Liseys Story
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Like a lot of second episodes, Blood Bool slows things down, filling in character details through flashbacks.
Theres also the sense that Scott is pushing Lisey to specific memories.
To protect her against the increasingly terrifying Jim Dooley?
To save her sister?
Amanda tells Lisey to protect Scott and keep him connected to the world.
She sits with other solitary figures on the edge of a body of water.
Lisey Landon calls professor Dashmiel and orders him to call off his attack dog Jim Dooley.
When he does arrive, shes furious, and hes drunk.
He tells her to wait two minutes.
He can fix it.
A threatening father sits in a chair, playing with a knife.
He tells them, I made you boys.
I made you what you are.
Its okay now, he tells Lisey.
Its pain connected to past trauma as an attempt to heal a recent mistake.
Its for you, Lisey, he tells her.
And now it wont happen again.
Pain leads to a better future in this twisted form of apology.
He heals quickly, but theres still pain and blood in the process.
Later the night of the window smashing, Lisey wakes to find Scott gone.
And we see where Scott goes, the same place Amanda was sitting earlier in the episode.
There are healing waters there that he uses.
Lisey turns off the sink, and hes back in bed.
The next morning, hes making eggs and talking about how much he wants to be married.
They go out that day and someone takes a photo of the soon-to-be-famous author and his soon-to-be wife.
Its a sign to call the doctor now caring for Amanda.
Whats he pushing her toward?
Whats in the box??!?!
Meanwhile, Jim just keeps getting creepier.
First, he basically threatens the guy who now lives in the old townhouse of Scott and Lisey Landon.
Then, he proves he can even cut and eat cheese pizza like a dead-eyed lunatic.
Lisey swears that all she needs is her trusty shovel.
After all, it took care of a homicidal fan once before.
Scotts Epilogue
What about that final image??!?!
Its an unsettling final note, a hint of monsters to come.
If youve somehow never seen Julianne Moore and Clive Owen inChildren of Men, correct that oversight now.
It holds up very well.
Its incredible how much that fits here.
Scott Landon would say it wasnt a coincidence.
