S03.E10: Got Milk?

[MarkHB]

The first moments of the deadly virus outbreak are revealed through a special lens.

[Galileo908]

Well, that was haunting and hilarious. Kristen Wiig is really good, you guys.

And OH SHIT how did I not realize that The Drone was hers?! Good to know it was friendly. Looks like she's the new Mike for this season?

Next week: We see the gang again.

[Mulva]

I loved the parade of presidents.  I hope the dog was alright.

[Arynm]

Loved it. Kristen Wiig kills. Not many people can carry an episode, let alone an episode of a show they are not even on.  Very well done. I hope to see see the dog soon.

[Galileo908]

1) Yeah, I hope the dog is okay. It's not like anything is around to kill it? 

2) Speaking of which, we still don't know what happened to the cow. If the drone wasn't responsible, what killed it?

3) I admit that I had a sick thrill seeing all of Trump's cabinet getting offed one by one (and also Pence already being president). We went through a LOT of presidents quickly to get to President DeVos, she'd be 13th in line.

Edited March 6, 2017 by Galileo908

[GRChereck]

Well, now we know the story behind the drone from s.2. :D

Interesting look at The Virus from a different perspective! I thought Wiig did an excellent job of handling a pretty wide range of emotion, too -- even in Pamela's sanity-slippage, when she was trying to teach the dog to talk, I didn't think she went too over-the-top with it (though I thought "milk" was kind of an odd choice of word to teach Jeremy, considering they most likely wouldn't have had any in the bunker...). I admit I kinda missed the Tucson / Malibu / San Jose Crew, but just seeing that drone footage of Gail, Erica, Todd and Carol was enough to keep me happy for another week...

Oh! And nice to see Laura Dern pop up on this show (as Pamela's cat-loving frenemy), since her dad and Forte became friends while working on Nebraska. :)

37 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

3) I admit that I had a sick thrill seeing all of Trump's cabinet getting offed one by one (and also Pence already being president).

I kinda like that they left it open as to whether Trump was one of the first people to die from The Virus, or he was no longer President because of something else that happened (resignation / impeachment, or a different cause of death) prior to that. 

Edited March 6, 2017 by GRChereck
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[MarkHB]

So Laura Dern is this half-season's Freak Cameo By a Really Big Star. *giggle*

I am sure the dog caught the virus from the wind and passed away... possibly a better fate than being locked up with his rapidly-deteriorating owner.  Given by the way it ran, I'm sure the dog had the same feeling.

So, San Jose is where they are now?  I've really not been sure since they moved out of Malibu and landed at the Suburban Office Park of Utopia (except for the elevator of doom).

[Irlandesa]

49 minutes ago, GRChereck said:

I kinda like that they left it open as to whether Trump was one of the first people to die from The Virus, or he was no longer President because of something else that happened (resignation / impeachment, or a different cause of death) prior to that. 

I'm waiting to see if it'll be revealed that he'll be behind (unwittingly or not) unleashing the plague.  But yes, I did like how they just sort of skipped over him and let it be open to interpretation as to why he was no longer holding that position.

I thought the episode was okay.  I have this weird love/hate relationship with Wiig.  I think she's fine and talented.  I think I like her as a person but too much of her can grate.  I would have preferred to see some pre-virus scenes from the regular crew.  Still, I wasn't bored. 

And Laura Dern and the dog were both treats. 

[ottoDbusdriver]

Canine Hip Dysplasia -- Really ?  Pamela was a rich bored housewife with her pet charity (which also happened to be about pets, in this case dogs) -- of course, named after herself.  Couldn't stand Pamela Brinton from the get go -- if they were writing Pamela Brinton as a female Tandy, mission accomplished and 'no thanks'.

Mike Pence is POTUS 46 -- and him dying at 61 would make the year 2020 or 2021 (depending on when he died).
Then Paul Ryan, Rex Tillerson, Steve Mnuchin, Jeff Sessions, Betsy Devos -- wow, they really chewed through the Presidential succession list.
Though I thought it was really odd that none of the military escort had masks on in a time of pandemic.
With Betsy Devos dying also at 61 would probably make it 2020 (she's older than Pence, according to Wikipedia).

Trying to get her dog to speak was Tandy level of stupid.  So, basically nothing happened to Pamela in year 2 ?  Really ?

How in the hell will Pamela ever find the group ?  If you remember, their vehicles all broke down one after the other on the return trip back from San Francisco and they wandered into the business park adjoining that airport.  They certainly didn't leave a note in Malibu indicating their current position.  Heck, they haven't gone back to Mailbu yet in order to get the calf, have they ?

Did the military clear all the roads of traffic across America BEFORE they all died ?  Because all the highways seem REALLY, REALLY conveniently empty.
 

[Matt1]

22 minutes ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

Mike Pence is POTUS 46 -- and him dying at 61 would make the year 2020 or 2021 (depending on when he died).
Then Paul Ryan, Rex Tillerson, Steve Mnuchin, Jeff Sessions, Betsy Devos -- wow, they really chewed through the Presidential succession list.
Though I thought it was really odd that none of the military escort had masks on in a time of pandemic.
With Betsy Devos dying also at 61 would probably make it 2020 (she's older than Pence, according to Wikipedia).

The virus has been established as 2019 from the pilot, the episode where Todd and Melissa were watching TV, and Tandy's parents' graves.  That fits with DeVos being 61, but Pence's age must have been a mistake (he would be 60 in late 2019).  Given clues, I imagine the gala with the early signs to have been in the summer, with the peak of the virus (and procession of presidents) in the fall of 2019.  I guess it was probably November or December by the end, when the streets emptied (after DeVos's death).  The presidential funerals seemed overly formal, given the context of a virus bad enough that you had six (seven with Trump?) presidents in a few months.

Right now, by the way, it is the spring of 2024, probably March or April.  Gordon died in the summer/fall of 2023, Phil II died around Christmas 2023, and Mike's fart jar was labeled "February 11, 2024".

As an aside, I wonder about the lack of a mention of Trump.  I know it would be impossible since he is the President of the United States, but it almost seems like they are setting it up for Trump to have survived and appear on the show in some capacity (maybe someone playing him?).  And, I say this as a Trump supporter.

[SlackerInc]

I love how they keep adapting to their near-future setting.  When the show premiered in March of 2015, Trump hadn't even announced his candidacy.  Now only two years later, he is president and they are implying he gets impeached or resigns in his first term (I don't think the virus fits either the timeline or Pamela's snark about how surely the president has a vaccine--before cutting to Pence's funeral).

And Amazon's Alexa, not available to the general public then, is now a popular item and obvious inspiration for "Alana".

[sarahthenerd]

I loved this episode. I do sort of wish we'd gotten a little cameo from one of the others pre-virus, though. Her passing Tandy in the street or something would've been quite funny.

[legaleagle53]

7 hours ago, Matt1 said:

As an aside, I wonder about the lack of a mention of Trump.  I know it would be impossible since he is the President of the United States, but it almost seems like they are setting it up for Trump to have survived and appear on the show in some capacity (maybe someone playing him?).  And, I say this as a Trump supporter.

NONONONONO.  Not if there's a God in Heaven.  Just NO.

[Suzysite]

Loved seeing how the virus played out, even if it was with a complete stranger.  I guess seeing familiar characters facing loss would be too sad.   Gotta say, I'm a little surprised at all the mean delight at Trump's people dying, but as a Trump supporter I guess I'd have laughed to see all of Obama's people being picked off one by one, too, so I can't be too offended.   Taking offense seems to be the national pastime these days.

Yes a Trump cameo would be sweet.

[DrSpaceman73]

13 hours ago, Mulva said:

I loved the parade of presidents.  I hope the dog was alright.

The whole episode was worth it just for the montage of dead president's funerals

[GRChereck]

3 hours ago, Suzysite said:

I guess seeing familiar characters facing loss would be too sad.

That was my thought, too. :( Plus, I feel like we've already had enough hints at what their losses -- especially Tandy's and Carol's (recall his birthday flashback in "Alive in Tucson" and her old bedroom in "Is There Anybody Out There?") -- meant to them, so I'm not sure what more could've been gained by actually seeing them play out. 

[nodorothyparker]

This was an impressive episode, especially since it was being carried solo by someone who's not even part of the regular cast.  I've never had much strong feeling either way about Kristin Wiig but she really impressed me here.  I liked seeing how the virus progressed.  It's been hinted at before and most of it we probably could have guessed, but it was still a nice fill in the blank kind of thing.  Pamela's deteriorating state in the bunker as time dragged on was a terrific callback to our introduction to original recipe Phil in the first episode and a reminder that none of these people should be okay after having lived through that.

The montage of the virus ripping through the presidential succession was also a great bit.

Speaking of which, as the moderator of this forum I'm very happy to find all of you guys sticking to the show topic and not using that bit as a jumping off point for further political talk.  Your restraint per the site rules is very much noted and appreciated.

[Traveller519]

You got me with the drone, show. When it started flying up on the Malibu House, I was thinking, "Ah, here we go" then, "Oh Shit, right! The drone that buzzed Gail, well done!"

Jeremy taking off at full speed out of the bunker was completely expected, and also still totally hilarious. Props to Kristen Wiig for carrying so much of the show herself. These little call backs to the pilot with people feeling alone are always humbling (thinking back to Mike and Pat last year) and remind you that this isn't just a straight up comedy. I really enjoy that the show does so much work with so little cast.

I'm officially adding Laura Dern and Laura Linney to my list of impossible to discern resumes, along with Dylan McDermott/Dermot Mulroney and Bill Pullman/Bill Paxton (RIP).

[Big Mother]

If the virus hit in 2019, then this show can't continue for more than another 2 years on TV, bc by then we'll hit the real 2019 and the dates won't make sense anymore (unless we view this as alternate universe/scifi). They shouldve chosen a date way more in the future.

[dcalley]

I didn't miss the main cast at all, but when the drone spotted Gail I did get sad worrying about her fate.

[jumper sage]

15 hours ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

Mike Pence is POTUS 46 -- and him dying at 61 would make the year 2020 or 2021 (depending on when he died).
Then Paul Ryan, Rex Tillerson, Steve Mnuchin, Jeff Sessions, Betsy Devos -- wow, they really chewed through the Presidential succession list.
Though I thought it was really odd that none of the military escort had masks on in a time of pandemic.
With Betsy Devos dying also at 61 would probably make it 2020 (she's older than Pence, according to Wikipedia).

I love your research.  Just as good as those on the TAR thread where they take the position of the sun by looking at shadows in the pictures and then getting the  race run and then finally getting the position of teams at the time of the pics.

Well done!

[Gulftastic]

'I'm making you that soup......in my heart..' 

Loved the episode. Kristin Wiig is such good value.

[GRChereck]

3 hours ago, Big Mother said:

If the virus hit in 2019, then this show can't continue for more than another 2 years on TV, bc by then we'll hit the real 2019 and the dates won't make sense anymore (unless we view this as alternate universe/scifi). They shouldve chosen a date way more in the future.

Good point; though, to be fair, I don't think Forte himself imagined at the time that his odd little show would last more than a season, let alone make it through three. :\

As far as the ratings go (it's been hovering around 0.9-1.1 since, I think, Season 2's mid-season return), it's hard to tell whether FOX would even renew for a fourth; though if it does, I can't imagine Will wanting to do more than a half-season (9-13 episodes), at the risk of completely burning himself out. (Even during the past two seasons of handing show-running duties over to other producers -- Dan Sterling in s.2, Andy Bobrow midway through s.2, and Erik Durbin with Andy this season -- he's remained closely involved in every aspect of production.)

Edited March 6, 2017 by GRChereck
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[peeayebee]

I honestly did know (or remember) that the show was on last night! My DVR didn't record it either. Fortunately I could watch it at the Fox site.

What a pleasure. Wiig was fantastic. So many funny and poignant moments. I cracked up when she was sitting with her dog at the dining room table in the bunker the first time, took a bite of food, and made the most hilarious face. A poignant moment was when she was flying the drone and came upon all the sheet-covered bodies in the field.

When she first discovered the drone, I immediately thought of the drone that Gail first saw, so I'm happy we saw the scene from the reverse side.

Jeremy the dog was so cute. I wonder if two dogs were used because it looked quite different at times, though that might have been the lighting.

Laura Dern was great. I've been watching her in Big Little Lies. 

[piequinn35]

Hah! I was watching Homeland then the dvr started recording something at 9:30 and then I remember this show will return in March :) 

I didn't expect that it would all be Pamela (plus halfthegang/drone/husband/frenemy/dog)

I guess Pamela replaces Gail?

and her black garbage bag/suit is funny!

Edited March 6, 2017 by piequinn35
Im bad with grammar

[sarahthenerd]

1 hour ago, GRChereck said:

Good point; though, to be fair, I don't think Forte himself imagined at the time that his odd little show would last more than a season, let alone make it through three. :\

As far as the ratings go (it's been hovering around 0.9-1.1 since, I think, Season 2's mid-season return), it's hard to tell whether FOX would even renew for a fourth; though if it does, I can't imagine Will wanting to do more than a half-season (9-13 episodes), at the risk of completely burning himself out. (Even during the past two seasons of handing show-running duties over to other producers -- Dan Sterling in s.2, Andy Bobrow midway through s.2, and Erik Durbin with Andy this season -- he's remained closely involved in every aspect of production.)

As much as I don't want Will Forte to run himself ragged, I really hope the show gets some sort of closure. (closure, closure, closure...) A couple of episodes to tie everything up, or a flashforward, or something of the like. I love these characters, I don't want them stuck in TV limbo! Though I gather that may not be far from being the case? :(

[Big Mother]

Well, PEnce was President in 2019 bc Trump either resigned or was impeached eventually.... can a girl hope? :D

[DrSpaceman73]

I have forgotten.....what happened to the drone in the prior episodes?  Did they show us?  I know it stopped working in this episode, did one of them shoot it or knock it down somehow? 

I'd wonder too if there are others in the bunkers. 

[Big Mother]

My heart was pounding during the entire episode. The show finally went back to its roots - the viral apocalypse. So scary....

 

bizarre question: Where did that dog go potty for 3+ yrs? and did that bunker never run out of air? they never ran out of food?

[Big Mother]

Wow I just finished the episode. This was amazing. It opened up a whole new world of possibilities. But now Pamela will take a long trip to try to figure out where that beach was, and find it abandoned. Hijinx will ensue...

[GRChereck]

17 minutes ago, DrSpaceman73 said:

I have forgotten.....what happened to the drone in the prior episodes?  Did they show us?  I know it stopped working in this episode, did one of them shoot it or knock it down somehow? 

I'd wonder too if there are others in the bunkers. 

Melissa shot it in the s.2 finale. :)

Also, it's funny that (in 2x11, "Pitch Black") Pat talked about "the bunker people," and in this episode we finally got to meet one. There may still be more (if they didn't all run out of food, off themselves out of loneliness / fear, or die from other causes)...

[SlackerInc]

6 hours ago, Big Mother said:

If the virus hit in 2019, then this show can't continue for more than another 2 years on TV, bc by then we'll hit the real 2019 and the dates won't make sense anymore (unless we view this as alternate universe/scifi). They shouldve chosen a date way more in the future.

I've thought about that too, but it's a tough balancing act.  If they had gone much further in the future before the virus hit, it wouldn't be as plausible for cars, stores, consumer products, etc., to all look like basically "now".  Same goes for celebrity references.  You go ten years or more in the future, there should be a new slate of celebrities.

3 hours ago, peeayebee said:

What a pleasure. Wiig was fantastic. So many funny and poignant moments. I cracked up when she was sitting with her dog at the dining room table in the bunker the first time, took a bite of food, and made the most hilarious face.

Oh, right--thanks for reminding me!  I had meant to comment on that.  I've seen a lot of Wiig's "tics" before, but that was a completely new one.

@Big Mother, I thought of the dog potty thing too.  I guess maybe she trained it to go in one area of one room and then she cleaned up?  I assume the bunker filtered air from outside (and water, presumably coming from a deep spring).  And they were running out of food: that's why she was eating cat food toward the end.

One other thing I thought of: what was the point of requiring physicals before people showed up, if it was just an individual bunker?  I thought by the sounds of that that it would be a whole apartment building underground, with common areas.

[Big Mother]

2 minutes ago, SlackerInc said:

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One other thing I thought of: what was the point of requiring physicals before people showed up, if it was just an individual bunker?  I thought by the sounds of that that it would be a whole apartment building underground, with common areas.

I imagine  that maybe a few families were going to share the bunker or the network of bunkers but none of them made it in alive :(.

Btw we also never saw Benjamin actually die. Maybe he stayed alive all this time. Just like Mike Miller, whom we haven't seen dead yet.

I'm actually quite mad that we still don't get to see Gail's fate, nor how they dealt with Melissa's psychosis - I saw a promo somewhere of Tandy amassing a whole boatload of pills to try with her. Maybe next week's episode?

[GRChereck]

3 hours ago, sarahthenerd said:

As much as I don't want Will Forte to run himself ragged, I really hope the show gets some sort of closure. (closure, closure, closure...) A couple of episodes to tie everything up, or a flashforward, or something of the like. I love these characters, I don't want them stuck in TV limbo! Though I gather that may not be far from being the case? :(

Yeah, I hope it doesn't end on a permanent cliffhanger, either. :\ I think the best-case scenario would be for FOX to renew for a "fourth and final season," so Will and company could go into it knowing when it's going to end ahead of time and have a chance to build up to proper finish. (I would also hope he gets a say in how many or few episodes he wants to take to finish the story.)

12 minutes ago, Big Mother said:

I'm actually quite mad that we still don't get to see Gail's fate, nor how they dealt with Melissa's psychosis - I saw a promo somewhere of Tandy amassing a whole boatload of pills to try with her. Maybe next week's episode?

Yup, that's next week's ep. :) They did the exact same thing last year, with the mid-season return being a little detour with another character and the next episode catching up with the main group.

[possibilities]

If they did want to continue, they could do a time jump and suddenly it's 2030 or something like that, so real time hasn't caught up with the show. But honestly I don't think it matters much about the timeline. The show doesn't track with our time anyway. Sometimes an episode is a day, sometimes longer. Sometimes there's no time between episodes, other times there is. They could just stop telling us what year it is and it wouldn't make much difference. The world of the show is kind of suspended because it's not like anyone has a schedule they have to keep. And they could also switch to other clusters of survivors, or other locations. I think ratings are more of an issue than timeline, or even Forte. If he wanted to leave and Fox wanted to continue, they could just pass the responsibilities to another showrunner and sub in new cast members. The premise lends itself to a lot of flexibility.

[HotRats2112]

19 hours ago, nodorothyparker said:

 Pamela's deteriorating state in the bunker as time dragged on was a terrific callback to our introduction to original recipe Phil in the first episode

This is exactly what I was thinking.  Alive in Tucson is one of my favorite episodes of television ever.  Granted, I'm a post-apocalyptic junkie, but in less than an episode they really showed Phil's decline and there was nothing glamorous about it.  

When Pamela was eating the cat food I was thinking about Phil in the suit of armor while the tennis ball shooter hits him in the head over and over and over again.  

[chaifan]

So it seems the virus went from west to east - whatever city Pamela was in (was that established?) was totally decimated, but DC still had enough people to have the ongoing presidential succession, as well as secret service and tv crews. 

Has the show ever commented on what happened in the rest of the world? 

[jcin617]

On ‎3‎/‎5‎/‎2017 at 11:40 PM, ottoDbusdriver said:

Did the military clear all the roads of traffic across America BEFORE they all died ?  Because all the highways seem REALLY, REALLY conveniently empty.

People probably wouldn't have died in their cars; either you'd be too sick to drive or, as I suspect, most folks hunkered down in their homes until they got sick and died.

13 hours ago, Big Mother said:

they never ran out of food?

Well, she was eating cat food at the end, so maybe they did?

[indeed]

Quote

Has the show ever commented on what happened in the rest of the world? 

They had Mike searching the globe for life when he was up in the space station.  The new guy's significant other went to Asia and hasn't heard anything (the show's been off for so long I forgot his name).  

Was the bunker was only stocked for a year?  Pamela was only there for two years, right?  Her "friend" and hubby (and cat) were supposed to go there.  Seems light for all that trouble.  I guess they were planning on a short-lived global epidemic...

[Matt1]

5 hours ago, indeed said:

They had Mike searching the globe for life when he was up in the space station.  The new guy's significant other went to Asia and hasn't heard anything (the show's been off for so long I forgot his name).  

Was the bunker was only stocked for a year?  Pamela was only there for two years, right?  Her "friend" and hubby (and cat) were supposed to go there.  Seems light for all that trouble.  I guess they were planning on a short-lived global epidemic...

No, based on the show's (imperfect) timeline, she would have been there four years.  I hypothesized earlier that the late stages of the virus were in the fall of 2019, so she may have entered the bunker around November 2019.  Mike's fart jar said "February 11, 2024", and Phil II's death occurred at Christmas 2023, so it seems fair to say that the drone incident was in late January or early February of 2024.  That puts her in the bunker for just over four years.

Now, I wonder about her immunity.  She clearly made it to the late stages of the virus without entering the bunker, since the entire line of succession had died and her society seemed to have fallen apart.  But, she was taking very significant precautions and never was in close contact with a sick person (of course, we have no idea how it spread, but you would think it would have to be airborne to kill that many people).  So, it is unclear whether she just happened to be immune or simply got lucky before entering the bunker and then survived because of the safety of the bunker.  And, we know that the virus is likely still active because of Mike (unless it really was something else), so there is a chance she could still get sick.

[indeed]

Sorry, I was just going by the last date stamp they had in the episode itself...that I remember.  I know our guys have been out and about for years, but I wasn't sure how long she was actually in the bunker for.  I don't blame the dog for running off when the door was opened.  That's a long time cooped up no matter what.

[Helena Dax]

On 6/3/2017 at 4:33 AM, GRChereck said:

 

Interesting look at The Virus from a different perspective! I thought Wiig did an excellent job of handling a pretty wide range of emotion, too -- even in Pamela's sanity-slippage, when she was trying to teach the dog to talk, I didn't think she went too over-the-top with it (though I thought "milk" was kind of an odd choice of word to teach Jeremy, considering they most likely wouldn't have had any in the bunker...).

Is The Wild Child by Truffaut a movie that someone like her would know? Because in that movie, a wild child raised by wolves is found by humans and a doctor tries to teach him how to speak. The first word the profesor uses is "milk", ("lait" in the original French). 

Loved the episode, Wiig was amazing. Her character was as obnoxious as Tandy, I mean, the jokes she was doing at the beginning were the kind of jokes Tandy would have done. Hopefully we'll get to see them together, in the same scene. 

[GRChereck]

3 hours ago, Helena Dax said:

Is The Wild Child by Truffaut a movie that someone like her would know? Because in that movie, a wild child raised by wolves is found by humans and a doctor tries to teach him how to speak. The first word the profesor uses is "milk", ("lait" in the original French).

Ooh. That would be pretty cool if that's where she got the idea. :)

3 hours ago, Helena Dax said:

mean, the jokes she was doing at the beginning were the kind of jokes Tandy would have done. Hopefully we'll get to see them together, in the same scene. 

Oh, jeez. :D I could just see those two hitting it off...

[SlackerInc]

13 hours ago, chaifan said:

So it seems the virus went from west to east - whatever city Pamela was in (was that established?) was totally decimated, but DC still had enough people to have the ongoing presidential succession, as well as secret service and tv crews. 

I think you might have the timeline a little off.  The way I took it, some time elapsed between when we saw the presidential funerals on TV and when we saw the city decimated.

6 hours ago, Matt1 said:

Now, I wonder about her immunity.  She clearly made it to the late stages of the virus without entering the bunker, since the entire line of succession had died and her society seemed to have fallen apart.  But, she was taking very significant precautions and never was in close contact with a sick person (of course, we have no idea how it spread, but you would think it would have to be airborne to kill that many people).  So, it is unclear whether she just happened to be immune or simply got lucky before entering the bunker and then survived because of the safety of the bunker.  And, we know that the virus is likely still active because of Mike (unless it really was something else), so there is a chance she could still get sick.

But as I noted above, she was in close contact with a sick person.  She woke up one morning, looked over, and there was blood on her husband's pillow.  So she had been lying in bed with him that night before he discovered he was sick.  If she's not immune, that's bad writing.  (Which is not to say, of course, that she knows she's immune.)

[amaranta]

I did get a few laughs from this episode but mostly I found it rather bone chilling and a bit depressing.  Especially for poor Jeremy the dog. KW did a good job of watching the world slip away on her big screen; confused, lonely and desperate.

I'm waiting a bit impatiently for next week.  I like Gail and don't want her to be dead.  And I want more of Melissa's crazy; January Jones has been excellent at playing how the whole experience finally broke her - both funny and sad.

Edited March 8, 2017 by amaranta

[MarkHB]

23 hours ago, chaifan said:

So it seems the virus went from west to east - whatever city Pamela was in (was that established?) was totally decimated

Honestly, I thought that her house was one of the ones they had been in in Malibu, so that the drone trip was almost "going home" for her.

 

14 hours ago, Helena Dax said:

Is The Wild Child by Truffaut a movie that someone like her would know? Because in that movie, a wild child raised by wolves is found by humans and a doctor tries to teach him how to speak. The first word the profesor uses is "milk", ("lait" in the original French). 

I am sure that a Truffaut movie is something she would know.  She probably saw it at a charity benefit and only retained the "milk" thing, but I wouldn't be surprised if that were where it came from.

[iMonrey]

Finally got around to watching this and what a delight. This is such an odd little show - it's not really laugh out loud funny most of the time but it's amusing and interesting and original. Little stand-alone episodes like this are a real treat. It's also occasionally poignant, like when Pamela sees all the dead bodies from the drone, and when she's searching for the dog. 

One thing I didn't get is, if Laura Dern's character bought a ticket to that bunker (Pamela actually said they bought the bunker/house itself), why she didn't immediately make a bee line for it back when she was still healthy enough to get there. Why was she wandering around an abandoned and looted grocery store scooping up dog food when she had a whole bunker filled with supplies and a ticket/key to it?

[krankydoodle]

40 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

Why was she wandering around an abandoned and looted grocery store scooping up dog food when she had a whole bunker filled with supplies and a ticket/key to it?

I figured it was because she didn't want to abandon her husband when he was sick since he wouldn't have passed the physical to be allowed into the bunker and by the time he died, she was too ill to make the journey.

[Irlandesa]

20 minutes ago, krankydoodle said:

I figured it was because she didn't want to abandon her husband when he was sick since he wouldn't have passed the physical to be allowed into the bunker and by the time he died, she was too ill to make the journey.

This brings up a question I had while watching.  The bunkers appeared to be unconnected to any other bunker.  No one else was around.  So why would the people who bought the bunkers need to take a physical before entering the bunker? 

[Mauison]

I just finished watching this episode and the scene at the end, where Pamela was leaving the bunker and the outside faded to white made me think that she's going to die and we'll never see her again.

Has it been confirmed she'll be on future episodes?