In another version, Terry and Bella concoct a plan to have a coked-up Bella trick David into assaulting her again, in order to have the police catch him in the act and arrest him. In addition to creating an astonishingly original narrative about sexual trauma, Coel also does something far more ambitious: She gives Arabella the power and authority to choose from one of a variety of endings, even if they contradict one other, without ever calling into question the fact of Arabella’s rape. So Arabella’s seeks justice through her art, and Coel’s fragmented storytelling becomes even more so: She offers three different potential endings, and one real one. Officially, there is now no assailant to be found, no one to be arrested or convicted of her assault, and no legal recourse available to her. In Episode 8, nearly nine months after her assault, police officers sympathetically tell her the DNA sample they retrieved from her had cleared their only suspect, and that without further evidence, they must declare it a cold case.
receipts and discussing the crime with the police and a survivor’s support group.Īnd yet, as her memory becomes more clear, accountability for her perpetrator becomes more elusive. In subsequent episodes, she fills in the gaps in her timeline by talking to friends she was with that night, retracing her steps via Uber and A.T.M. The show opens with Arabella (called Bella by her friends) taking a break from working on her book to meet a group of friends at a bar, after which she ends up being dragged to a bathroom stall and assaulted.
#I may destroy you episode 10 series
In “ I May Destroy You,” Coel created an entire series based around flashbacks and fragmented memories of a rape.
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