Open Casket

Elizabeth Reaser's acting was a force of nature here, she's such a good actress, Lulu's Wilson also great, but not in that way. I love how the children counterparts fits so well with the adults characters, we can see clearly that right at the beginning. I can't understand the hate with this episode. I think was stunning and powerful. The camera work and color grading still impressive, of course this deserves a emmy WINNING, not just a nomination. The written ins't completely perfect here, but the execution makes this perfect, and the edition too. Shirley's character for me, is the most interesting character of the show, just behind of Eleanor & Liv and is on par with Luke. I love this episode, because we all know Shirley's passion with the death, it all about stories, we are stories, and this is life, this is beauty, and our story after death, it's our legacy.

This was a well done episode. It creates a narrative that is stomach turning and intense. It is as much psychological drama as anything. What the writers have thrown in are some jump out scenes using insects, kittens, and other usually taboo sequences.

There is nothing here we haven't seen before, but the atmosphere really captivated me.

Shirley is really a mess.

This follow up episode showed Shirley's life when dealing with death throughout the years. The sequencing was definitely great, and it didn't seem to be jumping around too much. This series is great so far! Can't wait for episode 3.

I've always thought the the second episode in just about any show isn't usually as strong as it's pilot. That not ALWAYS the case, but it's just something I've noticed ikr event years. This episode was very good though. Reaser's acting is seriously phenomenal and I can't believe people think this insist a lifeless, expressionless performance. I'd imagine people grieving generally look and act a bit lifeless anyway, right? I still don't stand by that though. She was great in this.

I also thought all of the scares were really well handled and built-up. I do think the CGI elements are the weakest part of the show so far, but that's a fairly mild complaint with such good acting, directing, and pacing. I'm loving this show so far.

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Open Casket", the second episode "The Haunting of Hill House" was concentrating more on a backstories of the family, rather then anything else. Its a build up episode which does not move plot forward but rather shows us more about the characters themselves. It wasn't as scary as the first one, to say the least, yet it did its job by expanding the backstories of characters,

Overall, so far after two episodes i really enjoying this series so far. It has good directing, script, story and acting. Looking forward to see next episodes.