When We Go

Enjoyed this episode. It moved the story forward and I expect has set up future events. What caught in my brain though was when a certain pregnant character began sneaking and eating some unusual items. I was immediately reminded of another character, this time in a book. In Stephen King's sixth Dark Tower novel, The Song of Susannah, one of the main characters, Susannah Dean, is pregnant. Her pregnancy occurred in an unusual very Stephen King-ish manner. In the novel, Susannah repeatedly creeps away from the others in her party and eats some disgusting things and hides it from her compatriots, at least for a time. At childbirth her "baby" is quite abnormal. From what is happening in this episode one might think something similar may be coming in From. IMO, not the only King type thing in the show. Aside from the Lost similarities, I think there is quite a bit of SK scattered about.

I don't understand how this show's rating is still so high. Season 1 was great. Interesting, different story. Season 2, meh, it crawled with not much new happening until the last episode. Season 3... so far (episode 2) there's been a LOT of talking, more talking (way, way too much slow dialogue), repeating, fighting, but not much happening. I'm still waiting for all of them to sit down and try and figure out why they are here and how they got there. Nobody is asking questions. You'd think that would be a natural reaction for anyone finding themselves in this situation, but no, these guys just talk a lot, fight a lot and cry a lot. Basically reacting but not thinking ahead. It's honestly getting very, very boring at this point.

Reading through some of the posts on here always depresses me. Why can't people just enjoy the mystery? Here's a secret that should be obvious to everyone but for some reason appears not to be: Answers to the questions who, what, where, when, why, how will **never** be satisfying in a show like this. This is fiction. The most satisfying and amazing answer will be supernatural and illogical because the characters are experiencing something supernatural and illogical.

One of my favorite scenes in season 1 is when someone asks "What if we didn't survive the accident?" because that's not only a logical question given their circumstances, it's also a possible explanation for the viewer to understand what's happening. Can you imagine the disappointment you'd feel if they were all just dead? Exactly: Every explanation for their circumstances will feel disappointing because there is no explanation for what's happening to them that will feel rooted in reality.

I think we all know that "Lost" attempted to answer those questions and people still haven't forgiven it. Other shows like The Leftovers and Twin Peaks (to a certain extent), are celebrated, in part, because they maintained an enigma throughout. Whatever explanation we got was either through the perspective of the main characters or so convoluted and bizarre that no one even remembers it. I mean, The Leftovers theme song was literally "Let The Mystery Be." "From's" theme song is literally "Whatever will be, will be." This should tell you something about what to expect.

This show is as good as it gets for psychological horror. The characters have common sense. Their actions are grounded in reality and are relatable, even if their environment is not. They are trying to figure out where they are and how to escape. The rules of the town are established and followed, and the monsters remain frightening (perhaps even more, now that we know that they are trying to inflict psychological damage on at least one of the residents).

I hope people quit expecting mind bending answers, but please at least quit the pseudo-intellectual BS in reviews of this show (looking at you, dude who watched for 15 minutes, then typed out a 10,000 word essay for an episode you did not finish, for a show you do not like). Just let the mystery be. Que sera, sera.

I literally skipped through 90% of the episode on my first watch because i anticipated all the incoming drama. Then rewatched it to affirm my beliefs. Nothing happens. NOTHING. Just a cliffhanger to make you want to watch the next episode. They are even adding more mysteries than solving anything we had already to ponder about. This is so infuriating.

The first season was nice but as it went on, it's just been unnecessary drama and no actual progress. How are there so many people in that town but only 3 are trying to break out. Is it because they are chosen ?? Why do they act so soulless? If they didn't know how to manage this much characters then don't have huge cast because they don't add anything to the story.

I think after such a shocker of an episode and a conclusion like episode 1 had you're going to be guaranteed to have an episode like this, which is a little unfortunate. While the performances of the cast were absolutely brilliant, all of the emotional fallout and turmoil is just not as interesting nor exciting to watch in a show like this.

The sub plot continues to thicken and that's a good thing, but much like the main story arc, a lot of it felt procedural and standard, if not completely predictable.

So all in all, this weeks episode wasn't the most exciting that the series has to offer and certainly not compared to the season opener but it was a very well acted episode that served its purpose to set things up for the rest of the season.

7/10 - hate to have waited a week to watch it but a necessary and effective "setting the season up" type offering.