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Tommy is a VERY confusing character because ostensibly he has a baseline level of intelligence. But his "insistence" here is just moronic. It doesn't make any sense. He's so cartoonishly dead set on making Rusty pay for this. I'm open to the idea that he wants to continue but the logic displayed here is just silly. Did Rusty steal his pacifier or something? It doesn't seem to have any sense of coming from a sense of justice. You can practically feel, in every episode up to and including this one, Nico and Tommy have zero concern that Rusty is actually guilty. As far as I can tell they don't think he did it. But they have a good case and they want a notch on their newly minted belt and putting one to an old enemy makes it a two-fer. It's not that you think your neighbor killed your dog. It's that your dog died and the rich neighbor that's always blaring music doesn't have an alibi so hey might as well get two for one. It's at least an emotional travesty of law.

There's almost no "We know you did this and we're gonna take your down". Just so much "We're going to beat you even though you're man-pretty"

That said this episode ends on a really really high note for Tommy. Legitimately honest to goodness high note. I think it's the first time I've seen Tommy as a person and not just a villain who has learned not to twirl his mustache. I don't even really agree with everything that happened but at least it felt real and that's something this show could weirdly enough use more of.

Make it all make sense.

The rate at which this story progresses is borderline painful. I’m at the point now where I expect every episode to have little to no momentum.

For example… the most compelling part of this episode is that they finally have a body of one of the creatures. But that arc is constantly disrupted by boring plot points and character conversations that nobody cares about. And when they FINALLY go to do the autopsy, they stop after the first incision only to cut to Kenny complaining for the tenth time! It’s a special kind of torture.

It’s just very disappointing considering how much potential this show has. But they’re not taking risks. They’re not wowing us. Before I watched this, I read reviews that warned viewers not to get too attached to characters because they’re quick to be killed off. Several reviews mention this. But nothing is happening! Nobody is getting killed off! Almost two full seasons in, and there are no answers to ANYTHING. Only more questions.

I couldn’t care less about trees moving, or who might be pregnant, or constant hallucinations that are relentlessly unexplained.

On top of that, Jim and Kenny are simply intolerable. Ugh.

Great drama and perfect last setup episode before everything explodes in the next I believe.

• Original granny monster from the series premiere shows up again.
• The creatures walking out on Randall in the bus even though he's screaming at them means a lot. Sinse when do they abandon on trying to convince someone to open the door. He was so close to opening the door too, all they needed was to provoke him. They don't want him to die, hasn't done his part yet?
• Donna gives off social worker/therapist vibes, maybe that used to be her job.
• The creepy kids look like they've been experimented on, they're clearly victims of this place and it felt to me like they were praising Tabitha. It's all in her head but her nose is bleeding so they can affect her physically?
• I still think Tillie (the old lady) is a mole for the group of people that are supposedly monitoring everyone. I believe she purposefully gave Kristi the morphine knowing Marielle was there to see it, causing more chaos. Although, is it too obvious at this point that she's the mole?
• Every character feel like they're a ticking time bomb at this point but Kenny definitely shouldn't have a gun, he's the biggest threat because of that.
• Great performance from Ms. Tian-Chen Liu actress.
• Randall looks like he's making a trap for one of the creatures, trying to trap it in the bus with a talisman if such a thing is possible. Time to try it!

The season finale left me feeling torn. On the one hand, the show’s premise is certainly intriguing, and the mystery has been building throughout the season. I found it intriguing at first, but I’ve come to suspect the writers may be in over their heads, leaving me feeling pessimistic about the show’s future.

I want to be proven wrong, but it seems like the writers are trying to emulate J.J. Abrams’ style of tacking on mysteries without any clear plan for resolving them, which has ultimately made for an inconsistent and frustrating viewing experience.

The episode itself wasn’t very memorable or special. Like the rest of the series, this episode raised more questions than it addressed.

Ten episodes in, and other than getting to know the characters, we’re still where we started in terms of the mystery; this isn’t an indication of good writing, as answers should lead to more questions, but having no answers isn’t a sign of good writing. At least if the story had begun from Boyd’s point of view rather than the Matthews’ family, there would have been some progression in the plot.

So far, it’s been squandered potential, but the radio response and the lighthouse promise a potentially intriguing second season, so here’s hoping we get a better one.

01x10 - Oh, the Places We'll Go: 6.6/10 (Fair, Above Average)

I love meta storytelling. Recognizing Kirby Howell Baptiste after she was in this episode for 5 seconds I am so proud of myself >>=[[[[
Honestly all of the stuff about Young Neil somehow knowing about the alternate timeline that the movie is was fun. Wondering if it’s just jokes or if it’ll go further than that later on. Would be fun if that was the end of it or if it went further. Guy at work keeps talking about how this show exists to make fun (negatively) of the movie, and to that I say, grow upppppppppppp lololol and also if it truly hated the movie that much, they would have remade the movie, not make this a companion piece. Thinking that the comment about how the movie is more millennial and the show is more Gen Z tracks, I like healing characters and learning to love and be nice and stuff. This show I think is the best possible outcome of whatever Scott Pilgrim could be. Excited to… eventually see him again??? He’s definitely coming back right like how would be not. Gonna be awesome to see what he thinks about the goings ons. Continuing to love the art style, so glad something this aesthetically pleasing exists. Yay!!