[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Station Eleven,” Episodes 1-3.]On Friday, December 17, HBO Max released the first three episodes of its dynamite limited series “Station Eleven.” The cast is populated largely with relative unknowns and a few familiar faces, including Gael García Bernal (“Mozart in the Jungle”) and Mackenzie Davis (“Halt and Catch Fire”).
But in Episode 3, “Hurricane,” a supporting player takes center stage and serves as the catalyst for the core story the series aims to tell.Miranda Carroll, embodied by a magnificent Danielle Deadwyler, is alone.
Even when surrounded by people on a crowded bus, or riding the “L” train, or at a dinner party, or in her lover’s bed.
There is always a distance and we, as the audience, have no idea why.
In the vast majority of her screen time, even in conversations, Miranda is seen alone in shots, often with a significant buffer between herself and the frames’ edges.
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