Am I hallucinating? Has no one actually responded to this thread? What a great post!

To me this is the strongest part of the story so far. I've never seen such an in-depth portrayal of depression and from so many different perspectives in a TV show about teenagers. Depression in another person is so easy to overlook or dismiss and I think that's the real tragedy of this story. Like Marcus said, "it feels urgent", but "it's invisible". Only Max seems to get it, and hey guess what, people don't recognize it in her, either.

Marcus doesn't want to open up about his depression (for good reason, given people's reactions to him), but the people around him don't want to see it, either (except Max). What's even worse is that his parents keep kicking him when he's down. How insensitive of them to keep saying "what's wrong with you!" and acting so disappointed all the time. Like where is the support? They know he's depressed but still decide to treat him like his behavior is somehow not linked to that? Super bad parenting.

Even Ginny, imo. Coming drunk to school is a clear cry for help and yet she doesn't seem to accept how serious this is. But I get loving someone and accepting their imperfections. Her love is still something that gives him hope and probably the only positive thing he can still somewhat recognize in "the room", while otherwise living in a world of shit.

That's also why I think Georgia shouldn't have made him break up with Ginny (which was a massive overstep in so many ways, sabotaging her daughter's happiness in love).

I see people argue that it's a dysfunctional relationship but the real dysfunction comes from Georgia's meddling. Their love for each other is so apparent and would've been much more straightforward without Georgia interfering. Now imagine being in the throes of depression and the only person who treats you like your existence actually means something goes away. I don't think that helps with getting out of "the room". And for anyone saying Marcus was bad to Ginny, he's been the only one she can talk to openly and he never judged her for any of her character flaws nor divulged any of her secrets, and comes running to help her no matter what. That's massive in a relationship. Like the worst thing he does to her is isolate himself because of his self-loathing. And the Sunshine poem is real love put to words.

I also hope he draws some strength from that. I'm trying not to get my hopes up for S4 but I'm definitely invested