S02.E03: Who is Alive?

[Colorado David]

i am amazingly and delightfully confused as to what is really going on. i cant wait to see how it unfolds.

[Kirbyrun]

3 hours ago, peachmangosteen said:

Where did this idea that shows should be about plot above all else come from? I also personally don't understand being 'sick of slang.' It's giving 'get off my lawn' vibes.

So much of this show is so obviously about ambience.

I mean…I agree with you! I just get that some (yes, older) people are annoyed by new slang that (to them) replaces perfectly good old slang. I was just trying discern what OP’s beef was. 

[Pi237]

On 2/4/2025 at 10:18 AM, AstridM said:

That’s why European TV series are always superior, imo. 

 

I find this to be true a lot of the time. I can’t name examples right now, but their shows tend to have less episodes and only 3-4 seasons, if that. So, they’re not dragged out and repetitive because they had an end point before the series even started. 
 

Im enjoying the quirkiness of this one so far. I expect questions to be answered, but Im Enjoying the ride. 

[Affogato]

First, I wasn’t that fascinated with Lost, compared to many. It was watchable and I felt the ending made sense, if you got past the double take and thought about it. Also, I’m not sure what people were actually expecting. Not the place for this, moving on…

this is a very Alice in Wonderland story. The trip through the goat tunnel, for some reason, brought that home.  I wondered if Selvig/Cobel woke up in her car having forgotten Mrs Selvig. The bipap tibing is interesting. I think about the horned god— the man in the black pelt and horns—he was part of the weird waffle party ritual. And the baby goat caretaker was saying the babies weren’t ready. What are they using the babies for?

do the goat folk think the M stands for marsupial? Apparently. 

[catsitter]

I just rewatched season 1 episode 5 and when the MDR team visited O & D, they found out that the O & D people had a myth that MDR people had abdominal pouches with larvae in, the larvae supposedly jump out and attack people who get too close, and eventually the larvae eat and replace their parent. So I guess the goat people have heard this story too.

[Milburn Stone]

On 1/31/2025 at 3:45 AM, arc said:

I wonder if Natalie is so far gone she couldn't tell that Milchick's reaction was not gratitude. Because she kinda looks like she might have just a tiny hint of "can you believe these white people?" but it is so suppressed that Milchick certainly doesn't feel comfortable expressing his true feelings.

 

That's how I read that also. Maybe I see a hint more indication than you--just for a fleeting moment--that Natalie is aware how racist the new paintings are. And also that both of them know that the board knows the paintings are racist, and that's why they commissioned them, that was the point--to humiliate Milchick. "We're racist, we know you know it, and we also know you're just going to stand there and thank us for it."

[arc]

1 hour ago, Milburn Stone said:

And also that both of them know that the board knows the paintings are racist, and that's why they commissioned them, that was the point--to humiliate Milchick.

I assumed the opposite: the board is absolutely clueless about how offensive the paintings are. They probably genuinely think they’re being inclusive with the gesture.

[Milburn Stone]

1 hour ago, arc said:

I assumed the opposite: the board is absolutely clueless about how offensive the paintings are. They probably genuinely think they’re being inclusive with the gesture.

That could be it, but then I'd expect the silent glance between Milchick and Natalie to look more eye-rolley, like "how clueless can these clowns be" rather than "holy fuck, what is happening here."

[arc]

8 hours ago, Milburn Stone said:

That could be it, but then I'd expect the silent glance between Milchick and Natalie to look more eye-rolley, like "how clueless can these clowns be" rather than "holy fuck, what is happening here."

Well, the thing is, Milchick not only can't speak out loud because of pervasive surveillance, but he simply doesn't know how Natalie took her gift. In my reading of it, he's rightly paranoid enough to not immediately assume unbreakable racial solidarity with her, and thus he can't roll his eyes or otherwise make any obvious but silent gesture/expression. And neither can she.

[Affogato]

7 hours ago, arc said:

Well, the thing is, Milchick not only can't speak out loud because of pervasive surveillance, but he simply doesn't know how Natalie took her gift. In my reading of it, he's rightly paranoid enough to not immediately assume unbreakable racial solidarity with her, and thus he can't roll his eyes or otherwise make any obvious but silent gesture/expression. And neither can she.

I expect an episode where we learn how Milchick comes to Lumon.