Indeed, this awareness of Jack’s state of tension was general throughout the brig. ‘Goldilocks is in a rare old taking about the Doctor,’ they said. ‘Watch out for squalls.’
The undercurrents, acceptance and respect towards the captain’s relationship is notable here. The men know how much the Dr means to Jack (we’ll see how much they mean to them soon)and this fact is a ‘truth’of the ship almost immediately. This emotional awareness and the huggamugga life means the men HAVE to develop emotional sensitivities just to know what’s going on. Emotion is treated like a force to be respected, which I think we miss a bit now.
