'The Miniaturist' Recap, Part 2: A House of Lies, A Home

In Part 2 of The Miniaturist, Nella struggles to handle the truth of her life.

Cornelia: Are you bargaining madame?
Nella: Yes, I think I am.

Everyone knows the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. This week sees Nella working her way down the list when it comes to the truth of her marriage. To the show's credit, they do allow her to consider behaving like an 18-year-old in her time would have, calling her husband a sodomite, speaking of how he will drown in hell and all the rest of it. She even threatens to run home and annul the marriage, since her husband hadn't bothered to touch her, and protests that living in poverty in a scenario where she would have children would at least make her a real woman.