The overall arc of The Undoing Episode 3 could be interpreted as a move on Grace’s part towards Jonathan’s side, but I think that this would be off to the extent that the side that Grace remains on is her own. And insofar as this narrative is one about that very lebensweltcoming undone, it should perhaps be no surprise that Episode 3 moves to break us from it. It is not the truth of events, in other words, that The Undoing showed us in Episodes 1 and 2 so much as the version of events tied up with Grace’s conception of reality, or her life-world. What we did see, however, was a moment from her conversation with Elena in the locker room that was not in the original scene we were presented with, which perhaps should have already been a clue that as much as things were being shown from Grace’s point of view, we have been all along dealing with an unreliable narrator. After all, we were “with her” the night in question, but we did not see this walk occur. And as we are broken out of Grace’s perspective in Episode 3, I am suspicious of her, as well. I will say, however, that the thought of a woman from the Upper East Side like Grace taking a random nighttime walk into Harlem does not seem very plausible.ĭetectives Mendoza (Edgar Ramírez) and O’Rourke (Michael Devine) strike me as rightly suspicious of Grace on the basis of this footage. But overall, unfortunately, there is just not enough information that has been given by The Undoing at this point for me to feel like I can make solid inferences on the basis of geography. This is, of course, presuming that this is where Elena’s studio was located, based on her saying in Episode 1 that she lived in Harlem when she turned down Grace’s offer of a ride home from the fundraiser. Given the proximity of the UES with East Harlem, it seems reasonable to think that Grace could indeed have been out for a walk, but would she have walked to Harlem? I somewhat doubt it. Nor am I sure where exactly to locate the scene of Elena’s death. Now, I am not positive exactly where the Frasers’ apartment is on the Upper East Side. But more deeply, Episode 3 ends with the shock that Grace is on the surveillance footage the police have been looking at from the corner near Elena’s studio. For one thing, “Do No Harm” gives us scenes of Jonathan in prison. This changes meaningfully, however, in Episode 3. Through the first two episodes of The Undoing, I have put a certain emphasis on the extent to which we have been proceeding through Grace’s perspective.