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Charlotte seemed like she was having some kind of psychotic episode when Elena found her in the hidden hallway/stairway. I wouldn't consider her a reliable reporter of what she knows or doesn't know during that scene.

Jamie trying to comfort Roy and his revulsion....and then Jamie saying, "I forgot how skittish elderly people are because of the war." And the chef kiss was Roy having zero reaction to that statement. I do enjoy the budding bromance between those two. The Beard screams made me laugh each and every time. I was surprised that Zava went with Richmond. I thought they needed much more adversary in the beginning of the season to overcome. But then again, Zava seems to be this season's version of season one's Jamie Tartt. A guy who cares more about himself than the team. So, we'll see if once again Ted & Co can work their magic. I did love when they showed a window into Roy's vulnerability this episode. Him holding on to Crimm's words to 17 year old Roy and how he carried that with him like the crumpled up article. Also, I can't be the only one who felt Roy was talking about Keeley just as much as Chelsea when he mentioned he wished he had stuck with it and not quit....he broke up with her because it is better to quit than to be fired. Not even a second of Nate in this episode. I both want and don't want Nate to have some redemption this season. I can't believe he is the villain he has turned out to be, so I have to hope that he has a Grinch like arc and by the end of this season his heart grows three times its size. I wanna believe in Nate intrinsic goodness, even if he does not.

I adore John Corbett, so I was just happy to see him. But yes, he is so so SO much older than Hilary. And Jesse continues to show how bad he is at relationships. Horrible.

I laugh to myself every episode at how integrated into their lives Sean is. I'm rooting for him even if his therapist is a hot mess! I was surprised and love the surprise of seeing Paul go to his grandkid's play instead of getting his "putting out to pasture" award. Also loved seeing Jimmy mourn and love his wife and then move towards being ready to really move on. Anyone who has lost someone, especially someone too soon, can relate to what we was going through this episode. Alice forgot it was her mom's birthday. I know she hates herself for it, but it shows she is healing and living more in the here and now. So I'm happy for her.

I'm so glad to have Ted Lasso back. During the off-season, I have taken to encouraging and forcing those who haven't watched the show to do so. During some of the rewatches, one of my friends talked about how much she adored Nate in season one. And it reminded me of how I felt as well before Nate turned to the dark side. I do think Nate is learning that all that Ted and Beard do isn't as easy as he thinks it is. And it is of course foreshadowing that he may have some panic issues as well. I imagine Ted is going to find out and treat him as only Ted knows how....and not how Nate did. I don't like Roy and Keeley breaking up. In fact, I reject it. Fix that stat! I did love how Ted handled the press conference and turning Nate's burn right around in classic Ted Lasso style. He was able to laugh at himself and the team's situation and take all the power away from Nate and Rupert. You can't laugh at us if we are in on the joke. Of course that only works if you don't lose, lose, lose. Hearing Ted question why he is there is haunting. I get him missing his life and his son, but it still made me sad. Seeing that Ted doesn't understand what he has done for the players, the team, Rebecca, etc. Ted needs to look at that poster in the locker room and Believe in himself and his value. Also, why is Ted not talking about this in therapy. It seems like he is still trying to put a happy face on things instead of diving down deep in there. I thought they broke through that BS last season. Can't wait til next week and to see where the show goes. And I'm rooting for a fictional team to win games and make Rupert and Nate eat their words!!

I agree that Joel didn't care, but I also don't think that means he accepted and believed the science. All he heard is that Ellie is on a surgical table and they are about to kill her. The "find someone else" is that she is not going to die for the cause under his watch.

The way this story was being told, I knew that the season would end with Joel doing whatever was necessary to save Ellie....like he was unable to do with Sarah. Joel was a cold blooded killer to get to her and keep her safe and if he could go back and be that guy with Sarah, he would without a doubt. The idea that they were going to kill Ellie and not even tell her. Not cool. Joel telling her lies about what really happened and what he did. Also not cool. Ellie is a child but she's lived the life of an adult for a long time now and deserves to know the truth and make that choice...or at least know the choice Joel made. Joel just can't lose her even if it would be what she would want. The angle I didn't see coming was that Joel's hearing loss was due to a failed suicide attempt. It doesn't surprise me since going on without Sarah had to be unbearable, I just didn't see it coming. This episode flew by. I was surprised when the credits rolled by. I didn't expect to like and be as invested in the show as I am. I hope Bella and Pedro win all the awards....it would be well deserved. And now I will just sulk until there is more show to watch.

I knew they were eating people as soon as they asked when the body would be buried and the cagey way David answered. I was disturbed by the attempted rape and at least slightly comforted that Ellie fought him off and he didn't get to finish what he started. Ellie's violence when she killed him? Totally understandable. It was overkill, but also clearly showing her trauma and rage. As a woman who has felt like prey more times than none, I get her. And David deserved the worst death that he could get. I hope the rest of the town eats him.

With a gun, probably. If you built and set traps....now that might work. I'm with you on not being incredibly bothered by the eating people angle. Meat is meat. Now I'm a vegetarian so I don't want to eat any of it, but I'm also not living in a fungus zombie dystopian nightmare, so who knows how my morals would shake out about what I would or would not eat if I was.

Many of the cemeteries where I grew up which was a cold and frigid climate had receiving tombs which were these little structures that housed the dead bodies until springtime when the ground would thaw and people could be buried again.

We spent episodes talking about interactions between a grown man and a teenage girl. I feel like the show felt that and then gave us this episode to show us what an inappropriate relationship with the undercurrent ick was and then how they manifests. I am sure I am not the only one who felt the pastor's preference for Ellie to have as a "daughter" and what his intentions were long before he showed himself to be the gross rapist that he is. Bella Ramsey continues to knock it OUT OF THE PARK! She's something else. I can't keep my eyes off her when she's in a scene. I haven't watched a moment of Game of Thrones, so I only knew her from the silly Netflix 'The Worst Witch' series, so my expectation have not only been met, but well surpassed. Ellie is someone who has been through more in her young 14 years and she keeps fighting and refuses to just give up and give in to the horrible hellscape of a world around her. She's smart and quick witted. I love Joel, but I am much more invested in Ellie. Speaking of Joel, he has kind of a Jack Bauer quality about him....no matter how injured he is, he finds a way to get through and there is usually a large body count in his wake. Those two guys thought Joel was an injured pup who would be easy to handle. Oops. Eating people doesn't seem as shocking to me in this dystopian world. There is a lack of food and once someone is dead....they are meat to put it bluntly.

The leg tremor I assume was a flare up of his Parkinson's. All in all...this episode felt a little different from the rest. There was more finding peace and less dysfunction. I did enjoy it though and saw how this group can be good together.

I think I'll just agree to disagree. We already see keeping and hoarding resources by FEDRA, the KC group and the Fireflies. That's the same as hoarding money or currently if you want to be particular. That still exists in this world and doesn't go away just because they don't have banks. People are forced to do jobs they don't want to do just to stand in line and get their tickets. That's a heck of a lot of power and where there is power...there is corruption. Those organizations would never cease to exist. They are like cockroaches, you just can't kill them. They would adapt and thrive, I have no doubt.

I grew up with Gabrielle Carteris on 90210, so I'm been primed to wave away that obvious plot hole issue.

Ration tickets is just another name for money. Money is something you use to pay people for their work and then they use to obtain goods and services. The powers in charge have taken control of the goods which people need to purchase with said ration tickets. That power dynamic is alive and well.

I think I might be veering into off topic here by responding, so I apologize in advance. I'd make the case that the world that we are seeing, religion and its influence would potentially be much more potent. Religion as an institution historically has served a variety of purposes, but one of them is to encourage and enforce societal rules and norms. In most societies there is a direct correlation to laws on the books and religious rules/ regs. I'm not saying that this show is gonna turn into The Handmaid's Tale, but I do think religion could easily play a part in radical laws, regulations and community control. Cults thrive in environments like this when you have to follow a leader in order to not die. That storyline wouldn't be a pot shot at all to me.

Right? I am shocked it hasn't happened already. The show has been hitting us over the head with this since the very beginning.

To me the Pru isn't a standard mall like the Galleria is. It's much smaller and only full of bougie stores. Not the standard fare of regular stores, an arcade and a carousel in the middle. I guess it is a mall, but for the wealthy MA elite. 🤷‍♀️

I assumed that it was a set. I think we all just went down a rabbit hole of if it was a realistic mall set for 2003 and that it seemed dated. Then I interjected that in Boston proper there really aren't malls anyways. I liked the setting of a mall where for a brief moment these kids got to still be kids. To play and dance around, play video games, go on a carousel, be smitten with someone, etc. It was sweet until the fungus woke up and ruined their good time by biting them. How rude.

Definitely not the Pru. That is not really a mall. And Natick or Marlborough aren't places that Ellie and Riley is walking to on their adventure. Reddit came to the conclusion that Cambridgeside Galleria is probably it. Someone remarked that Ellie even told Tess she was bit in a mall across the river, which I didn't remember....but that would make Cambridge a viable option. So I'll go with that in the make believe fungus zombie world. 🤣

There aren't malls like that in Boston...probably the Cambridgeside Galleria is the closest or maybe the Braintree Mall. Boston has the Pru and the Corner Mall, but never are actually malls. But this isn't a documentary so I don't really care about that.

I absolutely loved this episode and getting to see more of Ellie's origin story. The origin of the first bite. The origin of her love of a good pun. The origin of her staying with someone she loves, no matter what. Bella Ramsey and Storm Reid knocked it out of the park.

Finished it this afternoon. For the kids who have parents....they are the worst. Mom and Dad....we found out the cross worth millions that people have already tried to kill us for, so we gotta go try to get it back. Well okay....be safe while committing felonies. And then when Big John is kidnapped....explaining that you have to go and rescue him and look for the big treasure. Oh yeah, Big John was kidnapped by the guy who also kidnapped us, chased us, killed a man in front of us, etc. Pope's parents relented. Hey at least Kie's parents said hell no....and sent her off kicking and screaming to wilderness camp. I think it would be more realistic if the kids kept sneaking out and going on these adventures and the parents finding out after the fact and been super pissed. There is so much more gold there that is buried under the rubble. So disappointing. John B is back to being an orphan. And now Sarah is being raised by who??? Can her mom and sis now come out of hiding since Daddio is actually dead. If they didn't find all that gold then John B and JJ would both have nowhere to live. I swear by the end of the series all of the kids will be orphans and just living in the streets. Oh this show. It's so dumb and silly. But that's why it's a guilty pleasure. Will I watch season 4? You betcha.

Sean went to check on her as a friend....nothing more. He is an adult and she is a child, so he was shocked (thank god) when she tried to kiss him and shot it down as he should have. She is a kid and he isn't, so there is nothing there on a romantic level. Sure, she was embarrassed, but that's not on Sean. He behaved like an adult....one of the few instances we've seen in this series. I feel for Alice, but at the same time, I am high fiving Sean.

This show is a guilty pleasure for me. I'm about halfway through and will probably finish it this weekend. And because I know it annoys the cast, I'll make a Dawson's Creek comparison..... I am glad that Pope is the anti-Dawson when it comes to JJ and Kie. Pope doesn't like seeing that there is something there, but tells JJ he won't stop them and he should do what he wants. I was pleasantly surprised by that. As for John B's dad, he should have stayed dead.