The Old Man and the Tree
- Episode aired Mar 31, 2022
- TV-MA
- 36m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
2.4K
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The crew attends an exclusive party in London, where things aren't what they seem to be.The crew attends an exclusive party in London, where things aren't what they seem to be.The crew attends an exclusive party in London, where things aren't what they seem to be.
Heather Jayne
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- (as Heather Elrick)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe title of the episode, "The Old Man And The Tree", is a wordplay homage to the title of Hemingway's famous novella (and subsequent Spencer Tracy film), "The Old Man And The Sea".
- ConnectionsReferences Shark Tank (2009)
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You don't need new tricks when you've mastered old ones
On paper,this episode is an 8. It's got a touch too many punchlines you can see coming. But in practice? This was a 10.
Atlanta knows what it is and what it can do. 4 years off and rave reviews from critics and fans will give you plenty of time to dig into what works and what doesn't. The only difference is now, the show knows how to keep the audience on their toes without even trying.
A casual reference of "Tales From The Hood" had me already waiting for that other shoe to drop and twist Atlanta into full blown horror mode again. Combine that with talk of ghosts and Hiro Murai's atmospheric direction and I wasn't sure if I was tense through moments that I can now look back on as hilarious.
I started to let my guard down, and then the show gives us that Earn and Van scene where the real horror of people either spiraling or losing their sense of center brings the dread for the future creeping back into this seemingly goofy episode. Now I have at least 3 different levels of ways I can look at this episode on rewatch.
Long ago, Donald Glover compared season 3 to Ye's "Graduation Day" and explained it by saying it would be the most accessible season of the show. I get what he meant now. It's that mixing and matching of everything Atlanta knows it can do - the horror episode, the abstract episode,the goofy episode, the systemic episode, the deep episode, etc. - into something amorphous and new that not only serves itself, but what has come before it and what will come after. The first 2 episodes informed this episode and vice versa.
The elements thrown in here have me off-kilter again and not knowing whether this will be defined solidly as a "_______ episode" by the time the season is done, or if it will still be somewhere in that mysterious middle ground.
This is the season of being along for the ride. The brakes are little bit iffy and the seatbelt catches before you get a chance to buckle it sometimes, but the driver knows where they're going. That's why it's called a tour.
Atlanta knows what it is and what it can do. 4 years off and rave reviews from critics and fans will give you plenty of time to dig into what works and what doesn't. The only difference is now, the show knows how to keep the audience on their toes without even trying.
A casual reference of "Tales From The Hood" had me already waiting for that other shoe to drop and twist Atlanta into full blown horror mode again. Combine that with talk of ghosts and Hiro Murai's atmospheric direction and I wasn't sure if I was tense through moments that I can now look back on as hilarious.
I started to let my guard down, and then the show gives us that Earn and Van scene where the real horror of people either spiraling or losing their sense of center brings the dread for the future creeping back into this seemingly goofy episode. Now I have at least 3 different levels of ways I can look at this episode on rewatch.
Long ago, Donald Glover compared season 3 to Ye's "Graduation Day" and explained it by saying it would be the most accessible season of the show. I get what he meant now. It's that mixing and matching of everything Atlanta knows it can do - the horror episode, the abstract episode,the goofy episode, the systemic episode, the deep episode, etc. - into something amorphous and new that not only serves itself, but what has come before it and what will come after. The first 2 episodes informed this episode and vice versa.
The elements thrown in here have me off-kilter again and not knowing whether this will be defined solidly as a "_______ episode" by the time the season is done, or if it will still be somewhere in that mysterious middle ground.
This is the season of being along for the ride. The brakes are little bit iffy and the seatbelt catches before you get a chance to buckle it sometimes, but the driver knows where they're going. That's why it's called a tour.
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- Apr 1, 2022
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