User Reviews

Leti and Atticus return to the time of the Tulsa race riot to retrieve the Book of Names which will save Dora (sp?). Lot's of horrors in the replaying of that time. I disagree with those saying this is the best episode, but I certainly think it's good. Can't wait for the finale

From all the scifi we go back in history and witness the true horrors in the Tulsa riots. Superb acting, Montrose blew me away. I feel like the show is finally getting into it's grove with only one episode left!

Man this episode just gave me chills. Just brilliant writing and everything. To watch history unfold with a hint of magic is just...wow! The grandmother sacrificing herself was so hard to watch.

The second half of the season has sold me that Lovecraft Country is a keeper! While the first 5 episodes were good overall, I still had some doubts. But starting with Episode 6, every episode since and including that one has been a masterpiece and this one REWIND 1921 is so far the best of the season. Brilliantly interweaving elements of familial strife, PTSD, and racial unrest into a magical time travel episode that occurs on the night of one of the most devastating nights in U.S. history in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this one deserves all the awards.

And I'd start with Michael K. Williams, whose acting was otherworldly in this one. I've been impressed with him all season, but Rewind 1921 was really a showcase for Montrose Freeman, an emotionally scarred and troubled human being who was forced to re-live some of the most painful memories of his young life by travelling back to his childhood in 1921 along with Atticus and Leti in an effort to save his niece Dee. Hippolyta provides a big time assist in opening the portal for the dynamic trio so they can somehow both save Dee and at the same time figure out a way to thwart Christina's diabolical plans for Atticus.

In addition to the great Mr. Williams, also Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett continue to excel in their lead roles. Williams and Majors knocked it out of the park in the Tulsa town square scene where Montrose had to watch his childhood friend die at the hands of a group of racists. And Smollett was exceptional in the scene along side veteran guest actor Regina Taylor (playing Atticus' great-grandmother), who left a lasting impression in her limited screen time.

This episode nailed all the emotional beats and really took the viewer to that time and place in human history. Lovecraft Country doesn't sugarcoat and it doesn't fan pander. It's a rare show in the modern era of TV that tells it like it is without coming across as preachy.

This show has lost the plot. Literally. The gang goes back in time to the Tulsa riots... Probably the most dangerous time and place in Montrose's history to get the book of names. Why didn't they go back to a week prior when it was safe as houses? Cause the show needs to show white people being murderous savages.

How can they travel through time?

Luckily 'Doc' Hiopolyta can do anything... Because the script says so. She can fix anything because she spent 200 years doing what ever she wanted to do on Earth 355 or whatever. Even though most of this time was spent killing fictional white people throughout time, she can fix or do anything. She is genius level x 50. Gotta love a script that allows you to do what ever you need, whenever.

Hurt feelings between Tic and Montrose are actually resolved when Tic see's Monty's upbringing and what he went through during the Tulsa riots. This was actually quite well done. One of the best things they have done this season.

The bombing scene was absolutely ridiculous. I had to google the Tulsa riots to see if it was true. Some accounts have said it was... That's crazy.

Overall, not a bad episode.

A powerful episode in a lot of ways, but it just can't seem to find its voice between the supernatural stuff, storytelling and moral reasoning.

It needs better editors and script doctors, but there was at least some good here.

The episode itself was overall pretty good. We had the usual time travel stuff nearly every sci-fi/fantasy show wants to incorporate. It wasn't especially great, nor was it especially cliché. I still personally believe we could have done without it, as it is still an overused cliché.

The only big mistake of this episode however, is the forced dramatic ending bit. This tactic is way too common, and it never brings good results. The group is running out of time, someone has to give out a final scream while holding, in this case, the portal open, and the last person to arrive is always way too slow. There is never any real need to add this to any movie or show. Everyone, even the characters, know that there is a time limit, and that they need to be as quick as possible. Having Leti stay with Tic's family as a show of respect/thankfulness was already enough for drama effect. And this was also fairly well placed. Having her then, however, walk to the meeting point as slow as humanly possible, while still knowing of the time limit, was unnecessary. My only guess for a justification for this overly forced drama effect, is that Leti is too touched by witnessing the deaths of those people. While this is all understandable, there are plenty of ways that could have been used in a better way than what the directors eventually chose for.

Here's to hoping that one day we will no longer have this annoying cliché in movies/series anymore.