With the exception of the 1st 2 episodes, this was my next favorite. I have accepted the fact that a logical explanation has been ruled out. Now we are invited to accept this world where mythical creatures and entities from legendary folklore exist, and I'm totally on board. I was having my doubts around episodes 4 and 5, but the supernatural element has been pretty well presented and this "meeting" episode was all Holly Gibbons as well as Jack (what a scene). They do an incredible job of creating a world that feels very real, by dividing the skeptics and believers and the scifi-horror is still somewhat relevant in many of our present cultures, so it's not completely out of the realm of tinfoil hat silliness. I would be lying if I said that I didn't ponder about the villain while lying in bed just before going to bed. I did. Still slept. I also enjoyed that reference made by that one heavy set detective with the mustache, about the history of mythical creatures in correlation with unsolved deaths and mysteries since the dawn of time (vampires, witches, etc) . My only main complaint was the constant denial of our lead character Ralph. He went from being one of the most persistent to being an idiot. How do you completely ignore those identical sketches in your wife's testimony you dummy? His transition is sub par and I get this sense of giving up from both his character and his acting. Still a solid show and I would only recommend to certain people not everyone
18 Reviews
finally things making some sense
junejoabdulsalam12 February 2020
Good episode, great series
cjmack-8998611 February 2020
Awesome
michael_gower52210 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Perfect writing yet again. Anyone thinking this was boring is missing the point and doesn't understand the sometimes necessary art of exponential storytelling. This whole episode was about the meeting. The meeting that, regardless of the knowledge that it was going to end up as a disaster, was an essential, story-progressing, character-changing event.
Look what we're left with: a split room full of non-believers or those who are beginning to suspect something beyond our reality is happening, just as Holly described.
Now we've got tension between the main protagonists. Now we've got a big fat supernatural wedge splitting them in two. Now we've got the suspense in waiting to see those disbelievers slowly begin to see the truth, to see everything they thought they knew about their respective worlds begin to fall apart. That's what I've come here to see. Above all I want Ralph to see it, to finally witness the reality of it, to be slowly pushed into the darkness of an unforgiving, terrifying world he still has no idea exists, even if it comes in the final episode. And I'm going to be right there when he does.
Look what we're left with: a split room full of non-believers or those who are beginning to suspect something beyond our reality is happening, just as Holly described.
Now we've got tension between the main protagonists. Now we've got a big fat supernatural wedge splitting them in two. Now we've got the suspense in waiting to see those disbelievers slowly begin to see the truth, to see everything they thought they knew about their respective worlds begin to fall apart. That's what I've come here to see. Above all I want Ralph to see it, to finally witness the reality of it, to be slowly pushed into the darkness of an unforgiving, terrifying world he still has no idea exists, even if it comes in the final episode. And I'm going to be right there when he does.
Perfectly Mingled
Near-L10 February 2020
Best episode yet!
citymanguy11 February 2020
I knew this was gonna be a great episode and about half way through it was riveting. Cynthia Erivo is amazing she is doing a great job at the role, events are unfolding to make this just amazing in the near future. I can't wait for the next episode. I certainly don't agree with the review this is boring...it's called pacing
Right on point
georginacorry-9325411 February 2020
Here we go
rrparanal15 February 2020
Tense and suspenseful, but the show is starting to feel dragged out.
LegendaryFang5631 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Damn, this episode was very tense and suspenseful. I do think the show is starting to drag out a little, though, but perhaps not in a conventional way. I feel like it may be dragging out to a bigger reveal, slowly sucking you into the slow pacing of things to catch you off guard to a maximum extent when you're in a deep unexpecting state.
That reveal could be that there is more than one entity, although there would probably be more to it than that, to make it worthwhile. I'm starting to buy into that theory myself.
One of them appears in dreams, and can appear as anyone, but isn't the one that specifically shapeshifts into other people by a scratch. One of them shapeshifts into someone else by a scratch, someone that it scratched, and is the one who does the killing. One of them is El Coco himself, and he absorbs the grief that's caused by the latter one, the one who does the killing. And all three work together, for some reason.
Or maybe they're all the same entity, more or less, somehow, they just have different functions, and each one of them has to do whatever their respective trait is, for the combined, one entity to survive.
Of course, that's simply my speculation of things. I may have the general theory correct with the details mostly incorrect. As far as the happenings in the show so far go, I'm fairly certain there have been hints or suggestive occurrences that there is more than one entity. Someone more prone to detail and noticing things will have to chime in on that.
That reveal could be that there is more than one entity, although there would probably be more to it than that, to make it worthwhile. I'm starting to buy into that theory myself.
One of them appears in dreams, and can appear as anyone, but isn't the one that specifically shapeshifts into other people by a scratch. One of them shapeshifts into someone else by a scratch, someone that it scratched, and is the one who does the killing. One of them is El Coco himself, and he absorbs the grief that's caused by the latter one, the one who does the killing. And all three work together, for some reason.
Or maybe they're all the same entity, more or less, somehow, they just have different functions, and each one of them has to do whatever their respective trait is, for the combined, one entity to survive.
Of course, that's simply my speculation of things. I may have the general theory correct with the details mostly incorrect. As far as the happenings in the show so far go, I'm fairly certain there have been hints or suggestive occurrences that there is more than one entity. Someone more prone to detail and noticing things will have to chime in on that.
Meshuggeneh
southdavid19 March 2020
The pace, and my interest, picks up a little more for this episode.
Holly (Cynthia Erivo) arrives in town and lays out her theory about who, or perhaps what, is behind the child murders to a bemused, disappointed and angry investigation team. Though meeting scepticism, she stays with Ralph (Ben Mendelsohn) and his wife, who was present for the reveal and later Jeannie's (Mare Winningham) unexplained visitation catches her interest, and leads to a first bit of evidence that she might be right.
I appreciate people aren't analysing my reviews, but if they were, you'd see that the time between original airdate and when I'm getting around to watching these is increasing with each episode. My criticism of the season in general still holds true, generally I'm struggling as we're so far ahead of the investigation team - but this might be the one where they've finally caught up. Holly lays out her theory, and it goes about as well as she was anticipating, but enough of it lands that the show can keep going. As it ends, the investigators have someone to look at, as the next link in the chain.
The scene with Marc Mechaca's Jack being beaten up by his late mother was perhaps a bit too odd to fit in with the rest of the series. He's seemed otherwise to understand that he's infected by something and compelled to do its wishes - whereas he was "Don't you know you're Dead" in this one, as if he couldn't piece together what was going on. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, with Holly heading off with Jack, and her seeing the telltale infection on the back of his neck. Knowing this is a Stephen King book, secondary heroes don't usually come off that well, so I'd be preparing for Holly's run to come to an end next week.
But we'll see. If nothing else this episode injected enough pace for me to persevere with the rest of the run.
Holly (Cynthia Erivo) arrives in town and lays out her theory about who, or perhaps what, is behind the child murders to a bemused, disappointed and angry investigation team. Though meeting scepticism, she stays with Ralph (Ben Mendelsohn) and his wife, who was present for the reveal and later Jeannie's (Mare Winningham) unexplained visitation catches her interest, and leads to a first bit of evidence that she might be right.
I appreciate people aren't analysing my reviews, but if they were, you'd see that the time between original airdate and when I'm getting around to watching these is increasing with each episode. My criticism of the season in general still holds true, generally I'm struggling as we're so far ahead of the investigation team - but this might be the one where they've finally caught up. Holly lays out her theory, and it goes about as well as she was anticipating, but enough of it lands that the show can keep going. As it ends, the investigators have someone to look at, as the next link in the chain.
The scene with Marc Mechaca's Jack being beaten up by his late mother was perhaps a bit too odd to fit in with the rest of the series. He's seemed otherwise to understand that he's infected by something and compelled to do its wishes - whereas he was "Don't you know you're Dead" in this one, as if he couldn't piece together what was going on. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, with Holly heading off with Jack, and her seeing the telltale infection on the back of his neck. Knowing this is a Stephen King book, secondary heroes don't usually come off that well, so I'd be preparing for Holly's run to come to an end next week.
But we'll see. If nothing else this episode injected enough pace for me to persevere with the rest of the run.
Now the Theory is out
hayley9611 February 2020
At some point Holly had to lay out her theory to everyone. In the book, she backs it up with a snippet of a movie and a lot more history. Clearly, that didn't happen tonight. I think the show is going to really diverge from the book at this point. I'm glad. Price has done a great job of reimagining the Holly and Jack characters.
Very slow
erokarakosta23 March 2020
I was very excited after first 2 episodes but God this got boring!!! Nothing has happened in the last 2 episodes!!! Some good dialogue but it is not enough, and it is not scary, if that's what they wanted and dragged it so much!!!
Falling into horror tropes
tatagraves24 February 2020
I really enjoyed the first two episodes of this show. I think what it does well is the drama parts, the acting is very good. The horror is incredibly cliche. Haunting messages written on walls, silly fights with invisible entities, and worst of all "creepy" older women who jump at you like the grandma in Legion. It's so so overdone. It's not scary. Me and my boyfriend were laughing at it.
really boring
pranay_misra10 February 2020
This episode is the worst of the season till now, there was absolutely no progress except the body marks left by the visitor in the detective house. This is really beginning to worry me now, maybe this series needed only 8 episodes and not 10.
Disappointed.
Time to Put a Bow On It
ttgttg16 February 2020
I have to agree with others who found S1E6 to be boring. It's to the point when you stop introducing new things and start to bring it all together so it begins to make sense. Anything new should've been introduced no later than episode 3 or 4. The story should be at an intersection where every piece of the puzzle fits in place and they've started to figure out how to stop more bad things from happening. This story is confirmation of why you don't tell a supernatural thriller story from the perspective of the law enforcement who are investigating it. Tell it from the perspective of the supernatural entity and those directly affected by its deeds.
Pompous and pretentious bore
michaelscully17 February 2020
The private eye character is ridiculous. The actress playing her doing the best she can. The outburst by the widow of the suspect in episode 6 after the private eye's précis is exactly how I feel about the show. HBO gets away with so much. This is worse than the first True Detective, and that was awful.
Please don't waste your time on this. Save yourselves.
Please don't waste your time on this. Save yourselves.
Mendelssohn Awful
jamiecmay4 April 2020
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