Glass: 10 Most Unintentionally Funny Bad Moments

In a delightful turn of events, the always-excellent Anya Taylor-Joy returns as Casey Cooke, the protagonist and sole survivor of The Horde's kidnappings in Split, in this film. In a not-so-delightful turn of events, her character arc from Split is completely undermined by a ludicrous 'beauty and the beast' love story.

In Split, Casey begins the film as a shy and introverted teenage student, who we find out is the victim of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her uncle, who is also her legal guardian.

Split sees her fighting through all the trials and tribulations of being kidnapped by The Horde, only to realize that her trauma and suffering has made her a stronger individual than even she could have imagined. It's a nice arc and a very nice moment that ties in with that film's larger themes of trauma and resilience, culminating with Casey reporting her uncle to the police.

When we pick up with Casey in Glass, she's free of her uncle and a much more outgoing and happy person. But when she's told that The Horde has been apprehended, her reaction is not joy, but sadness.

She goes to see him in captivity and is revealed to essentially be the Black Widow to his Hulk; she can calm him down with just the touch of her hand. Later in the film, while Dunn has his son and Glass has his mother, Casey is relegated to being the loving side-character for The Horde.

This all feels ridiculously misguided, tangling up Casey's original arc of empowerment with a toxic relationship and a whole lot of Stockholm syndrome baggage that retroactively makes Split worse.