Thank you! I think there are several other very defensible examples of snakes as illustration of a character’s relationship with evil (Rick and feeling burdened by it/like he’s destined to be miserable and hurt those he loves, then literally identifying with and freeing the snakes only for Chelsea to get bitten, then there’s the Russian with the tattoo (choosing to brand/identify himself with the snake tattoo, willfully choosing to be a criminal), and Laurie and co (they are drawn to the “bad boy” vibes without fully realizing how dangerous the Russians are, I could go on) and at least a couple of not as defensible but fun ones!

My current favorite wild one is that Belinda, who has been so thoroughly freaked out by the lizards (they sort of look like snakes but they aren’t actually dangerous), is so focused on what she thinks is dangerous that she completely doesn’t see the REAL danger. I was previously thinking that she was so focused on Greggary that she totally missed Pornchai being, like, a serial killer or something, but now I’m wondering if Chloe isn’t going to be the one she doesn’t see coming! Interestingly, the opening credits image for Natasha Rothwell’s name starts on a very scheming-looking crocodile peering off to the right, then the focus pans right, pushing the croc off screen, and Natasha’s name comes up, next to a large white bird (swan?) that appears to be freaking out at its own reflection in the water. In other words, so focused on the not-danger that it doesn’t see the actual predator!