S01.E03: Holy Ghost

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

On 8/31/2020 at 4:03 PM, paigow said:

Which makes the easy recovery of 8 bodies suspicious...

I need to rewatch, but were eight bodies actually recovered? I thought they'd disappeared without a trace. The police dude knew they were in the house because he had been involved in their disappearance, not because they'd ever been found. My read was that the skeletons were the eight missing/dead black people, who had never been recovered and properly laid to rest, which is why their spirits remained trapped in the house.

Also, I'd be concerned that three super racist white dudes would now be haunting the house and doing everything in their power to harm Leti and the black residents. She may need to stock up on some goats for protective slaughter.

[paigow]

11 minutes ago, Sheikh Yerbouti said:

I need to rewatch, but were eight bodies actually recovered? I thought they'd disappeared without a trace. The police dude knew they were in the house because he had been involved in their disappearance, not because they'd ever been found.

He said- Body parts were recovered from 8 distinct individuals.  He has no reason to lie at this point.

[rollacoaster]

On 9/4/2020 at 9:10 PM, Scarlett45 said:

On 9/3/2020 at 10:16 AM, rollacoaster said:

"If THAT belongs to you, maybe you ought to tell her," -- ugh! Like she's property. There was no respect for Leti, only respect for Tic's property rights. 

I took that as sarcasm, not as anger or judgment towards Leti. Obviously Leti belongs to no one as she was doing what she wants (and it didn’t appear that anyone was judging her character for that), but if Tic wanted her he needed to make a move because she was not going to be sitting around waiting for him. The other guy was judging Tic for being a punk, not Leti for dancing with another guy. 
 

I think the linguistic choices fit in with the period without dehumanizing Leti at all. 

I agree, Tree was nor harsh or sarcastic in his words about Leti, he was quite genial in his gross inquiry into the nature of their relationship. 

As you said, Leti belongs to no one and does as she wants. If Tree was interested in Leti as a full human with agency, he would have gone directly to her with his inquiry and proposal, and not involved Tic at all. 

[wanderingstar]

Just catching up on this show. I thought the writers would have dragged out Leti and Tic getting together. But I forgot Misha Green burns through plot fast on her shows.

I liked this episode. Loved the housewarming party.

Wunmi Mosaku is magnificent as Ruby!

[Morrigan2575]

On 9/1/2020 at 1:25 AM, DearEvette said:

Yes, Emmett Till's nickname was BoBo and he was from Chicago.  Bobo in this ep was going on a trip and the Ouija board told him he would not enjoy it.  We know Emmet went to visit relatives down south where he was abducted and killed.

Wow. I had no idea. I figured it was important but, thought it was something that would happen in a later episode. Thanks for explaining it, I did not catch that it was Emmet.

 

[Anela]

Leti is amazing, and I also like a good ghost story. Seeing the victims restored to who they were, before they were murdered, gave me goosebumps. I liked seeing the racists get taken care of, by the ghosts.