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Clare Manion

More notes on the Sin Eater: From what limited information I can find, the practice was not entirely Pagan. I’m 90% sure the 16th century funeral we saw last week was Christian, though admittedly of an old style. I’m not a scholar in this (as cool as that would be - can you imagine? How fascinating!) but I get the impression 'sin eating' fell into a similar category as exorcism - a thing not technically recognized/condoned by the church, but practiced among a small subset of people, historically. And it does seem to align with the concept of sin in Abrahamic religions more than anything I've heard of in Paganism (but again, a purely anecdotal conjecture). However, I’m not aware of any claims that sin eaters were immortal either, so… all bets are off on that account. Also, here’s a fun thing: There’s a movie called “The Sin Eater” (2003) starring Heath Ledger. I saw it once in high school. Was it historically accurate? I doubt it. But as a thriller/horror, I remember liking it.

Youtalkingtome

Thank you for sharing that! I like the comparison to exorcisms, as far as church sanctioning goes. It is a BIG swing that the sin eater on this show seems to be cursed to live incredibly long, but I love the choice, that the brevity of a person's life makes it more precious.

james repka (edited)

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2026-09-15 02:00 The creepy Halloween mask are from the Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. They sprinkled a few of them into the mix last week, along with one of the songs from the movie. Joe Keery (Gator) gained nororiety playing the part of Steve on Stranger Things. Toward the end of the first season he's in a key scene in which he attack the monsters using a baseball bat studded with nails. The music playing in the house during the break-in is the late Tiny Tim, who became famous in the late 70s for his interpretation of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."
2026-09-03 02:23 The creepy Halloween mask are from the Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. They sprinkled a few of them into the mix last week, along with one of the songs from the movie. Joe Keery (Gator) gained nororiety playing the part of Steve on Stranger Things. Toward the end of the first season he's in a key scene in which he attack the monsters using a baseball bat studded with nails. The music playing in the house during the break-in is the late Tiny Tim, who became famous in the late 1960s for his interpretation of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."

The creepy Halloween mask are from the Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. They sprinkled a few of them into the mix last week, along with one of the songs from the movie. Joe Keery (Gator) gained nororiety playing the part of Steve on Stranger Things. Toward the end of the first season he's in a key scene in which he attack the monsters using a baseball bat studded with nails. The music playing in the house during the break-in is the late Tiny Tim, who became famous in the late 1960s for his interpretation of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."

Clare Manion

Oh my goodness, I love Dottie. In similar circumstances (God forbid and wildly unlikely) I can only hope to possess half her wherewithal and creativity. And her husband is such a sweet, innocent soul - agreed, I hope he makes it through. “I expect the Saudi package” - Wow, that is just… a wild sentence. And yet, I can’t imagine this show is the first time it’s ever been uttered. Lastly, there’s something about Roy’s “justice” in that final sequence… Was the man he shot awful? Yes. Is the woman saved? I, uh...I doubt it. Now that she’s “in Roy’s debt” that could mean all manner of things in her future (financial extortion, forced into some new misogynistic marriage, who knows). Roy seems to have done the “right” thing in the same way a broken clock can etc, etc...John Hamm is doing a great job, but man, that character makes my skin crawl.

Clare Manion

Absolutely! That's a great point - the impermanence of life amplifying its preciousness. And thus living forever (like the sin eater) is *not* a thing to desire… Personally, I can’t fathom living forever. A nice long life, yes, but forever? I imagine the boredom and/or frustration would eventually become excruciating.

Carl Wilson

It definitely carried on into Protestant traditions in some regions of Great Britain (notably Wales), and up into the 20th century, according to sources I looked at.

Carl Wilson

I think Dot's guilty of obstructing justice at this point. She's lied to law enforcement on multiple levels about a series of crimes. But presumably if she explained that would be forgiven. She just doesn't trust the law or anyone else to prosecute or protect her from Roy, and we saw why in that scene where the FBI was being ordered away from him. .... Oh, she's also guilty of tasing a cop, don't forget. I don't think she's had her court date for that one yet.

Suzanne Whyte

I was getting annoyed by Dottie’s refusal to explain who was after her but the judge scene helped me see her side a little more. Roy is a powerful sheriff with militia friends and supportive judges. How does Dottie know who to trust? Most law enforcement couldn’t help her even if they wanted to. You can see she could explain things to Wayne and I think she should but he seems quite naive and trusting. He would probably want to turn to his mother for help and she isn’t to be trusted either. Dottie just doesn’t have many good options.

Suzanne Whyte

Absolutely, my thought when he was talking about them being friends and how he would be sending her money was he would be expecting favours in the future. She isn’t freed, she’s in a different kind of trap. She’s also in a lot of danger because she could challenge the narrative that Roy is spinning about her husband. It would be very easy for her to have an “accident”.

Youtalkingtome

I think you are completely right about the dead man's abused wife. Roy is clearly a malignant misogynist, so I don't expect him to be doing her any "favors" for free.

Youtalkingtome

I did catch the spiked bat in Gator's hands and thought of Stranger Things (he even twirled the bat the same way), but couldn't slip in a mention during such an intense scene.

Youtalkingtome

Good point: she is likely guilty of obstruction of justice, if the police choose to pursue it.