Yeah, I noticed it too, but I was like: What's the point? Is it supposed to mean something? Is it just one of those "everything is connected!" flourishes? Is it nothing at all?

Yeah, I think you're onto something that the audio helps the effect in both cases. It makes the scene visceral and unnerving, rather than how we're used to seeing cinematic violence portrayed.

"We returned him like you said, yah? We took care of him real good— we touched his dick, Ed touched his dick, it was a whole thing—"
"Why would you tell them that?"

I feel like the show has been pushing in this direction— the two victims of racism in a white man's America teaming up. In fact, the massacre at Sioux Falls could be them holing up and unloading on every cop that tries to smoke them out.

I knew your power would come in handy at some point!

Well, I'm not defending the criticism as a criticism itself, just against the nitpicking of the language therein. I think Donovan has been pretty good; I think by and large, the cast has. (I've felt at points that the writing has failed the cast by not offering enough depth to the characters, but the actors do their…

Well, I don't, either, but by the standards we're judging by here, "terrible" is obviously hyperbolic, I'd think. It doesn't mean "actually terrible at acting", just "not the award-worthy, praise-worthy work everyone else is claiming."

"Half-breed" was interesting. Feels like there's something we don't know about Hanzee's background and why the Gerhardts took him in. Like maybe Otto knocked up a Native woman or something.

I mean, you're talking about awards, right? "Being a good enough actor to be a professional actor" doesn't mean "Being good enough to win an award." It's possible for someone to find a performance "terrible" in an award-winning context, even if the performer is obviously professional and well-trained and better than…

He did say he was "Tired of this life."

I'm with you on the skepticism— I'm always baffled how the reviewer will mention faults of the episode, but then gloss over them and give it an A anyway. (I'm also surprised that, after eight weeks of this season, this review is the first place I've even heard a mention of the problems behind a "hunter/tracker Native…

I agree with you and I haven't seen last night's episode yet, either.

Well, I appreciate your thoughtfulness. After watching the episode and making several comments regarding my thoughts, I had two other people already tell me this week to shut up and that I was being an asshole for having a dissenting opinion. I hope you can see where I was coming from with that initial reply.

I do feel like the references are supposed to mean something I don't get, that the philosophizing is ham-handed and faux-deep. I do feel like the scenes ripped off from other works take me out of this one. And finally, I don't give a damn about that last point, but it's funny how many of you commenters who love this…

In this age of peak TV, where every show is clamoring for your attention, what a treat it is to have a show like The Leftovers that doesn’t give a damn whether or not you like it.

Given that they're currently 6-10 after going 56-26 last year, adding Ty Lawson while losing no one of value, they'd damn well better look better than the scoreline suggests. Unfortunately, we're getting to the point in the season where it's no longer a "sluggish start"— continued losing will severely hamper the…

Did you mean Justified? I never thought of Deadwood as particularly Leonardian, is why I ask.

Getting to watch the Houston Rockets struggle to keep the worst team in NBA history winless is making me sad.

Put out an APB for a "Euoswis R. Dewoh"… better start with Greektown.

Quiet, I can't hear the eggs!