Its unfortunate that HBO seems to have such a flawed grasp of making shows I have seen through their services, fore I have far too often been disappointed.
I see the same things without deeper delves into things, and too many questions left not only unanswered, but virtually not even addressed. AND I HATE THAT IN HBO SHOWS!
Lovecraft Country was something I was looking forward to for almost 2 years, but then when it starts to get interesting in one episode, then its all over the place in another. Then it picks up, hits you with something unfortunate from that time period, like the death of Emmet Till, then it goes slower than books revolving around the same magic and eldritch monster genre of Lovcraftian greatness.. Sure this doesnt literally have anything to do with works by H.P. Lovecraft, but I wanted more.
The show tends to over shoot for glory like most of the shows on HBO over the last 20 years. Yet I still like it, but that pacing and direction just seems to waste so much time. Going from one riveting tale, then to one thats far blander, then BOOM to something about ghosts and exorcisms, just to have an episode full of more dialogue than action or a lack of supernatural eldritch goodness tends to make me lose interest. And this is still roughly the same as the actual "mythos" that share the same name. I get times were "tough" over 70 years ago, hell every era has tough times for somebody, and nobody has had a strict monopoly on suffering, so I understand that from a black persons perspective, running around trying to solve mysteries and the like would have ben much more tough that if a white person was doing it back then. ITs still an intriguing premise to the point that even with more knowledge and a bit of power, once the characters step outside they are once more subjected to the hate and racisms that plagued those times so dreadfully. But then theres an episode like this, where theres all kinds of stuff going on, but way too much of the same without batting an eyelash. Oh another sex scene between a woman that kinda wants to try being white, with a woman whom may or may not be gay but transforms into a man she knew and stole blood from to have sex with previously mentioned black woman...for the 4th time?! Come on HBO... If this kind of pandering is going to continue to go on, then an hour is no longer enough for a show like this. Hell I dont think less than 2 hours is good for most shows, and thats why they have usually been so crummy. But yet theres things that seem pointless , like when in this episode also there was a point where an "antagonist" literally looks at the camera, gives a ghastly grin, holds that pose for a second or two, and then moves on to do a nefarious deed. WTF?! lol Coupled with the out of place modern music overly used in the show, I really REALLY hope there is some kind of satisfying, non cliff hanger way this season ends. But considering how many shows and films etc i have seen, I know that its foolish to hope. And that seems to be one of the lessons of this show: When the poop hits the fan, just ignore it and say it smells like roses. I guess... COME ON ATTICUS! DONT DIE FFS! T>T