not to be a parody of myself on main but like you know how the major dynamic of nate and sophies relationship is that nate knows her, like regardless of what she's going by or who she's pretending to be or whether it was actually Paris or Tuscany nate knows sophie.
and then I just think about sterling and the 1st david job (and also the frame up job but im kinda always thinking about the frame up job). and how he says "remember when we used to be friends" but more importantly how he says "that's how she thinks. thats how you think, and I know how you think." and like who is that second you directed at? idk cause the shot is on sterling and not the other two, and like you're probably meant to assume nate but really it's probably both of them. cause sterling knows nate and sophie just as well as they know him and when youre pitting him against a relationship who's foundation is built on the mortification of being known its like damn how are we not talking about that more.
and thats before we even think about about the frame up job
it's just like was it intentional? is it just good storytelling to have someone who knows you so intimately be against you instead of with you? is it a little bit mark s.heppards acting choices? idk man but oh boy is it something