S03.E08: Thresholds

[AnimeMania]

Accusations start flying and truths come to light in the aftermath of a tragedy. Victor struggles to recover long-buried memories about the town's past. Julie and Ethan search for answers about the mysterious ruins in the woods.

Premiere Date: November 10, 2024      MGM+     9pm

[tired and hungry]

6 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

Well, @Moot Smoothie looks like your wish might come true 🤣

[tired and hungry]

I don't know what's happening anymore. Every character has so much going on and I find it hard to understand how everything is connected (if they even connected at all)

How is every person who's experiencing something convinced that what they're going through or doing is the way to get out of there and go home? It just cannot all be connected. If it is then I hope they reveal some more answers instead of adding more questions.

And what Julie can time travel now?

[babyrambo]

So. Ritual child sacrifice, time travel, reincarnation (at least I think thats what they were hinting at??) and a bunch of other supernatural things I’m sure I didn’t catch = an inescapable monstertown. Sure. At least it’s not a government experiment or a dream.

I remember reading some fan theories back at the start of the season that suggested that the town was possibly a punishment for whoever hurt those ghost kids that haunt Tabitha, and back then I didn’t put much stock into it (because it seemed like a ridiculous reach) but I guess it was true. 

I don’t know what I expected the origin mystery to be, but definitely something better than this. But maybe I should just be glad that it’s somewhat original & that they’re even giving up any answers at all, because dragging things along is this show’s favourite thing. The fact that if you erased half the episodes in the middle prior to this one, nothing much would’ve changed in terms of plot progression, is some pretty bad storytelling. As are the terrible decisions the characters make without putting even a second of thought into things. Boyd & Donna especially have disappointed me a lot this season. I know the town takes a toll but their behaviour feels less like intentional development and more like bad writing. 

Finding out the root of the mystery was what kept me watching and now that they’ve revealed some of it, I’m underwhelmed and a little bored by this entire season’s slow blandness.  Unless the last two episodes surprise me by being amazing, this will probably be the last season I tune in for. 

[yanksno1]

DELETE

Edited November 14, 2024 by yanksno1

[PurpleTentacle]

The rope is such a retcon after they read the critique on the internet about it.

 

[PurpleTentacle]

On 11/10/2024 at 1:42 PM, tired and hungry said:

And what Julie can time travel now?

Charitable interpretation: That stone building seems to exist in the past, as there are only ruins now. So I guess you could be transported to different times of its existence.

Of course the truth is, that the writers have no plan and this was a massive retcon.

 

 

[Anela]

WTF Elgin??