In the very beginning they are eating together, then Therese goes off w/the guy and his friends.. that was not a plausible (to me) situation but whatever. Then, the next time she sees Carol is at her store, and it's like they never met. Was that scene in the restaurant a flashback and if so, why was it there. What am I missing?
shareThe store scene -- and most of the movie -- is a flashback. This was telegraphed by Therese seeing the blonde pedestrian and remembering seeing Carol for the first time.
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The opening scene is the same as the near ending scene (where the two women are eating together in the restaurant.) It takes place in the "present" though a few hours before the last scene of the film. The opening scene is after their road trip adventure, their time apart and Carol's legal entanglements. It is the fist time they've seen each other in awhile after having spent all that time together, which is why the scene is fraught with tension and discomfort...and why it is doubly awkward when that man interrupts. This was an important meeting for them and it is cut short.
What am I missing?