Anatomy of a scene from episode 1

This feels like quite a complex sequence to me. Gibson has just had an encounter with the unconscious Spector. He is lying there vulnerable, exposed and a complex series of thoughts have presumably been running through Gibson's head. It's the end of a very long day that started in her hotel room with Anderson and ends up after the trauma of Tyler's attack in the forest in a hospital ward. She must be exhausted. She's asked to leave Spector's room by his nurse. Gibson is not used to being told what to do but she knows the nurse is right and complies without comment.

She is collecting her bags about to leave when she hears the old lady. My mother died from a form of Alzheimer's so I'm writing from experience and from the heart at that point. The old lady might just be post-operative and confused but it's an experience I've had where someone seems pleased and relieved to see you but has you confused with someone else - in this case her daughter. At that point you have a choice and Gibson chooses to play along and comfort the old lady. It's a moment of tenderness from Gibson to a stranger - Gibson is a deeply compassionate individual though her dedication to her work means that she has adopted a very necessary carapace - and obviously Gibson is touched by the moment too given that she has no family around her to support her through the trials and tribulations of the investigation.

The lines are imbued with dramatic irony in so far as they apply to Gibson who is, for the time being at least, safe.