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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8130640" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p><strong><em>(WARNING: SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW!)</em></strong></p><p></p><p>I was laid up for a while, and just got around to finishing Lovecraft Country. And after the final episode, I have to say, I have mixed emotions.</p><p></p><p>I should start by saying that I am a fan of H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror. And I thought that the way that the show specifically tackled the interplay of race & fandom in light of the history of America was brilliant. I really enjoyed it.</p><p></p><p>And there were individual episodes that I am still thinking about. Strange Case (the body swap episode). Meet Me in Daegu (Korea). Jig-a-Bobo (Diana is chased by two malevolent spirits). Rewind 1921 (Tulsa). Holy Ghost (what's in the basement?). Not to mention some great and unexpected touches (the nods to afro-futurism in I Am). </p><p></p><p>There were individual great episodes. The acting, writing, and cinematography were all top notch. And yet, the finale left me cold. It was rushed and unearned in so many ways. It's hard to explain, and I am still thinking about it one week after watching it ... but the individual parts of the show were much greater than the sum of their parts. That's not to say that the serialized nature of the show didn't pay off; for example, the whole Tic & Montrose relationship paid off in an exquisite, and for me, unexpected fashion in the Tulsa episode, and included a callback to the very first episode's opening (with Jackie Robinson). </p><p></p><p>But so much about the finale felt unearned. The Korean episode was a highlight of the show; but the presence of Ji-Ah felt unearned and shoehorned into the rest of the show. The off-screen killing of Ruby was both completely expected (body swapping) and also made the finale feel inexplicable. Diana's killing of Christina was just ... off. </p><p></p><p>Eh. I still loved the show, but was not impressed with the last episode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8130640, member: 7023840"] [B][I](WARNING: SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW!)[/I][/B] I was laid up for a while, and just got around to finishing Lovecraft Country. And after the final episode, I have to say, I have mixed emotions. I should start by saying that I am a fan of H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror. And I thought that the way that the show specifically tackled the interplay of race & fandom in light of the history of America was brilliant. I really enjoyed it. And there were individual episodes that I am still thinking about. Strange Case (the body swap episode). Meet Me in Daegu (Korea). Jig-a-Bobo (Diana is chased by two malevolent spirits). Rewind 1921 (Tulsa). Holy Ghost (what's in the basement?). Not to mention some great and unexpected touches (the nods to afro-futurism in I Am). There were individual great episodes. The acting, writing, and cinematography were all top notch. And yet, the finale left me cold. It was rushed and unearned in so many ways. It's hard to explain, and I am still thinking about it one week after watching it ... but the individual parts of the show were much greater than the sum of their parts. That's not to say that the serialized nature of the show didn't pay off; for example, the whole Tic & Montrose relationship paid off in an exquisite, and for me, unexpected fashion in the Tulsa episode, and included a callback to the very first episode's opening (with Jackie Robinson). But so much about the finale felt unearned. The Korean episode was a highlight of the show; but the presence of Ji-Ah felt unearned and shoehorned into the rest of the show. The off-screen killing of Ruby was both completely expected (body swapping) and also made the finale feel inexplicable. Diana's killing of Christina was just ... off. Eh. I still loved the show, but was not impressed with the last episode. [/QUOTE]
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