Elsbeth Recap: A Few of Elsbeth’s Favorite Things

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It’s got to be hard to be a minimalism advocate. Look at this week’s murderer, Freya Frostad (Mary-Louise Parker) — she’s built an entire career and life on the belief that one only needs 44 things in this life. We never learn the origins or significance of 44, but having whittled her possessions down to that stringent number, Freya strictly enforces a one-in, one-out policy on possessions, even (or perhaps especially) for gifts she bestows upon her husband...