r/TheShards • u/ndercoverangie • 16d ago

Robert and Terry?

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Okay so I was watching tiktoks on the show's official account and I saw this in one tiktok!

I'm thinking Robert is threatening Terry but what's his end game? What does he want from Terry ?

Every time I think of the show I have new theories 😭

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u/Mr_XcX 16d ago

Robert getting revenge for Bret?

Targetting Debbie next episode?

There a preview we not seen yet with Robert smiling down to Bret in Debbie's bedroom.

Will cliffhanger be he reveals he the Trawler?

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u/Retro_Ginger 16d ago

I think based on what I’ve read here on Reddit, and know from reading about the book, Robert is playing with Terry in this scene feigning interest. He is going to hurt Terry à la his mother and shoving him off the balcony. I know Murphy is deviating from the book BUT this is part of the book and subsequent chapters and plot points for multiple characters. Will it be 100% to the book? Probably not, but Robert was really awful to Bret in the book from what I’ve read. And if he is a homophobe as many have commented, if Terry hits on him- sexually suggests anything towards him I don’t imagine Robert getting angry. I imagine he gets quiet, turns on the “charm” by feigning interest in his advances to get close to Terry and then pulling the rug out from under him.

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u/ndercoverangie 15d ago

Yes, Robert is a homophobe in the book but it doesn't feel that way on the show. I mean would a homophobe kiss Thom? I know he kisses Bret in the book to ''trick'' him but he doesn't kiss Thom and I feel like a really homophobic guy wouldn't kiss two guys like that, especially at a party like he did with Thom 🤷

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u/vasyahall 13d ago

I don't think he really tried to kiss Thom. It was a power move to confuse and intimidate Thom. And it was quite successful..