Allison Taylor analysis in day 8 Spoiler
Man, I really wish I’d discovered Reddit so many years ago...
Anyway, sometimes I read that Taylor is seen as out of character in Day 8 for letting Logan manipulate her. I, on the other hand, believe that that the story shows how the effects of Day 7 ultimately reached her.
In Day 7, she faces an immense crisis—she’s even taken hostage in the White House—, her son dies, her daughter commits murder, and she, with immense effort, reports her daughter, doing the right thing, and because of this, her husband harshly divorces her.
President Taylor is immediately portrayed as an empathetic woman; with Matobo, for example, there’s no White House-style coldnessdiplomacy, but rather an intimate relationship. In fact, in her final scene in Day 7, we see her in tears telling Ethan: “I’ve lost my family.”
After her marriage ended, Taylor threw herself into her work (a very common defense mechanism for facing personal tragedies); the peace treaty is not only the peak achievement of her administration but she likely sees it as a way to prove that losing her family was not in vain. If the treaty fails, in her eyes it would mean that she sacrificed her family for nothing, and this makes her vulnerable to Logan’s manipulation.
Palmer also breaks down in the end, but Taylor endures in one day what Palmer endures over three. It’s no surprise that she broke down faster than he did.
