#and i do think zahra comes off pretty unsympathetic in the movie

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no one cares but i constantly think about henry coming to suprise alex after telling bea and being so happy only for zahra to barge in and make him feel like a threat to ellen's campaign and threaten to have him beheaded (even as a joke!) if he is seen leaving the hotel only for him to go home to texas with alex and alex wanting to walk around with him holding hands and that scaring him so badly that he runs away because he thinks that not only an impossibility but a liability to alex and his aspirations as well and THAT is why he says "i will not trade one prison for another." because he thinks that his own love for alex is such a liability to alex that he can't imagine a life lived out loud. henry never imagined he would like ever get to hold hands never the less MARRY alex some day and it not ruin alex's life and that's what makes that third act break up so good, it's just intricate writing from casey bc it garners so much sympathy to henry without letting alex feel powerless either. they that idk