Giantrobo

I've been thinking about your take; and even if the writers made her good at her Detective work, the reality is once a cop is found capable of planting evidence. To me, ALL the cases they worked become suspect; and should perhaps get a review.

Shannon Nutt

After the last episode, my money's on Tony Delrasso as the killer. He's the father who threw the milk jug through the window at Mare. Why? Because other than the deacon, he's the only person with the same build/hairstyle as the guy we saw in the van with the girl.

johnnysd



dex14

That shot of Peters going back for the forgotten coffee was too big of a tell. I knew he’d be a goner soon.

Daytripper

Well that was an "OMG!" moment at the end of this week's show. Reminded me of that scene in "House of Cards" where the girl was pushed in front of the train. No one was expecting that and I literally jumped out of my seat.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/a...episode-5.html

MrX

The scene of the drive home after Mare finds out about here mom's affair was great

Daytripper

Or when she called her mom a homewrecker under her breath as she was leaving for her date. And they weren't even talking about that affair. They were discussing the outfit she was wearing and the mom was trying to get her to wear the red dress. That was comedy gold.

Giantrobo

I had been thinking that Mare reminds me of "Clarice Starling" but with a little more maturity and confidence. That, whole scene with Zabel at the end even gave me SotL vibes.


Oh and can we stop to appreciate how good Kate looked on her date with Zabel?

Why So Blu?

Since there's two more episodes left, looks like it has really opened up now. My theory is that

Daytripper

I was just telling my friend that that scene had the intensity of "SotL" and "Seven" combined.

johnnysd

Was thinking the same thing. The final bit was pretty intense. I know it's supposed to be a one season type of thing but I would definitely watch another.

whotony

I had a thought like this too but it would be too similar to Big Sky.

Coral

Still looks like the abductions aren't related to Erin's death. But that could be a trick to fool people as well.

They're just throwing a few very guilty-looking suspects each episode and will rule them out within the same episode or an episode or two later. They're basically throwing everything at the wall to try and fool the viewer. And of course everyone in this town has some dark secret.

Predictable about Zabel. Pretty much telegraphed that earlier on in the episode (ie. not taking risks hasn't gotten him anywhere).
Lots of cliched dumbness as well. 2 big blows to the head of the kidnapper, and Mare doesn't even grab his gun or even hit him a few more times first. And of course he's able to get up from that without any concussion issues.

Loved Erin's "ear surgery" envelope of money. It's a good thing Erin labelled it so she doesn't confuse it with her other envelopes of cash.

Didn't know Phyllis Somerville (the actress who played Betty that died at the beginning of the show in the car crash/electrical pole) actually died in July 2020 and this was her last role. I remember her most from her role in The Big C. I guess this series was filmed around 10 months ago at least.

Daytripper

What a write up!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...box=1621341636

blairwitchfan

Loved Erin's "ear surgery" envelope of money. It's a good thing Erin labelled it so she doesn't confuse it with her other envelopes of cash.

Bandoman

That's a good reivew.

And I did NOT see that death coming. That came out of the blue for me, and it was sudden, shocking and effective.

uteotw

Yeah, that whole sequence bugged me. First, an absolutely lightening fast headshot by the bad guy, but of course Mare's able to get the jump on him, which you knew should somehow would w/2 eps. left.

Abob Teff

I hate to quote myself to start, but ...

OK, Bandoman explained why they actually paid close attention to detail with the interrogation scene ... but WTF with the cop approaching the car with powerlines on it?! NO NO NO NO NEVER AND NO. That was just my first issue with this episode ... more later ...

Since I am quoting ... I was 2 for 2 on what we know so far ... (3 for 3 if you count the priest reveal, but I see I didn't post that here; only discussed it with my wife.)

Yes, there were many tired tropes telegraphing it ... but it still made me jump.

So the next few episodes will be about how the investigation is closed because they "caught the klller" but Mare doesn't believe it so she keeps working the case anyway ...

Sorry, but this episode was well done bad TV. From the opening to the telegraphed foreshadowing to the "already seen it in Silence of the Lambs" ending. It was lazy in a way that the rest of the show has not been.

Dave Ramsey would have been proud of her.

Red Dog

Very good description. It's got people hooked and talking about it.

Decker

I thought it was great. I can roll with tropes if the product is entertaining and still surprising in parts. I am still a huge fan of this series.

Decker

What's in that picture?

It's gonna be a long week until next Sunday night.

Deftones

I bet it is not the brother we suspect. The receipt was intentionally vague.

Decker

Good point on the receipt.

Question : Whose Gun and tackle box was that? I think it was John’s.

Special for using my favorite song of 2020 - “I Know The End” by Phoebe Bridgers in Siobhan’s break-down scene.

Decker

It just occurred to me that either Kete Winslet or Anya Taylor Joy is NOT going to win an Emmy for their work. 😢

Coral

I watched this late, so my memory is already foggy... what receipt?