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What is and what could be

#WhatCouldBe
1 director2 episodesin Plot Devices

Lynne Ramsay

2 episodes touching this theme
  • Strongly explored
    Ratcatcher – What’s New Pussycat?

    Feb 2026

    "You both read the wheat-field ending as a hopeful 'what could be' that never happened; Oti thinks James drowned dreaming of it, while KT dislikes the wish fulfilment and wanted the guardrails off."

    Cross-refIt Was Just an AccidentA Single Man
  • Strongly explored
    We Need to Talk About Kevin – Deliver Us From Eva

    Feb 2026

    "Oti reads it as memory, emotion-triggered fragments of Eva's past rather than Ratcatcher's hope of another reality; KT sees 'what is' as the mask Eva wears, which Kevin sees straight through."

    Cross-refRatcatcherPromising Young Woman