#aa jfa

i am probably way overthinking this interaction but yall know in farewell, my turnabout (2-2) when the trial is abt to go into recess bc adrian andrews refuses to testify? when the judge announces the trial is going into recess until the next day, phoenix says “but maya” bc he has to prove matt engardes innocence that day or something would happen to maya. did yall notice how miles didnt object and say why the trial should continue until AFTER phoenix said that?

whats interesting abt that is the fact that miles didnt object after phoenix accused him of knowing the real killer. he saw phoenix was upset abt something regarding maya. he didnt know she had been kidnapped, but he knew something was wrong regarding maya. he didnt know the extent of danger maya was in, he just knew something was up based on how upset phoenix was.

miles couldve probably won the trial if he hadnt objected to the recess. but he KNEW how important maya is to phoenix. he knew how devastated phoenix would be if something bad happened to maya. he didnt know maya couldve died, he just didnt want to see phoenix upset over whatever could happen to her if that trial ended there.

this is such a small thing but to me it says so much. anyone can see maya and phoenix r friends, but miles knew how close they actually were. she wasnt just his assistant, she was his best friend. miles knew that if anything happened to maya, phoenix would be emotionally shattered. he didnt want to see phoenix like that, so he made the judge continue the trial even if he knew that would make it harder (impossible even) for him to win.

i am def thinking way too deep into this and its probably incoherent bc its 2 am but i just thought i would share

(screenshots from the scene for context, i couldnt fit the whole thing in tho)