I’m seeing a lot of people totally misunderstanding what Betsy meant when she was talking to Mark

The prevailing interpretation I’m seeing is that Betsy was celebrating that her girl lived while another died. That’s literally not it at all. She realized that’s what it would sound like with how she was phrasing it, which is why she corrected herself. She didn’t get it quite right, but guess why?

Betsy has been married to Adam for at least 18-19 years. She has been under his abusive, misogynistic thumb for 2 decades. How often do you think she has been allowed to express her full thoughts and opinions? How often do you think she gets to say anything other than “would you like another beer Adam” and “I’m sorry please don’t yell at me”?

IMO it’s pretty clear what she actually meant but struggled to say quite right: she has been overprotective of Eve and she’s realizing that’s basically for nothing if even the people who do everything “right” like the neighbor girl end up dying while Eve keeps getting up to get back to the fight. She’s realizing she has been wrong. She’s realizing Eve is far stronger than she knew. She’s not a bad person for struggling to say that correctly.

I’ve even seen people say this is why Betsy deserves Adam. That’s some bullshit. She’s not happy Val died. She’s not even happy about the situation in general. And it IS ironic. Ironic doesn’t mean funny. It doesn’t mean it’s a good thing. It means saying or predicting or working towards one thing and then the opposite happens. It is often used for comedic effect, but it’s also often used for dramatic effect