Yeah, I also was thinking that this guy really seems to hate Morgan Freeman.

This season sure does seem to be revolving around the nature of truth, and the way everyone in it is perceiving the reality they have versus...reality. Dot is trying desperately to hold onto hers, while the two people that control reality are destined to face off (JJL and Hamm)—it seems to be building to a showdown…

You should see the Trip Advisor responses he made to negative reviews. One highlight: “It is a good thing you left when you saw us approaching or you would have had much more to write about in your review.”

This is why you don’t move to third world countries.

I assume this is known but since it wasn’t mentioned:

The masks are of characters in A Nightmare before Christmas:
Jack Skellington as Skeleton, Lock & Shock (two members of a trio that perform a kidnapping), and the Mayor of Halloween Town.

The vibe of the masks also invokes the first episode of Channel Zero, where…

I liked Scotty’s slip-up of how “Jack Skellington” was involved; as a parent, I’m going mad at Dot using her daughter to help further her weird refusal to acknowledge the truth, but as a viewer I’m super anxious for it to all come crashing down.

Blink and miss ‘em, but Coen film homages I noticed:

I don’t see her as a straightforward heroic character. I see her as a deeply traumatized one. That’s what’s driving her denial of her past. She both recognizes the need to defend herself but refuses to acknowledge why. I guess I don’t see the show idealizing her as much as you see feel they are doing. Maybe at some…

Falling on a toilet seat = dead. Smashing a man’s skull with a toilet lid (made of the same material) = not dead. Explain.

It is getting a little weird. To the point where I’d call what she’s doing to her husband straight up gaslighting. But we know she has her reasons. So on the one hand, the cops have her dead to rights, but on the other hand, “Hi, I remember you. Why don’t you acknowledge me remembering you?” is like dude read the room.…

“This isn’t a hotel, you have to check in like everybody else”.

I think you have to look back to the start of the first episode, as the show defined “Minnesota Nice” as an artificially cheery demeanor in the face of difficult situations.

We know for sure that all local law enforcement surrounding Roy plus at least one senior member of the FBI are compromised. Since she’s likely a former member (or at minimum a witness to countless felonies) of Roy’s militia, Dot’s smart enough to know she’s dead the second she sets foot in those jurisdictions again…

I’m having a lot of trouble getting into this season. Prior seasons have had a mix of more grounded characters (Gus Grimly, Molly and Lou Solverson) and heightened characters (Karl Weathers, Oraetta Mayflower, V.M. Varga). This season, none of the main character act like real people, and that makes it very hard for me…

I commented before that Roy’s vision on the ceiling reminded me of the Wicked Witch tracking Dorothy with her crystal ball, but it didn’t occur to me until the hospital scene that Dot’s full name is Dorothy.

Phil Tibbins, the fifth member of Led Zeppelin. Left before they got famous.

Dot’s absolute refusal to acknowledge provable facts is getting frustration. But, I guess it’s like the man said:”We have our own reality.”

Lamps, torches and candles were all used. Hell there’s examples of handheld lanterns being used in the 14th century. Its more it was used sparingly and you’d be sunrised how much light one torch can give off.

My take away from the scene with the FBI agents is a rather blunt, you go to war with a popular sheriff in leagues with militia and you just get another Ruby Ridge or Waco and nobody really wants to repeat history that hard. Its a pretty cynical way of avoiding bad outcomes, just don’t bother, but I’m sure some people…

First fifteen minutes can stand with any in this show’s history. Juno Temple is killing it.