Now that Theo’s crimes are known, he will almost certainly face jailtime; his life will collapse completely. It is touching, then, that Theo spends this last second of freedom trying to catch snow, the very thing he associated in boyhood with happiness and escape. On the one hand, Theo’s desire for the snow reflects just how much his adult behavior has been shaped by his childhood pain. But more tragically, the melting snow signifies that despite his best efforts, Theo will never find real happiness; instead, he will always be trying, and failing, to “catch” it.