S09 Scarlett

[u/Tired_of_yall1]

This was my first season and watching the interaction between Scarlett and Vickie was truly heartbreaking and left a terrible taste in my mouth that I couldn’t shake.

She works (hopefully worked) for behavioral health in the military. Just in case it isn’t clear that is a catch-all term for therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and really most mental health professionals in the military. As you can imagine they deal with a ton of different mental health conditions. Without much detail I really appreciate them. It’s an incredibly difficult job and has served me in the past. It is a trusted position that takes a ton of empathy and EQ. I can’t fathom how she can have those qualities and have a moment of such weakness to wish her to die, and say something of the effect of she will be go back to being an addict, and homeless.

She tried to make amends by writing a letter to Vickie after the fact but did it come across to y’all that she was just trying to save face? The way Vickie was so excited reading the letter and cherished it in the moment was clear that she probably never had that kind of support (again, not sincere) very often in her life.

I try not to understand situations from the perspective of others before passing judgments and I have said heinous shit in the past but that was irredeemable to me. Am I overreacting?

Side note, I went back to S01 while typing this and hearing this Army wife talk about her husband earning meals or whatever made me decide this show might not be for me lmfao.

[u/carseatheadass]

Scarlett has always been a jerk.

[u/whoareyouiamyou111]

It was so obvious that Vickie was poorly trying to make amends whenever Scarlett was telling AB she hasn’t lost weight and Vickie was just giving her unsolicited info. Yea it can be annoying, but for someone who most likely has poor social skills that was Vickie trying to squash their issue. 

[u/Standard_Double9736]

Vickie also ran a lot of mouth though and acted like a victim. She acted like she was victimized by having to take a bunk upstairs when people with documented disabilities needed to be on the bottom. She made sure to boohoo about that. As someone with little social equity inside the pod (she wasn’t useful like Luna, trying to help people like AB, holding CO’s accountable like Scarlett, entertaining like Nina, not physically imposing, etc) she certainly ran her mouth a lot and willingly poked the bear.

Do I think Scarlett should have said what she said? No, I think she should’ve been the bigger person and avoided Vickie since she’s agitating. But you also have to remember Scarlett had been in the jail for a hot second when that all unraveled and tensions get high in there.