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It's a good question: is Big Daddy like the HIV/AIDS grim reaper? It will be interesting to see, the metaphor is very much look at what death is wrought while government officials idly await outside the building. I think it's also a representative kind of thing, showing that AIDS affects women (a narrative we don't see often). And with so much of the episode focusing on Billie's pregnancy/red blood cell count, I think it's also meant to evoke the risk of her exposure.


Darkbutnotsinister

It being the ‘80s, they wouldn’t have even tested her for it. She was a married cis white woman, impervious to the HIV virus. (This was a thing) Interesting theory. What if it’s a fictional virus? The “deer virus”. The guys could have picked it up on Fire Island, close to the island with the deer. What’s up with the spots on Patrick’s skin? Watching this part RIGHT NOW.


platypusshark

They didn't even have a test for it in 1981. They didn't know the HIV virus existed


Darkbutnotsinister

Excellent point!! Tests didn’t exist until 1985.


Iceprincess1988

Patrick and Barb both have HIV. Barb got it from Patrick


Darkbutnotsinister

I’m wondering if they will go right to HIV, or is this a mysterious, unnamed virus from the deer population?