Lovecraft Country
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Atticus Tic Freeman screaming shoot the mothafucka!
about the racist sheriff-turned-vampiric-Lovecraftian-being feels like a gift.
The episode has moved into full-blown, gory horror by this point, but the comedic timing is impeccable.
The block party is also some lighthearted fun before the other shoe drops.
Its 1955, in the South Side of Chicago.
The air is celebratory and full of color.
One of the most interesting moments of the episode happens early on in this celebration.
At nightfall, Atticus busts the hydrant back open.
Its afuck youto those cops and the scout he watched promise Black boys adventure.
I love these small moments of indulgence in the face of the world around them.
Its all a middle finger to the genre storytelling before it that has pushed Black people aside.
Of course, not everything is joyous and without baggage.
But the episodes big bad is the sheriff of Devon County, Eustace Hump.
If the information that Marvin found wasnt enough to show how evil this man is, his dialogue is.
For a minute I was sure their car would die.
The sequence is full of dread.
Somehow, theres still more terror in store for these folks.
The chase isnt really over.
Thankfully, as if Atticuss imagination summoned them, creatures that look awfully like shoggoths appear.
Most of the deputies are killed (brutally!
), the sheriff is bitten, and those still living take refuge in a cabin.
They cant catch a break!
Thankfully, Letitia goes and gets the car and saves the day, but the sheriff-shoggoth escapes.
Outside, they are surrounded by more bubble blobs (were these all once humans?)
and use flares to keep them at bay.
Its all excess, but in a good way.
And like a true horror film, we end on a cliffhanger.
Will they survive whatever comes in the sequel?
Leftover Country
MY NAMES NOT GIRL, ITS LETITIA FUCKIN LEWIS!
The narration in the opening dream sequence is from the 1950 filmThe Jackie Robinson Story.
It feels like the conversation is already there bubbling just under the surface in her discussion with Ruby.
Shes the Martian gloriously descending from the spaceship in the opening dream sequence.
I suspect she also might be the voice from Tics ominous call to South Korea.
The reveal is quick and the action is kinetic.
The car is even a character of sorts the characters call it Woody.
Fuck, Eustace Hump!
(Which sounds like … never mind).
Diana is basing her new comic The Interplanetary Adventures of Orithyia Blue off her dads adventures.
Its very sweet and I need the comic ASAP.
The show goes out of its way to let us know shes talented for her age.
Gaywatch: Atticus walks in on the bar owner hooking up with a man in the back alley.
Im glad he doesnt react negatively.
Fingers crossed for some queer representation as the show progresses.
