned Darby’s intense desire for connection on a romantic level.
It’s one of the show’s best moments in showcasing Anna Kendrick’s vulnerability, but it also unearths the intricacies of Darby’s character that were hidden for most of the season. They were always just on different wavelengths, unable to tune in to the correct frequency to discern what they needed from each other. After a childhood of being unable to express herself, she finally confronts her mother over the bond they never had. “Nobody ever bought me a mattress,” she says through sobs, as she’s reduced back to a child yearning for motherly love.
In the seventh episode of Love Life’s first season, “Claudia Hoffman,” Darby breaks down into tears on a mattress shopping trip with her mother and stepbrother.
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