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Mike has literal emotional baggage…

while working on my analysis for the iconic Airport scene... I noticed that Mike was holding a large blue duffle bag... or ya know-- baggage.

You can see the baggage here–

and it's still in his right hand here while he talks to El about the flowers... HOWEVER--

when the camera cuts to a close-up of the note saying "from, Mike", the baggage has suddenly transported to his left side. Perfectly behind the note and flowers. Interesting. but there is more…

Mike walks in to Will's room with the same baggage earlier.

Will asks "You already packed?" To which Mike responds: "Yeah I mean-- I never really... unpacked." Oh-- thats interesting. Mark that for later.

After Mike has his heart to heart with Will, saying that

Oh! And after Jonathan "shatters" their teary-eyed "intimate moment"... well you see--

Well-- he forgets about the baggage he has been carrying. The baggage he has been carrying since walking off the plane in California. After speaking with Will, that bag never shows up again. Note: Will still has his backpack and painting.

Mike hasn't been able to unpack the baggage he has been carrying. The emotions with him when he gave El flowers and his awkward interaction with Will. The emotional complex baggage that El questions in their fight. The note. The inability to say "I love you". Mike hasn't been able to unpack the emotions weighing hm down that surround such. Yet-- the first heart-to-heart with Will... welp, the emotional baggage is quite literally forgotten.

Not to mention:

"You never say it" + "I say it"

vs

"I didn't say it" + "You didn't have too".

TL;DR

Poor Mike hasn't been able to unpack his complex feelings but talking to Will makes him leave such troubles behind.

anywayssss.... byler endgame.

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