随后,在Dylan与Mamie claire家中发生的一切,让Brook的过去在Tracy面前慢慢展开,她光鲜、无所不能的形象逐渐幻灭。她年近30,对生活的一切都抱有热情,却一事无成。她很有创造力,能想出数不尽的好点子,却很少付诸实施。就像Tracy 在自己的小说中写道的那样,”She did everything and nothing, and spend time like I always mean to : purposefully. She sang with the band and knew everyone and didn’t owe anyone anything. And couldn’t pay up, even if she did. Her beauty was that rare kind that made you want to look more like yourself and not like her…being around her is like being around new York city, that made you want to find life, not hide from it.” 尽管Brook光鲜亮丽的形象破灭,但Tracy也得以看到最真实的Brook,看到她的焦虑与逃避,她的理想与浪漫。她靠直觉来认知世界,靠情感来作出判断,乐于看到别人的成长与进步,可一直充当着别人生命中的灯塔,自己却沦为世俗意义上的失败者。
真实的Brook尽管没有初见时的完美,但已触动了正在现实与理想的夹缝中挣扎的Tracy的心。在Brook试图说服前男友和闺蜜为自己开餐馆的梦想提供援助时,Tracy不仅给予了精神支持,还积极拥护她的想法,尽管这想法再一次地被证明不切实际。其实,为Brook的想法发言,暗示了现实主义者Tracy内心理想的苏醒,她在捍卫Brook理想的同时,也是在守卫自己看似遥不可及的理想。正如电影里面的Tracy的画外音说道“she could see the whole world with painful accuracy, but couldn’t see herself or her fate. And because I was in love with her, I decided I couldn’t see it either.”Tracy深知那间饱含着美好理想的餐馆显然不可能成功,也惊讶于Brook能看清世界真实面貌的同时,却看不清自己的命运。而由于她爱Brook,所以也决定不去看清。