Interesting episode. I thought the scenes with the portal were cool. Now we know about Henry, everything in previous episodes the Kid knew about Ruth makes sense.
But that makes it sadder because he just wanted to spend time with his mom for the first time in 27 yrs and got stabbed for it.
Loved Dennis Zalewski’s reappearance. Why do I care so much?
I’m glad we got to see a glimpse of the Kids’ life but I can’t help but wonder if it should have been less of it. Like, a few flashes of him here and there so you can see him happy. Then we see flashes of him in the cage. This keep the mysterious feel.
In 1x01 they did actually reference the trauma people get being ‘in the hole’ and locked away. We saw some where the Kid was adjusting and little Henry was clearly traumatized here. Not that I like to see anyone tortured but I feel like it’s fitting if we see the Kid unable to get back to his old life because of it. People don’t just snap back. It takes a lot of time. And what if time moved differently in that reality where everyone he knew is old/dead or something?
The end of the episode where The Kid is looking at the window and says ‘and then Lacy found me...’ was painful. You can feel the pain, you can hear it in his voice. Bill is such a phenomenal actor.
But that’s partly why IF the Kid gets back to his original timeline/universe I don’t want him to go back to his old self. Wouldn’t feel realistic. If you could call universe hopping realistic lol.
Though I feel like this won’t happen. In a previous episode we saw Wendell hear the noise (voice of God) and walk towards Castle Rock. So I predict that Henry & the Kid will fix the timeline only for Wendell to be stuck & he and The Kid will end up in a new timeline mess. So it’s like a never ending time loop for the Kid. According to some scientists there are infinite universes after all.
Despite that I feel for the characters and would like a happy ending for all. But that wouldn’t feel very ‘Stephen King’-like nor do I get the feel that’s where this is headed.
And I like alternate realities and all but I feel like it would have been a cooler twist if The Kid - who was kidnaped, tortured, and constantly called the devil - would have been a good being like an angel. So he decides not to help the people of CR after everything bad happened to him... (which I wouldn’t blame him)
Still, overall it was pretty good. Still much better than other series.
Review by JupiterBlockedParent2018-09-06T16:40:00Z
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Interesting episode. I thought the scenes with the portal were cool. Now we know about Henry, everything in previous episodes the Kid knew about Ruth makes sense.
But that makes it sadder because he just wanted to spend time with his mom for the first time in 27 yrs and got stabbed for it.
Loved Dennis Zalewski’s reappearance. Why do I care so much?
I’m glad we got to see a glimpse of the Kids’ life but I can’t help but wonder if it should have been less of it. Like, a few flashes of him here and there so you can see him happy. Then we see flashes of him in the cage. This keep the mysterious feel.
In 1x01 they did actually reference the trauma people get being ‘in the hole’ and locked away. We saw some where the Kid was adjusting and little Henry was clearly traumatized here. Not that I like to see anyone tortured but I feel like it’s fitting if we see the Kid unable to get back to his old life because of it. People don’t just snap back. It takes a lot of time. And what if time moved differently in that reality where everyone he knew is old/dead or something?
The end of the episode where The Kid is looking at the window and says ‘and then Lacy found me...’ was painful. You can feel the pain, you can hear it in his voice. Bill is such a phenomenal actor.
But that’s partly why IF the Kid gets back to his original timeline/universe I don’t want him to go back to his old self. Wouldn’t feel realistic. If you could call universe hopping realistic lol.
Though I feel like this won’t happen. In a previous episode we saw Wendell hear the noise (voice of God) and walk towards Castle Rock. So I predict that Henry & the Kid will fix the timeline only for Wendell to be stuck & he and The Kid will end up in a new timeline mess. So it’s like a never ending time loop for the Kid. According to some scientists there are infinite universes after all.
Despite that I feel for the characters and would like a happy ending for all. But that wouldn’t feel very ‘Stephen King’-like nor do I get the feel that’s where this is headed.
And I like alternate realities and all but I feel like it would have been a cooler twist if The Kid - who was kidnaped, tortured, and constantly called the devil - would have been a good being like an angel. So he decides not to help the people of CR after everything bad happened to him... (which I wouldn’t blame him)
Still, overall it was pretty good. Still much better than other series.