Fleabag
In the Season 2 premiere of Amazon’sFleabag , she lets viewers love correctly away , " This is a love story . " Although substantially less glum than Season 1,Fleabag ’s sophomore offering still rubs at raw arena until they ’re raw . The show explores the complexity of human emotion and the trickiness of navigating them .
Fleabag ’s ( Phoebe Waller - Bridge ) most arduous personal journey is learning to get laid herself , and she detect much - require reinforcement from a completely unexpected informant — " The Priest " ( Andrew Scott ) . He is n’t an ordinary non-Christian priest ; he ’s unapologetically flawed except for one thing — his erotic love for God . Fleabagisn’t keep down to the temptingness of forbidden dearest . It ’s a testament to how we have no control over who we love or even why , and how that love can deepen us irrevocably .
Here isFleabag : 10 Quotes That Made Us Fall In Love With The Priest .
“And if you ever want to…uh, talk about stuff, I’m here. With a G&T, of course…”
" And if you ever want to … uh , talk about stuff , I ’m here . With a G&T , of course . you’re able to come whenever you desire . I ’d like you to come . If it helps . "
Even if Fleabag does n’t admit she ’s lonesome and in heroic want of a tangible human connection , The Priest knows . He recognise excited pain as adeptly as a Dr. can identify physical discomfort . He reaches out to help in the best manner he knows how — offering her a chance to talk about something important . There ’s nothing inappropriate or intimate about it .
At this point in time in their relationship , neither can be certain where the other ’s head is at . It ’s very much like dating in that regard . But while Fleabag ’s like a schoolhouse female child looking for the little indication he think she ’s exceptional , he suspects she ’s someone who needs to think in something a bit bigger than herself , and a woman who may feel very much alone .
“I believe God meant for me to love people in a…different way. I believe I’m supposed to love people as a father.”
Fleabag empathise what it feels like to be pulled toward things that are either exclusively footer or self - destructive . It ’s strong for her to hold on what would make The Priest relinquish so many things that fetch delight — mostly sexual practice and closeness . The Priest ’s explanation is beautiful in its simplicity . He ’s adequate to of love and he has it to give , but not in a romantic style .
Fleabag ’s attraction to The Priest is n’t just physical . She ’s been there and done that . What she ’s missing is the feeling of unconditional love . The allure to someone who ’s uncoerced and able to give it is something Fleabag lacks in her life . The closest she ’s get along is with Boo ( Jenny Rainsford ) , and Fleabag sabotaged it .
“We’re not gonna have sex. I know that’s what you think you want from me, but it’s not. It won’t bring any good.”
There are many blank when it comes to The Priest ’s past and it ’s up to Fleabag to fill them in . He sees through Fleabag ’s flirting and gossamer attempt at conquest because he ’s been in this position before . Her curiosity is rude , particularly as she tries to pilot a relationship with a military man where sexual urge is n’t a divisor . So he seek to set boundaries , and we severely require her to respect them because she should , but we also know in so many way they ’re perfect for each other .
The Priest knows what motivates Fleabag , and this occupation he attempts to draw in the gumption foreshadows a dearest story doomed to fail .
“I’m not being churchy, I’m trying to get to know you.”
The Priest is the first person to ever note Fleabag ’s asides to the audience . He does n’t know what they mean , but he notices that she ’s checking out , and this makes her fabulously uncomfortable . These individual thoughts are off - terminal point , and nobody else has noticed before .
Fleabag has the chance to open herself up and allow out all those sorry smell she commonly covers with clever epigram . She is still haunted by past fault and she ca n’t forgive herself . There are parts of her she does n’t require him to see because she ’s petrified he wo n’t love her as a result .
“Sometimes I worry I’m only in it for the outfits.”
As the season progresses , The Priest begins to come a second done for as his yearning for Fleabag grows . He never lets her forget how much being a priest means to him . Even the pageantry and the ceremonial components invoke to him . His confession about his slip to Rome may seem to amount to little more than a punchline , but it unwrap a human who has always felt so committed and strong in his choice , nothing could dissuade him . The Priest and Fleabag ’s moral force does n’t work if we believe he ’s not happy and fulfilled being a priest .
“Please don’t come to the church again. I mean that…with the greatest of compliments.”
AsFleabagSeason 2 moves forwards , The Priest ’s religious belief is increasingly tested , and Fleabag reassess her belief systems or deficiency thence . She open up to him as anyone parishioner might , but it ’s her rude vulnerability and a desperate supplication for guidance that blurs the line for him between being a priest , Quaker and possible buff .
He ’s not punishing her , which would be so devastating in the consequence of her confession , but he ’s waver , and the only thing he knows to do is remove enticement . This request is incongruous with his vocation , but it ’s an effort at self - conservation .
“I can’t have sex with you because I’ll fall in love with you. And if I fall in love with you, I won’t burst into flames but…my life will be f***ed.”
There is n’t anything about this proclamation that does n’t make us weak in the knee . Maybe Fleabag is selfish for pursuing The Priest in the first position , but whatever her initial motivations , she ’s in love .
The intimate chemistry between them is palpable from Episode 1 , but for The Priest , forsaking his vows is never the focus . He ’s astonishingly pragmatic about the turn itself . The thing they ’re both afraid of is the emotional fallout of it all . Fleabag does n’t seem to quite grasp that as much as he does . She ’s adept at cut up sex and love whereas he can not .
“Love is awful. It’s awful…”
" Love is awful . It ’s awful . It ’s painful . It ’s frightening . Makes you doubt yourself , guess yourself … It ’s all any of us want , and it ’s hell when we get there ! So no wonder it ’s something we do n’t want to do on our own . "
As The Priest officiates Godmother ( Olivia Colman ) and Dad ’s ( Bill Paterson ) wedding , there ’s a passel to read between the lines . He ’s struggle to reconcile the love he has for Fleabag with the love he has for God . There are unmistakable similarities between the two . He appear to be in the thick of a breakdown , weighing if the inevitable heartbreak of a potential life with Fleabag is deserving the infliction — a pain we know he ’s already experienced .
But despiteFleabag’scynical tone when it comes to love life , the content to give and palpate passion is something unavoidable and it ’s attainable . Maybe not in the traditional Hallmark way ; it ’s about who we connect with , whether by destiny or pattern .
“It takes strength to know what’s right. And love isn’t something that weak people do.”
We can see the wheels turning as he says these words . It ’s as if the answer suddenly becomes completely cleared to him . He knows he ’s going to choose God , and he has the religion to know he ’s doing the right matter . From the start , The Priest paints his relationship with God as one easier than his previous romanticist entanglements . In that respectfulness , he ’s weak , and he admires Fleabag ’s power to do what he ca n’t .
“I love you, too.”
commonly , the watchword " I love you " mean the beginning of a relationship , but these two have nowhere to go . Their journey is about getting to this point , not what comes after . Both graphic symbol enter into this reckless , doomed relationship and have intercourse the outcome , they take the plunge anyway . Fleabag call it a sexual love report , but she does n’t say they hold out gayly ever after .
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