I’ve heard of it, but hadn’t seen it. Ones of the stars(?) of it was on a flight I had to a conference in Charleston and my colleague about lost her shit with excitement. 

Yeah, that’s a good way to describe it. I struggled so much with arty conceits ‘til this episode. Now I’m like, “Teens wander around at night on roller skates and no one objects to antebellum cosplay? *shrug* Alrighty then.”

Believe me, I’ve seen some fucked up shit at private parties in the South, especially as I attended a big, public university and went to a fair share of Greek Life parties (for more on that, check out the Atlanta episode set at Georgia Southern University.) You may be right Adora’s despot aesthetics wouldn’t tolerate…

Yes, many times. For Savannah, between work and vacation, usually 3 or 4 times a year.

They got plenty of rape, too, just not at the same time.

For real.

That’s kinda what I was trying to say. The type of boozed up festival I’ve been to would either go really simple, like a printed paper, “Sweetwater 420: $6" or corporate branded, splashy vinyl. I had to move this story into a fantasy realm where people hand-paint signs and get into antebellum cosplay.

Could you give an example of a particular festival? I grew up in Georgia, left for about ten years and I’ve been back for the last eight. I like a good small-town festival (even been to one in Barnesville, where this is filmed) and I’ve never seen this type of southern gothic archness. It’s pretty and creepy, but I…

This episode finally clicked something for me. I realize I’ve been getting really irritated by the mannered story being told that’s staked to child murder and rape. As I watched the ridiculous setup for Calhoun Day (there is no fucking way small town rednecks hand-painted the “Beer/Wine” sign . . . also ridiculous, as…

I love watching Paul try to stare down Danny as she calmly looks back. I imagine her inner monologue being: I DECIDE HOW PEOPLE LIVE OR DIE, MOTHERFUCKER!!

Yeah, that surprised me too. 

(I’m still rebelling.)

Oh, Daria all the way. I watched that and my mother was never going to bully me into a cheerleader uniform again. “Sorry, Mom, MTV tells me sarcasm is cool and I don’t have to buy into the patriarchy. Let’s revisit this conflict over the rest of our lives until we don’t talk to each other for a month after you vote…

It’s like NBC had a focus group made up of me and asked, “What show would showcase creative, competent people and also feature nostalgia bait of a show you loved so much you tracked down the contact information of writers of individual episodes to write thank you notes?”

That woman is a hero and her career was martyred for her courage.

For me, it was living in Spain. Sometimes we’d get real fancy and spend seven Euros.

I spent about 10% of this ep distracted by Adora’s wall treatments: Is that embossed? Nice. Oooh, pretty pink saturation, I wonder who makes that . . .

Damn, Daya’s so dumb.

Has anyone here ever had lardy buns? They sound disgusting, but then again, I’m from the South and have been known to throw some lard into biscuits and pie crusts, so I know tasty baked goods can come from it. 

The Feds and guards this (early in) season so far have been cartoons.