Sharp Objects Finale Recap: Milk AKA Mother’s Love

Sharp Objects Season: 1 / Episode: 8: Milk/ Finale / HBO Content Warning: Self-harm. So here we are at the gates of the Sharp Objects finale and we need answers. As with all things Sharp Objects, I’m rooting for Camille Preaker to make it out of Wind Gap without further damage. I’m not sure what I hope for the rest of Wind Gap, but her? I want her to make it. Family Dinner Camille arrives at the plantation after figuring out that her mother killed her younger sister, Miriam. Almost worse than that knowledge…her revelation that the town knew–or should have known–it was happening. Jackie requested an autopsy, and Adora had the girl cremated. A nurse told her supervisors and was fired. No one wanted to know. It was inconvenient. And now? Camille was sure Adora was playing out her sickness on Amma. Camille remembers her sister: her funeral, their conversations about dying. She walks into a family dinner, a celebration of sorts. Adora proclaims that Amma is finally safe now that John Keene has been arrested for the murders. Camille is unconvinced, especially since Amma is sitting at the table looking fevered and pale. Camille Preaker wants to know what happened to two little girls and finds out so much more In her half stupor, Amma is dressed like Persephone, queen of the underworld, and hoping that John Keene gets the needle for his crimes. She asks Camille if she’d be more sad if John died or if she (Amma) died? Is this family incapable of anything normal? Why is Amma dresse…