S01.E07: Quarantine

[AnimeMania]

The team locks down in the office to isolate and destroy a murderous demon that followed them home.

SYFY Premiere date: August 28, 2021

[AnimeMania]

Five green dots in a room with six people.

[auchic]

Bottle episode! I found this one genuinely spooky, until they ended it way too soon. The tension was there! There could have been more little snippy moments, which could have been from the situation, or from the ghost/demon thing. We didn't get any truths from Father Phil, or Zooey, or Luke, which is the one I wanted most. I also wasn't a fan of adding Megan to the mix. The scariness kinda ramped itself down after that. They could have cut that whole awards sequence, or added it to another episode.

That said, I did like the ending. The Roman Agency showing up for Susan after everyone else was so bitchy to her was A-plus. I love that Susan's mom told Bob Livingston to "die in a fire." 

2 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

Five green dots in a room with six people.

Yeah, that was...stupid? Like, come on, they all flipped out when Megan showed up, they're not gonna suddenly forget that she's not there. Yeesh. But I guess they needed some way to set up that ending. 

That was quite the dream Luke had.

[ZoqFotPik]

Bob's wife's name is Twyla.

I rolled my eyes at Zooey being upset when August called her out. She can be surly, rude, and borderline hostile towards her coworkers, but then is shocked that they have some negative opinions about her? 

[Suzysite]

7 hours ago, ZoqFotPik said:

I rolled my eyes at Zooey being upset when August called her out. She can be surly, rude, and borderline hostile towards her coworkers, but then is shocked that they have some negative opinions about her? 

Right. I hate it when there's one character whose awful behavior is always overlooked by the others.  In real life that stuff wouldn't be tolerated.

[Trey]

That was a pretty good episode.

Too bad we never found out about the stories TV reporter referenced.  Luke was about to tell Susan but got interrupted.

[Johannah]

On 8/27/2021 at 11:15 PM, AnimeMania said:

Five green dots in a room with six people.

Seriously.  Six adults and not one knows how to count past 5?  

Green dots meant not possessed?  Did they say what a possessed person would have?  Another color dot or just not show up?  If it was the latter, then they are really stupid, because that is precisely what they should have been doing - COUNTING THE DAMN DOTS AND COMPARING IT TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE!

The grand entrance at the awards dinner was more awkward than awesome.  And I expected more from Susan's speech.  Weren't the others impressed by it?  Why?  It was just bleh.  

So a tragedy happens at a house and 10 years later there is another tragedy and somehow it is the realtors fault?

Wait... last week, law enforcement or reporters couldn't connect eye-impalement death every 3 days for decades, but somehow NOW someone is connecting murders a decade apart to a realty company?

 

On 8/28/2021 at 2:13 AM, auchic said:

 ... That was quite the dream Luke had.

Susan's was weirder.  And funnier.

[Ceindreadh]

1 hour ago, Johann said:

So a tragedy happens at a house and 10 years later there is another tragedy and somehow it is the realtors fault?

Wait... last week, law enforcement or reporters couldn't connect eye-impalement death every 3 days for decades, but somehow NOW someone is connecting murders a decade apart to a realty company?

 

 

 

Didn't we see Zoey going to her computer while she was possessed?  I was guessing that the Rider had her send the info to a news channel to cause trouble for the agency. 

[call me ishmael]

1 hour ago, Ceindreadh said:

 

Didn't we see Zoey going to her computer while she was possessed?  I was guessing that the Rider had her send the info to a news channel to cause trouble for the agency. 

I definitely got that impression as well.

[call me ishmael]

Now that I’ve made myself finish this, I’d say it’s my least favorite episode.  I’ll pass on the inability to count to 6 and the unnecessary cliffhanger.  It was just so ponderous.  Most of the other episodes had humor.  This one was like an entire episode of Luke’s mood when he is thinking about his mother.  If it was the first episode i watched i doubt that there would be a second.

[AnimeMania]

5 minutes ago, call me ishmael said:

Most of the other episodes had humor.

There was some humor like when Susan Ireland's mother told that guy that Susan set fire to that she hopes he dies in a fire, or when the centerpiece on that guy's table bursts into flames.

[call me ishmael]

5 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

There was some humor like when Susan Ireland's mother told that guy that Susan set fire to that she hopes he dies in a fire, or when the centerpiece on that guy's table bursts into flames.

Yeah but it wasn’t much.  This one was played too much for solemn significance.  Even that could have been done in a more humorous way since he was such a sleaze.

[AnimeMania]

2 minutes ago, call me ishmael said:

Yeah but it wasn’t much.  This one was played too much for solemn significance.  Even that could have been done in a more humorous way since he was such a sleaze.

I have been complaining about them playing everything so straight since the first episode, so I am glad they are allowing any humor as well as allowing themselves to seem scared by the entities that they encounter. There is still room for improvement. 

[Grrarrggh]

On 8/31/2021 at 5:10 PM, Ceindreadh said:

Didn't we see Zoey going to her computer while she was possessed?  I was guessing that the Rider had her send the info to a news channel to cause trouble for the agency. 

I thought It had looked up the best house for it to get a feast at, which is why it attached to Megan and why It/Megan picked a fight with Luke at the end.