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I really enjoyed the manga and am looking forward to seeing where the adaptation goes - it was wonderfully creepy!

I honestly don't feel like we need the backstory romance for these characters... so far the only timeline I really like is OG Monarch, with Wyatt Russell, which this episode was sadly lacking. Kurt Russell is doing fine with what he's been given but this show has far fewer monsters than the title led me to believe. I still don't get why they needed to make Monarch a shadowy "evil" organization either - the plot could have followed the kids' recruitment rather than this oddly aggressive treatment they and Lee Shaw have been dealt.

why would they sing, loudly, when they know they are trespassing and there are armed soldiers nearby?? some seriously stupid writing in this episode. I guess all we learned is that her mom sorta knew about the affair (tbh I was hoping she was in Monarch, so that was a bummer) and that the maps the kids keep ripping off walls willy-nilly are important. who would have guessed

My only question is why the hell nurse pam was such a creep for the first three episodes. You'd think they'd encourage her not to threaten paralyzing, conscious surgery to the man that they've chosen to wake up??

Then again, they kidnapped hundreds of people. So they aren't exactly on the up and up

One of the best episodes I've seen in the past few seasons! Granted, I'm a sucker for a good monster in the woods plot

Kurt Russell is great, as is his son - their character is the best with the grandma badass scientist being a close second. as someone else said, it's going to really bug me that they are pretending he is over 90 years old -- he just doesn't look that old, and he's way to agile. also -- more monsters would be amazing. right now they don't have much bite. we don't have any emotional reaction to the Bikini Atoll scene (we know from the movies that Godzilla is perfectly fine), so their reliance on that and this dramatic business with the two timing dad is getting a little old

so first thoughts - this feels like it should have been the first episode. it's odd watching it and already knowing that the badass researcher dies (quite horribly, eaten by giant insect hatchlings) seven years after she meets our cryptozoologist friend (who we already know she falls in love with) and that her new army frenemy becomes their bestie. the drama of that portion of the episode would have been more impactful if we didn't know their future.

additionally, I don't think their dad is dead. he's definitely on some sort of mission... he either is high up in monarch or he is their number 1 enemy after the deaths of his parents (I'm assuming his dad also died in a monster-related incident).

I'm curious who Cate's mom is. voiceless people like that who keep getting brought up in vague ways tend to be quite important later on. it'd be great if she was high up in monarch, I guess we'll see

the survivors guilt she must have would be absolutely insane - the brief glimpses of Godzilla was really great

Gosh this movie is stupid. Fun, don't get me wrong, but so stupid. It'd make more sense if I didn't remember every 5 minutes that they're 17 and solving yakuza drama with car races

this is the first V/H/S/ I've seen and I'm not sure if I want to watch the others - the stories didn't feel entirely finished, and they were very focused on gore which is not always my favorite type of horror. I liked the rat man and the vampire though, because I do love a good monster

Harriet the spy is a great reference