I figured the noncompliant got burned like we saw Asan doing to some cops last week, but maybe? The meds thing is also a good guess.

So, what do we think the deal with the bodies in the basement was?  Potential vessels?  Seems like they burn the people they sacrifice or otherwise purge. 

This is the first time I wished there were a way to give negative stars.

I doubt it, but I agree that it would be very cool.

There is something sort of satisfying about the thought of poor Annie kicking Amity out of her head. I think we’ve seen enough of Annie to know we can’t really trust her in the long run, but I do still find her deeply sympathetic, murderous tendencies notwithstanding.

Right? And if “Ace” is right and Annie really is the predestined vessel for Amity and they do use Rita instead, it could lead to their undoing.

I thought all Lawyer Henry ever truly remembered was what he forgot in the snow--he tricked his dad into falling to his death while the Kid was present.  The Kid seems a legit stand-in for Evil (capital E) at this point, thought I’ll admit I’m gonna be real sad if he’s Randall Flagg.  Too easy, and also I’ve never…

Interesting theory.

I was talking about our Henry. What happened to him? I don’t call the Kid that because I think he was lying about being from another dimension, as wasn’t ever a Henry Deaver.

I’m still not sure there is a multiverse here. I know that has the story the Kid told, but the world he described was everyone in Castle Rock’s idealized version of it... seemed like lies from the Devil, y’know? I believe that was left intentionally ambiguous, but if it were true, the Kid couldn’t be here now as he’d…

It seems like Emily liked this episode much better than most of the season, but gave it a grade on par with the rest of it just the same.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker are both from Colorado.  Not sure why anyone here thinks they’re Canadian.

Lydia has been at Hilltop, so she may not have seen him yet.

Well, because of the whole body-snatching thing, she might die and then be resurrected and was one of the 400-year old residents.

I think I enjoyed this episode a lot more than Emily. I think it’s because both Robbins and Warsama are just crushing the material they’re given, even if said material is a little formulaic.

I think this is why they’re in charge, and guys like you and me aren’t.  Trust the experts man.

I hadn’t even considered this possibility until Rowan5215 suggested it here, but now that I’ve heard, I can’t stop thinking about it.  It’s possible the Elliot we’ve known all along is also a construct.

Interesting.  Damn.  Maybe I need to go back and watch the first two seasons again.  I do remember that he forgot who Darlene was in season one, or rather didn’t know who she was (from our perspective).

It’s been so long since I watched that I can’t remember if she took over, or just kept him in check.  Now that you mention it, I think she may have spoken to his therapist and maybe other characters, so that would me she took over at least a bit.

Yeah, that’s how I read that, too. Elliot isn’t at the table yet (and maybe isn’t—calling him a personality may not be entirely accurate), and neither are we.