So its like Resurrection people went missing instead of coming back from the dead. This will be a first flop for HBO in a long time even T&A won't save it.
It is averaging about 50% more viewers per week than John Oliver. Granted, it is like a quarter of GoT and about half of True Blood.
Just watched this week's episode... More questions/mysteries, no answers. Not even just no answers, but no rhyme or reason to what's going on at all.
It really feels like the creator/writers have no idea where this is going. And that we're just going to be strung along for quite a while.
It really feels like the creator/writers have no idea where this is going. And that we're just going to be strung along for quite a while.
Ichinisan
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No one has been posting about this, but I have still be watching! The cult explanations and realizations of the people involved with the two cults have been pretty big.
Also, this new revelation only confirms when that strange guy that shoots the dogs showed up and the dog was in the mailbox, there was a white cult guy in the bed of his truck!
And, for people saying "the writers don't know where this is going", it is based on a novel. They know exactly where it is going. Anything not being answered is intentionally left to be answered later on (or possibly not answered at all).
Also, this new revelation only confirms when that strange guy that shoots the dogs showed up and the dog was in the mailbox, there was a white cult guy in the bed of his truck!
And, for people saying "the writers don't know where this is going", it is based on a novel. They know exactly where it is going. Anything not being answered is intentionally left to be answered later on (or possibly not answered at all).
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blankslate
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Yeah, the premise and cast interest me but Lindelhof attached to the show makes me have serious doubts about a satisfying conclusion to the show.
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The plot synopsis of the novel implies the event is never explained and all the cults are simply fanatic cults, nothing divine.
But, at least half of that has been pretty much aired or, at least, implied.
Well, the show is about survivors coping with an event, not the event itself. If you're looking for some kind of 'who dun it' in terms of them explaining the event only talked about, don't bother; it isn't a MacGuffin. Rather, the show itself is about the lives of those effected by this in a small town in NY.
It isn't going to be like Lost where you expect them to find out what happens, as it isn't so supernatural. The event did happen, and nobody can even begin to explain why.
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So I am a little confused..
What the heck was Patty babbling about? The cult killed the member who was stoned? The chief's ex is next? Who is the guy that is killing dogs and was at the cabin?
The cult is killing their own members, with their blessing, according to Patty, in order to preserve their cause. The members willingly give up their lives for the cause, due to their brainwashing. Typical martyrdom. Patty was suggesting the chief's wife would willingly give her life for the cause soon.
Last night episode was pretty good, for a story standpoint. It just showed where a lot of the characters were before the event. If the last thing you said to your kids was how bad they were and were angry, I could see how that would leave some unresolved issues.
So, the last episode played last night? It ends similar to the book, with little to no real questions answered other than, yeah the cults are full of crazy people, some of which are assholes.
Renewed for a second season though!
Renewed for a second season though!
AznAnarchy99
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I dont get it. So her family was back in the kitchen because she wished for it from the black dude?
She didn't wish it, as far as I can tell. He just 'hugged her pain away'. But, upon seeing her family, she realized the pain was still here. She had just tried to forget it. So, in a way, the Guilty Remnant achieved their goal. Nora understood she can't forget what happened, but will live on regardless. The rest of the towns people, were just upset and didn't get the message. I would assume Kevin wished for his family back, to which he did get (at least, his daughter). Also, wtf was up with the priest just blindly helping him bury a body.
Also, apparently, Justin Theroux has a giant penis. I know this, because I saw it on Conan.
The cultists did that.
What I kinda don't get is why the cultists are so hell bent on sticking the departure in everyone's face. It doesn't seem like anyone forgot about it at all...all they do is antagonize people. They're basically the biggest trolls ever.
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I don't know what to make of the show; it could turn out to have some supernatural plot twists beside the premise. The premise might just remain unexplained.
But the way it seems to me now is that this is a basically artistic show exploring the way people react to this sort of trauma, with the cultists being one type of reaction, people who feel so devastated, that they are fixated on it and want others to be as well, in a very self-destructive way, hence the smoking.
There are others, such as the Sherriff's dreams. The story of the woman who lost her whole family in the last episode seems to fit that sort of storytelling.
It seems like there are too many bizarre things and loose ends for just that sort of explanation, though.
For example, is the sheriff's father just nuts or onto something important?
Whatever happens, it's rare to see a show with this much surrealism and mystery. Whether they can do something good with it, we'll see in a year.
It's a fine line between just being strange, and actually having some payoff for the strange things.
Perhaps one of the worst payoffs form this sort of thing came from the series finale to the also surrealistic artistic show 'The Prisoner'.
They rarely seem to end well. One that perhaps did better with such a premise - to a point - was 'The Matrix'.
But the way it seems to me now is that this is a basically artistic show exploring the way people react to this sort of trauma, with the cultists being one type of reaction, people who feel so devastated, that they are fixated on it and want others to be as well, in a very self-destructive way, hence the smoking.
There are others, such as the Sherriff's dreams. The story of the woman who lost her whole family in the last episode seems to fit that sort of storytelling.
It seems like there are too many bizarre things and loose ends for just that sort of explanation, though.
For example, is the sheriff's father just nuts or onto something important?
Whatever happens, it's rare to see a show with this much surrealism and mystery. Whether they can do something good with it, we'll see in a year.
It's a fine line between just being strange, and actually having some payoff for the strange things.
Perhaps one of the worst payoffs form this sort of thing came from the series finale to the also surrealistic artistic show 'The Prisoner'.
They rarely seem to end well. One that perhaps did better with such a premise - to a point - was 'The Matrix'.
Well, the next season won't be anything based on the book. This is where the book ended, but Tom Perrotta (book author) did some writing on the show. Who knows what will happen.
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Wait, what?
So the guy known for not answering plot issues picks up source material that does the same?
Read this article:
http://www.bustle.com/articles/3848...vers-with-damon-lindelof-on-board-its-hard-to
So the departed group just disappeared? So glad I checked out early on this one.
Anubis
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