Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
Contents
III: Unfair Games — Chapter 6
Overview
Sadie organizes the new Venice office on the day of Sam’s surgery and finds her signed Dead Sea disc. The discovery fuels suspicions that Sam manipulated her toward Dov. While Sam’s operation succeeds, Sadie plays Dead Sea and pointedly avoids visiting, signaling deepening mistrust and distance.
Summary
On the morning of Sam’s surgery, Sadie sets up the new Venice office, shelving her reference games. Finding her copy of Dead Sea with Dov’s affectionate inscription triggers a reevaluation: Sadie suspects Sam knew Dov was her boyfriend and nudged her toward him for the game’s sake.
She interprets this as a pattern of Sam’s self-interest—Ulysses, the Opus deal, Ichigo’s authorship—questioning whether she has projected emotions onto Sam that he doesn’t feel. Angry, Sadie boots up Dead Sea, channeling her rage into its violent early levels and admiring Dov’s technical brilliance.
Marx arrives to report that Sam’s surgery is over and went well, and he plans to drive to the hospital. While they watch Sadie’s gameplay, they discuss Dov’s dark sensibility and the twist that the Wraith is also undead, reframing the game’s violence as self-destructive.
When Marx urges her to visit Sam, Sadie declines, saying she has more to unpack. Her choice underscores her unresolved mistrust and emotional distance at the moment of Sam’s vulnerable recovery.
Who Appears
- SadieSets up the Venice office, finds Dov’s inscription, suspects Sam’s manipulation, plays Dead Sea, declines to visit Sam.
- MarxStops by the office, reports Sam’s surgery went well, discusses Dead Sea, urges Sadie to go to the hospital.
- SamUndergoes amputation surgery; offstage presence. Surgery is successful; becomes the focus of Sadie’s doubts.
- DovAbsent but central; his signed Dead Sea sparks Sadie’s anger and reassessment of Sam and past choices.