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So, that scene where Jude is in the bathroom, overhears a commotion, looks out the window, and sees the girl's overwrought father. At one point, the father is holding the rifle and crying, and a tall man dressed in a light yellow or cream-coloured suit has his hand on the father's shoulder. That one quick shot is the only time you see this tall man. Did that figure seem odd to anyone? Kind of washed out? I got the fleeting impression that it was a ghost that only Jude was actually seeing. Maybe I'm the only one this seemed odd to.

Just read somewhere that this is the final season. I think it's definitely time to end. Some good stories, but most fell flat. The show, for me, never really shook that feeling that it was an indulgence for the Duplass brothers' writer friends.

I think William was real and was killed. I see a clue to that in Ruby's spelled appearance: a real woman who was killed. The sample size is admittedly small for this supposition, but it seems that the potion is made with the blood of someone who has died by violence. Perhaps that is why the transformation itself is also violent. I found myself wondering why Christina would need Ruby at all. If she has the ability, why not just transform herself into a black maid in order to infiltrate the lodge meeting and plant the totem (it looked like a painted rock or something). I'm guessing it's because she didn't have the blood of a murdered black woman, so had to find a way to manipulate a living one. So Christina wasn't ready to simply murder a black woman just to use her blood in a potion. Does that mean she might be a relative "good guy" in this story?

I was wrong about the foam party thing being the last one. Good thing because it didn't grab me. But this one with Enid and Chip was the best of the season so far. Low bar, but it would have been good even if the bar were higher.

Just caught up. A few observations: Is it me or are the British accents coming and going with Father and Campion? So the prophet is actually "Marcus" right? Orphaned even before he became a soldier. So those predatory animals sure look humanoid. Former inhabitants of the planet, now living underground?

Rita was my favourite throughout, but at the end there I really thought Bobo would win. Deservedly. But a win by Priyanka is OK in my book, too.

I'm Canadian. You should hear me after I've been binging "Deadwood" or "Justified".

She was there, I saw her, she even had a letter in her hands. For some reason they didn't show her saying anything.

One more episode left, and the trailer looked interesting. Last chance this show has to get me back for the next season.

Haha that was great.

Agreed, Jimbo is super talented. But she was starting to feel like a one-trick pony. It seems "slut" is the only character she can do, with "clown" and "Joan Rivers" variations on the theme. Rita is my favourite, but I could live with Priyanka or Bobo winning it.

Yeah these are the final 3 I would have chosen.

The only episode this season I've come close to liking is "Avalanche". This show does a lot of TZ-lite, but I think it's best when it does human emotions. The best episode of the whole show for me was the one with the guy who was trying to talk his tech-clueless mother through printing something for him over the phone, and how the stress brought out all sorts of issues with their relationship.

Whew that was close, but my beloved Rita hangs on.

Haha I guess no one else is watching this show anymore.

Rita's my favourite. There's an element of stillness I find appealing.

The sense that I got was that E.B. used to be a very good attorney, but had begun to falter in the last few years.

Am I obtuse? What did that ending mean?

I neither loved nor hated it. One question to anyone who knows: when the Boy was watching TV, each time he turned away from the screen to say "I can do that", the picture changed to two eerie figures. What was that?

Any chance the ending was tacked on after the COVID-19 lockdowns started?

Hm. Well. That happened. Another show that introduced brand new characters late in the game that we're supposed to care about. (I'm x and I'm you) I didn't hate it, but I'm underwhelmed.

Maybe that's where Diego comes in. Having been touched by Santa Muerte, perhaps he can act as her avatar in the world. His mother seems to think so.

A disheartening representation of religion. Evil gets to walk among us and cause trouble, while Good comes along afterwards to clean up the mess. Help you? Screw you!

I inferred it from her dismayed expression while he was trying to convince the other guys of the theory, but admittedly that expression could reflect any number of things, including a shared delusion with her husband that those guys clearly weren't buying.

I thought by the end that Bengelsdorf would realize the error of his ways, but nope, he just could not face his failures of judgement. He had to construct a conspiracy theory that would allow him to continue to believe he was on the right side. I got the sense that Evelyn, at least, wasn't really buying it, but felt compelled to continue her support of her husband. To the point that she would allow herself to be hoodwinked again, just to maintain her sanity. After all, he is now all she has left. Sad.