I definitely agree that the cast was amazing and the three girls were all standouts. But I disagree pretty strongly with the rest of the review. I thought this show started out really well, leaning on its cast for interesting character studies and doing a great job of recreating the late 90s. But as it went on it…

She’s fantastic in Buster Scruggs.

The song was apparently “I Got The...” by Labi Siffre. I only recognize it from being sampled in “My Name Is” by Eminem.

I generally do not care for superhero media and I did not care for Leftovers. (I didn’t even know until tonight that this is the same showrunner.) But god damn. This episode was an absolute tour de force. One of the best things to ever be shown on TV.

The show’s soundtrack is just stellar week after week. “Doot Doot” by Freuer (who later became Underworld) is an all-time chestnut from that era. The vaporwave jam as she rolled up to the Dan Quayle event. And maybe the greatest, most absurd sync I’ve ever seen early in the season - “How Can We Be Lovers” by Michael…

Good call! I was trying to place those few chords.

Totally agreed. The idea that a woman would be expected to take a man’s name is ridiculous, with absolutely zero real-world parallels. None whatsoever.

I’ve found season 2 to be even more powerful than season 1. Just utterly devastating on levels the first season never reached.

Wow, I’m surprised by the negative reactions to this episode. For me it was an A and a highlight of the series. I’m not sure why we’re supposed to be annoyed by the three wolf scenes, they made me feel some type of way. I didn’t read them as her being a badass/staring the wolf down. To me they were more suggestive of…

Yup I’ve long assumed the show ends with Nick killing June after she rejects him. 

Yeah this is what stood out to me about this episode. There are a ton of norms being eroded and it doesn’t quite feel earned or organic. The final scene from last week in the grocery store being the most glaring example. But there were a bunch more this week. June talking back to the cop etc. The whole Janine…

The review nails the problems with this episode, easily the worst of the series for me and a huge letdown after last week’s excellence. The Moira story was the lamest, laziest possible attempt to not completely waste Samara Wiley as a cast member. And the return of Janine and Emily makes no sense whatsoever. I assumed…

Good lord, Chastain or Adams? Those are easily the two most overrated in my estimation. Give me Blanchett, Dern, Moss, Watts, Samantha Morton, heaps of others all day over those two.

Personally I found it thrilling. Yes it would have been a great start to an episode. But it worked fine for me as is. Loved the music cue as well. I actually put both arms up in triumph imagining all those fascists being blown up. How can you not cheer for that moment? Agree with the rest of your review though, this…

Anyone else notice the portentous mirror cut after Elizabeth tells Philip about the cyanide pill? Philip asks her “Why did you tell me that?” and she gives that lame non-answer. Then the cut to the mirror image gives the true answer. Whereas in the non-mirrored shot, Elizabeth is on the left side, describing about…

I couldn’t believe when he went the extra step of essentially outing himself by warning against traveling to a communist country. She’s gonna tell her dad and Elizabeth and Claudia will immediately know exactly what Philip did! There’s no way either one will forgive or look past it. Man. I thought last season was a…

This is possibly the most asinine argument I’ve ever read against automating balls and strikes. The strike zone is defined by the rulebook. The rules say nothing about a ball in the zone not being a strike because the pitcher missed his spot, nor should they, as it would be injecting a completely unnecessary…

Same. “Shadow” was already one of my favorite songs of the last few years. It blew my mind when they started playing it. I had never made the connection before that they were essentially doing a Julee Cruise song with that track, but it was PERFECT for the show and for that exact moment in the show. It felt like Lynch…

It looked like a little glowing seed fell off the rock after Richard disappeared, but Mr. C didn’t go after it, whatever it was.

Is the drunk drooling scorched oil or is it meant to be blood and slobber? The woodsman above the convenience store appears to have oil all over his chin.