I'm not sure how I feel about this episode. On the one hand it was a historically important and emotionally loaded episode, on the other hand it was a bit Deus ex machina. But in the end, it was a really good episode. I will forgive them the convenient solution as it was a really good episode. Less supernatural horror, more people are horrible.
This show has two kinds of episodes, over the top supernatural monster magic stuff, or over the top racism. But this episode is a pretty impressive middle. Leti, Atticus, Ruby and Montrose all come together to try and help Diana after the events of the previous episode. This is easier said than done. Even with the help of Christina Braithwhite, things are not so simple and help is not that easy to find. Not all simple spells have easy solutions.
This all connects to the Tulsa race massacre. We've heard about this terrible event in the show. We know the terrible implications that it had on the characters of the show and in real life as well. But in this episode we get to see the horror for ourselves and it is just dreadful. There is a reason that we get to see this event that connects to the rest of the plot of the show, it's not there for shock value. But seeing it just give it more of an emotional weight. This was a dreadful event that has been brushed aside by history, but the implications are felt not only in the 50s when the show takes place, but to this day. The horror here, is simply the human horror that is our own history.
Through this event we got to learn more about our characters. Which is great, because they seriously needed character development. Although it was Montrose who got the most character development moments in this episode. He is the most interesting and complex character on this show.
But this episode also sets up the events of the next episode, which is the season finale so it is bound to be super interesting and climactic. There are many possibilities open after this episode.
It was a really good episode. One of the best in the show.
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