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Anatomy of a scene from episode 5


Allan Cubitt explains the scene with David Alvarez in the interview room
Martin McCann...delivered a blistering performance
This is a key moment in our understanding of Spector who is talking, at the same time, to Larson about his mother's suicide. Jensen has denied abusing Spector - Peter Baldwin - Spector has denied that Father Jensen abused him to Gibson, suggesting he made himself repulsive to Jensen. It feels like we are finally getting to the truth from David Alvarez - that every boy was abused and that Spector was Jensen's chosen boy for a year. Alvarez recalls a moment that could be close to kindness from Spector - perhaps from a time when he was still capable of feeling empathy. Martin McCann came in for just one day and delivered a blistering performance, deeply felt and believable I think.