An analysis of the conclusions of Jack, July and Sh'khol

The ending of "Jack, July" doesn't surprise me in the slightest, as this is just another day in the life story of Jack, a meth addict just trying to survive another day after a probable meth high. The scenario like a waiting game to an inevitable conclusion. No drug addict is just gonna get away clean from their vice from one bad day, their gonna go crawling back to the source of their habit for me. Even if they hate themselves as they do it. The urge for it is practically and basically robotic. So Jack returning to his dealer for another fix at the end just seems natural, and probably have the same story repeat it when the high wears off.

The ending of "Sh'khol" is the one that slightly perpelexes me as the mother doesn't behave in the manner I thought she would after bascally losing her child for 48 hrs (Well more like he ran away and we have no idea what he was doing in that amount of time but... semantics) Usually a mother wouldn't let their child out of their sight, especially one with debilitating conditions such as her son's. You'd think that she would watching his every action, every breath, thinking that if she even blinked for too log he would be in danger. But instead, she relaxes, and gives her son more time to himself, leting him have the ability to wash himself in privacy. Letting me believe that she believes that her protective nature was the thing that pushed him to do something so stupid in the first place. It makes me hope that Alan and Rebecca get back together for the sake of keeping Tomas alive and not in some... older gentlemen's clothes.