Ending Of: Desert Hearts (with Carmen Maria Machado)
Hot and Bothered
Not Sorry Productions
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Carmen Maria Machado analyze the ending of Desert Hearts. They discuss femme expression, the bittersweet quality of the ending, and what they would want to see in a sequel.
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| 0:00.0 | Like another postcard from Silver today. |
| 0:04.0 | How are they? |
| 0:05.0 | Aren't all honeymoon cards the same? |
| 0:08.0 | Incredibly divine. Just like a movie set. |
| 0:11.0 | We're never coming back. |
| 0:13.0 | Come with me. |
| 0:14.0 | Oh, sure thing. |
| 0:16.0 | Could you just picture me with your set? |
| 0:18.0 | If you want a sure thing, Stan Reno. |
| 0:21.6 | As for my friends, I managed to get through an hour with Gwen. |
| 0:26.6 | It's a nice offer, Vivian, but there are still a few loose ends. |
| 0:34.6 | To say the least. |
| 0:36.6 | Then why'd you make it because I care about |
| 0:39.3 | you because I think you deserve to live somewhere with or near someone who |
| 0:47.0 | sees how wonderful you are exactly who you are. |
| 0:57.3 | I'm Vanessa Zoltan. |
| 0:59.4 | And I'm Carmen Maria Machado. |
| 1:31.2 | And this is Hot and Joe get married. And Kay is just like the most supportive bridesmaid best friend ever. And it's just this like |
| 1:38.3 | really beautiful, joyful wedding. And Kay and her sort of stepmom are estranged in this moment. And Kay approaches Frances and is basically like, I don't understand why you can't just accept me for who I am. And that's where she says this line of my heart was just lit up by this woman in the same way that yours was for my dad. |
| 2:03.1 | And Francis and Kay hug. |
| 2:08.7 | And Francis is like, but you know I'm never going to be able to accept this, right? |
| 2:11.3 | Like I'm never going to be able to accept you being with another woman. She's also like implies that like they're going to think she's gay because they're like hugging in the street or something. |
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