Kendall Roy is tearing the Refinery29 office apart.
Others noted Kendall’s recent rendezvous with Pierce heiress and fellow sad rich person, Naomi , as the moment they got hot for Kendall. Drawn to each other by their shared demons, Kendall and Naomi — who both proclaim to be in recovery — get drunk and high and nearly hijack a helicopter. Kendall implores her to escape her life with the money from the Waystar Royco/PGN deal. Naomi looks deep into Kendall’s soul and diagnoses his entire condition.
Kathleen Gannon, a mental health counselor specializing in expressive arts therapy, told Refinery29 that these kinds of attachments to a television character are normal, even therapeutic. Defined as “parasocial relationships,” they are a “one-sided connection to a figure that does not exist , or does not know the other party exists .”
Audiences tend to form these relationships because we often have an omniscient view of the character’s life. Exploring the reasoning behind a parasocial relationship in therapy can give insight into a patient’s real-life romantic patterns and missteps. The attachment can feel quite profound, says Gannon, but as long as it’s not interfering with everyday life, it shouldn’t be a problem.
As for the process of embodying the character, the Yale-educated and effortlessly-chic-peacoat-wearing Jeremy Strong, is conflicted about fan’s reaction to Kendall’s behavior. “It feels slightly awful that people are rooting for awfulness, but maybe it sounds like they're rooting for Kendall to get his mojo back, which is not so awful,”
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