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TheDaysKing t1_j6nj1n4 wrote

Reply to comment by DanWillHor in The last hour of Cast Away is devastating and beautiful by PastMiddleAge

IIRC, didn't the husband (and yeah, I'm pretty sure he was the dentist she mentioned in the beginning) only come in because Helen Hunt was too heartbroken to face Tom Hanks?

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Keudn883 t1_j6nz9qn wrote

She was a wreck. Her entire life was flipped upside down. The husband knew she just needed more time to absorb what was going on. He probably figured Chuck needed more time as well. When Chuck arrives at her home later on we see all that time she spent going over Chucks journey. That was her coming to terms with the whole situation at least until a few minutes later when she kind of breaks but Chuck tells her it will be okay and to go back to her husband and child. She goes back to her adventure and he leaves to go on his new adventure.

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DanWillHor t1_j6pipv7 wrote

Ah, probably true. It's been a while.

I do remember her trying to go in and being stopped though. She's crying and says something like "I got to see him" and the husband just puts her back in the car.

Could be a bad memory though.

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