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Wage of Fear ... on ice?
Trusting the audience...
Spoilers ... was it coach?
Incuriousness (spoilers s2ep2)
Premise...?
Frady's premise wrong?
"Glass Onion" at closing credits?
No helmet?
Finding it hard to watch...
Intriguing ideas, fumbled execution (Spoilers)
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Wasn't capital punishment (i.e. burning) for witchcraft repealed in 1735 by the Witchcraft Act? I thought one year's imprisonment was the maximum punishment allowed after that.
Yellow Submarine doesn't count in the official Beatles canon? I hadn't realized, 'cause it's also my least favorite of theirs.
Avoiding spoilers at the moment, I'm in the midst of reading the books (book two, Shift, has been a bit of a chore to plog through), but suffice to say the series ends about midway through book one. And we do learn about the circumstances outside.
Well, there was deep concern about the harvest & food supply expressed, especially after the busload arrived. Though, yeah, you have to wonder about things like coffee, no way could they harvest & cure coffee beans there. I did like that the woman was curious enough about the source of electricity to dig out the wiring. But overall there's a lack of curiosity about the situation that seems unduly passive. I think the writers created a fascinating scenario that they themselves don't really know how to solve. Unlike many such series each season finale solves no problem or reveals nothing significant about their circumstances. Very frustrating.
You might be right. I think something similar, only to a greater extent, is happening with From. It opens with a fascinating concept or series of concepts, but it seems likely the writers have become more than a bit lost.
Were that the case I think he would have invited them, right? No. I think he wanted to kill them, why else set fire when they're mostly all sleeping? Perhaps he was guided by the woman/spirit Javi alluded to after his return.
The series opening scene suggested the girls broke up into different sects. Why else would pit girl not know where the trap was? In order for them to separate like that they'd need not to live together in one location, so I see why it was necessary to destroy the cabin.
I keep wondering if a one-legged man, older than the rest, will turn up eventually in the present day. It seems unlikely, but who knows?
I think it was political. Recall when Donna tells Boyd the deal was he wasn't supposed to come there at all in S1? My guess is that not everyone was on board with making Boyd sheriff, so they moved into a place of their own (including Boyd's son), in order to be self-sufficient, not rely on anything from the town & also not submit to Boyd's authority.
Not disagreeing. I do think the show is well done, quite dark & brilliant. I just have a bit of trouble with the essential premise, of how they would have kept this secret for so long. Another issue I have is with the opening scene: Girl runs, essentially being chased & falls into the pit. How did she not know where it was? Where was she when the trap was being set? I thought I read that the survivors descend into clans of some sort, so maybe that's it. Those who eat vs those who don't? I guess we'll see.
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