This Is The Last Time

The National

Darby and Bradley are leaving his father’s funeral after she got drunk, embarrassed him, and puked. The silence between them in the car represents the distance that’s been growing between them. Darby leaves his apartment with a box full of her things, which is the same box in which she carried his belongings to him from the office. It is a full-circle moment showing how the beginning of their relationship and the ending both looked the same- Darby carrying a box of possessions. It’s a standard office type box, showing how their relationship was doomed from the beginning since it was always juxtaposed to their previous boss/employee relationship.