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This episode continues on the new timeline. Kirby discovers its her husband Marcus' birthday, and there's a party which she forgot to shop for. She thinks her diary will clarify matters, but is corresponds to the current timeline. The Medical Examiner missed the Radium Ore from Midway Chemical Company left in the latest victim, confirming Kirby to Dan - a matchbook from the Bee Happy bar was left in her, though the address is now (always was?) a laundrette.

Kirby visits her mom, singing in a church and apparently evangelical.

Strange that we see and know the killer. So far it hasn't seemed 'magical', Still waiting for the time travel (if that's what it is) to be shown.

Episode 2 of Shining Girls starts with Kirby completely flustered. It's Marcus' birthday, and everyone from work shows up for the celebrations. Kirby is distracted by her wedding photo though, spooked over her fractured mind and what other surprises her subconscious could have in store for her. In a scene that feels ripped right from Mother!, Kirby finds herself surrounded by people and struggling to put on a brave face. Remember Kirby's journal? Well, Kirby heads off to take a look at it here and it seems to have scribbled down all the constants in her life. And one of those includes Marcus being her husband. Dan visits Howard at the arcade, who eventually takes him back to the morgue. Howard shows off some debris from the site that could hold some clues. Namely, Radium Ore from Midway Chemical Company. Howard confirms that it's very old and has been there since the 50's. The second episode slows things down but it's no less engrossing. With the killer already known, what ensues instead is a meticulously crafted game of cat and mouse. There's a definite thriller vibe to this now and the interesting ideas that are being woven in this work well to give Shining Girls a moody, eerie atmosphere. Some of the material is a little on the slow side but that does feel like a deliberate ploy in order to get us accustomed to the different characters and allow us to really drink in the setting. Using his deductive powers, Howard shuts off the lights and realizes that the radium ore was actually inside Julia. It's not now though. Either way, Kirby was right. Dan needs verify her story and test her though. Part of that comes from Kirby revealing what she went through in the past. She's understandably hesitant, but eventually reveals that he left a matchbook from the Bee Happy bar with the address for a laundrette inside her. In exchange for her intel, Dan reveals what was inside Julia.

Kirby eventually visits her mum, Rachel. She's at the church singing when she finds her, but she does receive a warm welcome all the same. Kirby is after photographs and journals from the time after being attacked. Rachel is taken aback by Kirby getting involved, questioning just why she wants to be part of this.

About halfway into the second episode, there is a part where they're showing one of the women being freaked out. They are using Polaroid cameras but somehow the killer has meticulously taken pictures and place them around the house without being seen. She runs to the kitchen grabs a knife looked up then looked over at the sink and all of a sudden there is a picture of her in the kitchen holding the knife how did he get that picture in there without being seen. And how did he take her picture without being seen. This is the 90s so it's not like he has remote cameras and then she gets a phone call and he tells her he's not in the house how did he get those pictures meticulously planted around the house and how did he get only those pictures from when she was running around the house he would've had to take them as she's running through the house. And apparently he did take those while she was running through the house. Little things like this matter in TV shows/movies big time.

Also Elizabeth Moss is hard to look at for an extended period of time.