At the dinner table (dinner island?), Madeline's two daughters sit like angsty ducklings in a row with her too-scruffy husband, Ed, played by Adam Scott. At the head of the table, Madeline is both in charge and set apart from her family members. Later on, she and Ed somehow manage to have a fight in front to the most beautiful ocean vista I’ve ever seen. I guess if one is steeped in beauty, one becomes immune to it. Madeline's scene at home shows that while the family fights, it's clear from the scattered belongings and intimate mess that a family lives there. The same can't be said for Renata's.