Agreed on the latter, my worry for the episode was that Joel was going to come in and save her from the evil preacher, when part of the whole point of this arc is Elle having to protect herself without Joel there.
You’d be surprised at how “cartoonishly evil” the leaders of these kinds of cults/groups are IRL.
Two thoughts,
Real missed opportunity not calling it Joker: BAD ROMANCE
I have no interest in watching Arthur beat the shit out of Harley (emotionally if not literally) while being expected to sympathizing with his plight.
The real tragedy is for all of us, not being able to see the timeline where Eleanor and Tahani were soulmates.
I have way too many that still hurt. A few that come to mind:
The Flash (1990) - Even CBS execs regretted pulling the plug
Millennium (1999) - Dark as hell, but compelling
The Lone Gunmen (2001) - Huge Sunday night ratings, cratered on Fridays for some reason
Journeyman (2007) - Kevin McKidd in a well-written Quantum Leap…
American Gothic was a weird little show, but maybe the only network TV series that ever felt like a Stephen King novel. That was the first time I saw Gary Cole or Sarah Paulson.
Sense8
The Owl House
Warrior Nun
(There may be a theme here)
HBO’s Carnivàle which was meant to run for six seasons but was canned after two in 2005. Fascinating story, brilliant actors, beautiful sets and costumes. Left the plot totally hanging and tried to play it off as a satisfying conclusion that made any sense.
Alphas, killed by SyFy after a great first season and a giant cliffhanger in the season (and series) finale. I'm still bitter about that one.
If anyone is curious what the unlabeled article photo above was from, it’s Netflix’s 1899.
If they can digitally download people’s minds and upload them into new bodies, why do they even need the magic whale juice? I mean… that’s your immortality right there!
Knives AND scorpions.
I would like the venue to be a pit of scorpions.
Although speaking of Reed Richards, I’m sorry that bit of wishful thinking appears not to have come true.
He was almost Star-Lord, which would have been much, much better.
Elle Fanning looks almost as good as Catherine the Hella Above Average. I swear if I had that costuming I’d never dress normie again.