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Wendy McIntyre

My heart breaks for Olivia this episode

Byron

This is the show that kicked off my appreciation for horror, of what it could be, and I guess it’s what led me eventually here. It’s so nice to go back to it with you.

SimoneCherie

It’s the “how could we?” 🥺

BubblyRainbows

I think what I love most about this show is that they often show us what is happening, but since they show us through the lens of a character, we only get part of the story at any one time. And then as the episodes go by, we get new context little by little, and while it doesn't change what we've seen, it changes what we feel about the story. To use no spoiler examples from earlier episodes, I think one of the best examples is Luke in the first episode. Steve finds him coming out of his apartment with an iPad and a camera and thinks he's using again, and it certainly looks that way at that time. But later, we find out that he was telling the truth about not using, and it puts a whole new spin on what we've already seen to that point. It's beautiful and masterful writing. I only wish I could write that well. Shows like this sort of crush my self-confidence about becoming a writer someday. Rewatching this on your Patreon has been awesome. Unfortunately, the last episode will have to wait for a later time. But I'm getting there as soon as I can!

Claire L Duggan

Most people think as Poppy was insane she killed her children. I think she did kill them but in a twisted 'saving' them way. Her daughter had pneumonia and her son had polio by the sounds of it. Thats why she was telling OLivia to do the same. A sick kind of 'it's better for them. '

Zoe

I never really thought she killed them. I thought she watched them die a slow death, especially going back to Poppy’s monologue of how she watched her daughter breathe in water (Pneumonia or TB) but once her body could no longer compensate the disease, it went pretty fast, which is consistent with dying of those diseases. I can’t remember how she told the story of her son, I thought he was struck with Polio, but could be wrong, I’m unsure if she killed him or how she described his death, but I got the sense that once they weren’t suffering any longer, and she was alive herself, because it’s said she lived it old age, she could see them happy and healthy, therefore she figured death was them waking up to the selves she envisioned her kids wanting, being happy and healthy. Could be completely wrong though. Love your insight though, it makes sense.

Ana Fox

It's so heartbreaking to watch Olivia's light dim and her love for her children be used against her. If only she knew she would become part of the darkness out to get them.

Nowhere Man

Mom is a sorcerer. She created the storm. She time travels. She talks to the dead.