S01:E02 Only Skin

[AgentRXS]

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After receiving the call that her son was kidnapped by white men in Mississippi, Mamie rallies her community in Chicago to bring Emmett home. As a result, Mamie is thrust into the spotlight while facing unimaginable tragedy

Original Air Date: January 6, 2022

 

[Spartan Girl]

I knew they were going to show the body. At first I thought they shouldn’t, but then I thought about how that lying bitch that started the whole thing is still alive and free, and how Emmet’s memorial keeps getting vandalized…yeah. They needed to show it.

[kirkola]

Having been born more than a little over a decade later and in another southern state, I knew the stories and had seen the pictures, but that doesn't exactly do the story justice.  The acting here is phenomenal.  My heart was breaking at every step right along with his mother. 

[secnarf]

On 1/7/2022 at 6:14 AM, Spartan Girl said:

I knew they were going to show the body. At first I thought they shouldn’t, but then I thought about how that lying bitch that started the whole thing is still alive and free, and how Emmet’s memorial keeps getting vandalized…yeah. They needed to show it.

I knew they would show it, as Mamie Till famously had his body photographed to show the world - it would have been wrong I think to not show it here. But when they didn’t let us see it when Mose was identifying it, I realized they were going to wait until Mamie herself was able to see the body, and have the audience see it with her for the first time. 
 

I liked the attention to detail - there is a photograph of Mamie Till at the train station and I felt like that exact image was captured in the scene. 

[AgentRXS]

As a mother to a toddler son, my heart broke at Mamie remembering the day Emmett was born as she was touching his lifeless body. I can’t even imagine. Mamie Till was one hell of a woman to survive this nightmare.

[CeeBeeGee]

I'm...kind of shocked this series isn't getting more attention. It's very well done, in my opinion. I know Emmett Till's story like the back of my hand--I'm a history buff and post-WWII American history is one of my great interests, so I've read everything on this child's story. And I think this is a wonderful, nuanced, caring rendition of this horrific tragedy. Why aren't more people watching it? It's been barely reviewed--I don't see many recaps.

[andromeda331]

It was very well done. Poor Mamie I felt so bad for her. For Emmett too. I wanted so much for him to never had gone there in the first place. Poor kid.