Jig-a-Bobo
- Episode aired Oct 4, 2020
- TV-MA
- 59m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
Diana finds herself in Captain Lancaster's crosshairs. When a visitor from his past arrives, Atticus and Leti take steps to protect their future.Diana finds herself in Captain Lancaster's crosshairs. When a visitor from his past arrives, Atticus and Leti take steps to protect their future.Diana finds herself in Captain Lancaster's crosshairs. When a visitor from his past arrives, Atticus and Leti take steps to protect their future.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Hippolyta Freeman
- (as Aunjanue Ellis)
- (credit only)
Michael Kenneth Williams
- Montrose Freeman
- (as Michael K. Williams)
Kaelynn Harris
- Topsy
- (as Kaelynn Gobert-Harris)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Tic is telling Montrose about the differences between his son's book and real life (Christina being a man, George surviving Ardham, Dee being a boy), he is actually talking about the differences between the show and the book it's adapted from.
- SoundtracksCruel Summer
Written by Sara Dallin, Steve Jolley, Siobhan Fahey, Tony Swain, Keren Woodward
Performed by Bananarama
Featured review
A Creepy New Addition Steals The Episode. Still Hoping For More Coherency For the Whole Season.
This week's episode of Lovecraft Country, titled Jig-A-Bobo, centers on Hippolyta's daughter Diana. It begins with our heroes attending a memorial for Emmett Till, who is a friend of Diana's. Diana is stopped by Captain Lancaster who is in search of the orrery. When Diana refuses, Lancaster casts a spell that leads two malevolent spirits following her around.
The malevolent spirits Topsy and Bobsy were effectively creepy and stole the episode. Topsy and Bobsy are the equivalents of Freddy Krueger and the faceless stalking monster from It Follows having twin voodoo daughters. The twin spirits are perpetually tribal dancing with their back to you but moving their way towards you. Every now and then, they'll throw a death glance at you from behind their shoulders. What's creepy is these ghoul girls take their time, knowing they'll eventually get you. You wonder, what happens when they reach their target?
For diehard horror film fans, the character design might be sacrilege as it so blatantly takes its concept from A Nightmare On Elm Street. You will know when you hear it.
Things are seemingly coming together in Jig-A-Bobo as it sets up the season finale. This should be the moment to feel pumped up in anticipation but everything's been told in such a scattered fashion through this first season, it's hard to stay invested at this point to what happens because there have been so many carpets pulled beneath us so many times that any further plot twists are nullified.
I promise not to spoil here; Atticus reveals something monumental that could have been an entire episode in itself. Instead, it's just mentioned in passing, which is just hugely disappointing on a storytelling level. I officially accept Atticus Freeman as a protagonist that is just there to serve the weekly episode and no longer expecting the show to give him any real depth.
Even Ji-Ah shows up and is disappointingly dealt with in a throwaway fashion, wasting all the goodwill built from Meet Me in Daegu, one of the show's strongest episodes.
The writers keep trying to shock us with hot topics or magical story devices instead of getting us to care about what's happening to the characters. I don't know what's at stake and whenever I do, I lose track from all the story meandering. I appreciate the idea of referencing Emmett Till and incorporating that piece of black history, but it's used purely to grab the audience's attention at the beginning of the episode. I got a jolt seeing that part of history, yes, but on another level, I feel bad that the episode doesn't have anything to say about Emmett Till beyond the reference.
I've never tried this hard to like a TV show as I have with Lovecraft Country. Every week the show has intermittently shown its potential and squanders it in the next. I'm glad I am watching the show and am excited to see how it combines pulp fiction genres with social commentary that is current in our times. However, the sprawling attention-deficit story structure of this first season is slowly killing that excitement every week.
The malevolent spirits Topsy and Bobsy were effectively creepy and stole the episode. Topsy and Bobsy are the equivalents of Freddy Krueger and the faceless stalking monster from It Follows having twin voodoo daughters. The twin spirits are perpetually tribal dancing with their back to you but moving their way towards you. Every now and then, they'll throw a death glance at you from behind their shoulders. What's creepy is these ghoul girls take their time, knowing they'll eventually get you. You wonder, what happens when they reach their target?
For diehard horror film fans, the character design might be sacrilege as it so blatantly takes its concept from A Nightmare On Elm Street. You will know when you hear it.
Things are seemingly coming together in Jig-A-Bobo as it sets up the season finale. This should be the moment to feel pumped up in anticipation but everything's been told in such a scattered fashion through this first season, it's hard to stay invested at this point to what happens because there have been so many carpets pulled beneath us so many times that any further plot twists are nullified.
I promise not to spoil here; Atticus reveals something monumental that could have been an entire episode in itself. Instead, it's just mentioned in passing, which is just hugely disappointing on a storytelling level. I officially accept Atticus Freeman as a protagonist that is just there to serve the weekly episode and no longer expecting the show to give him any real depth.
Even Ji-Ah shows up and is disappointingly dealt with in a throwaway fashion, wasting all the goodwill built from Meet Me in Daegu, one of the show's strongest episodes.
The writers keep trying to shock us with hot topics or magical story devices instead of getting us to care about what's happening to the characters. I don't know what's at stake and whenever I do, I lose track from all the story meandering. I appreciate the idea of referencing Emmett Till and incorporating that piece of black history, but it's used purely to grab the audience's attention at the beginning of the episode. I got a jolt seeing that part of history, yes, but on another level, I feel bad that the episode doesn't have anything to say about Emmett Till beyond the reference.
I've never tried this hard to like a TV show as I have with Lovecraft Country. Every week the show has intermittently shown its potential and squanders it in the next. I'm glad I am watching the show and am excited to see how it combines pulp fiction genres with social commentary that is current in our times. However, the sprawling attention-deficit story structure of this first season is slowly killing that excitement every week.
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- ObsessiveCinemaDisorder
- Oct 11, 2020
Details
- Runtime59 minutes
- Color
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