It’s a tragedy for Claire, who was in love with Frank once and loved him in some way long after that. It is a tragedy for Frank, who was just about to break away from his loveless marriage and try to live life to its fullest. Still, when Frank unexpectedly dies in a car accident, it is a tragedy in many ways. Claire was never able to let go of Jamie, especially with Brianna there as a constant reminder, and Frank was never willing to live with only part of Claire’s love and affection. It’s a shame they were never able to work out a more lasting friendship after their romance failed, but I suppose those are the breaks in a love story as complicated as this one. This family may have love, bound together by Frank and Claire’s adoration for their daughter, but, by the end of Claire and Frank’s marriage, the two are bitter, drained, and far from their best selves. Frank implies it is because Claire was always “away,” which is dude code for “dared to have ambitions outside of your role as wife and/or mother.” She wants to stay with Frank instead of attend Claire’s graduation dinner and, later, after Bree’s graduated and Frank announces he wants a divorce, he is confident that Brianna will want to move with him to England. While Bree is only a character on the periphery for this episode, it’s clear that she favors her father to her mother. Claire has never lied to Frank, even when he wished that she would. He doesn’t trust Claire to keep her promise that he will remain an equal parent in Brianna’s life, which is pretty damn cruel. Claire offers Frank a divorce, but he rejects the idea. When Frank’s girlfriend shows up at Claire’s graduation party (in a dick move from Frank), things come to a head. Frank has moved on - not from his partnership with Claire as Brianna’s parent, but from their partnership as husband and wife.
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