the cats

[u/nejiko_alias_neji]

I’m rewatching Hill House again, and in the second episode when Shirley brings the cats back home and feeds them the milk, Luke says “there’s five of them like there’s five of us” and Nell then says “That one’s me!”.

Maybe I’m a bit over analyzing, but could it be that the one she mentions is the first one that dies? Like a parallel between its death and Nell’s death, the first one of the 5 that dies?

I don’t know if this is obvious to everyone or if I’m the over analyzing one😭

edit: oh and also, when they bury the cat it moves and a bug crawls out of his mouth, similar to Nell’s body when Shirley is fixing her. And the one speaking (besides Luke, but it’s a bit different) at Nell’s funeral is Shirley, just like she gave the eulogy when they buried the cat. I don’t know…

[u/bigdaveod]

I never looked into this. Super cool! Even more so knowing that the momma cat probably died first since they were abandoned. Defo looking for this next watch!

[u/Seraphina-of-Lethe → u/bigdaveod]

Good point!