Are you in a bleak mood about it, then? I didn't find it that bleak at all. I thought Kara and Lee came off, both, as more unlikeable. Because they're both so selfish here. But I thought Dee was given more agency (which I liked) and I also really loved seeing Kara so into Lee. The short version devastated me and left me feeling like she didn't really care about him at all: the long version was a lot more positive in my eyes, because it seems like she really needed him. (Even if she went about getting him in the most disastrous way possible!) But I'm still processing it myself... and there are few things that still sit oddly for me and I'm hoping someone will help me make sense of them. ;)

I may not get much time to comment in the next day or so. My grandma passed away last night and I have to sort things out with my family. So please don't take it personally if I don't comment on your post quite yet.