‘Feud’ Reveals an Even Bigger Enemy Than Truman Capote

Babe’s (Naomi Watts) cancer treatments are failing. In the latest episode of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, we learn that her tumors aren’t shrinking, and Babe hates radiation treatment—so what’s the point in continuing? Her doctor wants her to keep going. Bill (Treat Williams) still wants to be with her, and has a plan for her recovery. But Babe is more focused on figuring out how to make the best of the time she still has in this world, rather than trying to elongate it.

Which is why, when Slim (Diane Lane) asks the swans to boycott Truman’s (Tom Hollander) revival of his famed Black and White party, Babe finally protests against the stalemate. Babe has had enough of this tension between her friends. C. Z. (Chloë Sevigny) agrees with Babe: They need to have a friendship truce. Princess Margaret, Richard Nixon, and Fidel Castro will be in attendance—shouldn’t they, then, be there as well? Slim is infuriated by this betrayal from her friends. Truman is a “cockroach,” she says. They’ll never be able to kill him.

Across town, Truman finalizes his list of invitees for the soirée with current partner John (Russell Tovey). Walter Cronkite and Jodie Foster earn spots on the list. As the men continue to rattle off potential guests, John grows upset with Truman, who continuously teases him. That’s what couples do—they banter! But John can’t take a joke, once again resorting to violence and anger as a way to get Truman to stop talking. Truman needs to escape this abusive relationship.

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