It has been nine months since her world was upended by rape, and after an investigation of the details and the DNA samples, the caseworkers deliver the harsh news that they’ve reached a dead end. A second call breaks up the group’s fun, this time sending Terry and Arabella on a trip to the police station for an update on Arabella’s case. Arabella says she’s not straight when she corrects Kwame’s assumption that she and Terry are, but their fun is interrupted by a call from his next potential date. His friends playfully tease him about that prospect. Since Kwame is still recovering from his sexual assault by a male partner, he tells them he’s going to explore the other side of his sexuality and try dating a woman. When reunited with her best friends, Terry and Kwame, Arabella vapes, eats chips, and enjoys their company. Theo even hides a small smile as she watches Arabella progress from shy newcomer to motivational leader in her group. Arabella draws a connection between men taking advantage of victims’ shamed silence over their harassment and assault and men expressing outrage over the cultural movement empowering women to speak up. This installment begins back in group therapy, where Arabella confidently responds to a woman’s story about a man who is avoiding her because he believes everything has gone too far with the current call-out culture and Me Too movement. The episode “Line Spectrum Border” is yet another showcase of Michaela Coel’s boundary-pushing writing, taking two of I May Destroy You’s most in-turmoil characters and allowing them to make mistakes that affect others.
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