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The walls are closing in on Camelot 2.0 in the penultimate episode of Love Story, "Exit Strategy," and the snark squad is breaking down a "bottle episode" that felt more like a pressure cooker. We’re unpacking the deteriorating marriage of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette as they spiral through intense isolation and untreated depression within the echoing halls of their Tribeca loft—all while the looming shadow of Princess Diana’s death serves as a grim harbinger for their own fate. While critics are hailing the raw, emotional performances of Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly, the "history buffs" on Reddit are having a field day with the script's melodramatic flourishes and timeline "creative liberties." Between the constant foreshadowing of that final flight and the claustrophobic arguments over paparazzi and legacy, we’re asking: is this a nuanced look at a fractured American dream, or is the show leaning too hard into the "doomed lovers" trope to distract us from the fact that we already know how this flight ends?