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March 2, 2020 3:03 PM - Season 1, Episode 9

After obscuring their true purpose in town from local police, Ralph and Yunis interview witnesses from the cave festival, while Holly and Andy visit the scene; later, the group considers its next move as Claude deals with his role. (IMDB)

That ending. Oh. My. God.

posted by essexjan (9 comments total)

EW recap - "Hopelessness is the theme of the episode. Well, hopelessness and the near impossibility of breaking generational cycles of violence and pain. A lot of Stephen King’s books deal with the idea that violence, trauma, and evil are inherent in places; that evil thrives for centuries until the right group of good people come along and fight back. Derry, Maine, of It fame, is a hub of evil for this reason. With The Outsider, the idea is that El Coco, or whatever else you want to call this murderous, supernatural being, seeks out places where pain and anguish are the central story. Small towns, riddled with guilt and pain and gossip and betrayal and history, become a feeding ground for It. In 1947, two boys went missing, and dozens of people ended up dead in the caves because of the search. Now, El Coco is here, drawn to the pain that spans generations."
posted by oh yeah! at 4:59 PM on March 2, 2020

Thanks for posting, essexjan, I didn't have a chance to watch the episode until this evening.

I was confused by the scene with the guy in the office looking at crime scene photos of a boy murdered in the woods. Were we supposed to recognize him? Or understand why he was looking at the photos instead of going to the crime scene? Was he the DA Glory was talking to Jeannie about?
posted by oh yeah! at 5:04 PM on March 2, 2020

My worry about the child murder crime concerning that office cop is that El Cuco slipped back over the Georgia border and struck again. Or there are two of them. Season 2?
posted by carmicha at 8:17 PM on March 2, 2020

"Was he the DA Glory was talking to Jeannie about?"

Yes. I didn't recognize him, either.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 2:27 AM on March 3, 2020

I was confused by the scene with the guy in the office looking at crime scene photos of a boy murdered in the woods.

Yes, that was odd and was out of context so I didn't realise who he was either.
posted by essexjan at 3:39 AM on March 3, 2020

Yes. I didn't recognize him, either.

Nor me.
posted by Paul Slade at 5:28 AM on March 3, 2020

Was’t the guy in the office looking at photos the one who had initially prosecuted Terry Maitland? He had been so certain that Terry had been the killer, and now Terry is dead and the murders continue, so he is experiencing massive guilt. That was my take.
posted by hwestiii at 5:29 AM on March 3, 2020 [6 favorites]

That ending, ya'll!
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. at 9:36 AM on March 3, 2020

I just kept being startled at how long the gunshots continued. It was very effectively disturbing.
posted by Cogito at 11:35 PM on March 3, 2020 [1 favorite]