Imagine being so fucked in the head, that you put your kids through this, just so you can have some fucking guns at home.
Fuck.
I broke down when the officer hit Clay with the baton - at that point I just felt something in me snap and breakdown as I was watching it all unfold. His speech was powerful and on point and his reaction of picking up the gun was a result of the fear that has been pushed into his mind through this police-state culture the school has been enforcing - it should be a safe place TO BEGIN WITH, where so much monitoring wouldn't be needed. The stress, fear, potential trauma should be prevented well prior to bringing in any guns. Life is already fucked up as it is and a school should try to minimise that rather than extend it.
No one should have to go through any of this. There has to be a way of schools enforcing safety in the background, rather than shoving it in the children's faces.
If Clay was black he'd be dead now.
This episode was so intense. I wondered if this was the route they originally wanted to go for with Tyler but couldn't at that time. Either way, great episode that showed how traumatic a drill can be when done this way. I truly felt for Clay at the end. Brilliant delivery from Dylan. Clay snapped, he broke. I wonder what's next and who will stand by him now. I'm also very glad this wasn't something Tyler did.
(Oh and I just want to add: Winston... I'm crushing... very hard... and I shouldn't because he obviously can't be trusted.)
Clay's speech solidified this as an amazing episode. I felt every beat. Nowhere is safe these days.
Well this was a really good episode, but ...
... a pretty rough alarm drill, isn't it? And why didn't any of the students take their cell phones and call the police or tell their parents what was really going on? That didn't make much sense. To top it all off, there would certainly be a lot of sirens from police cars and rescuers that would have been in front of the school at that time.
It does not matter. The episode is good, exciting. Aside from the hallucinations of dead people, it's starting to get pretty annoying.
Phew. That was a HEAVY episode. Best of the season so far but shit. Clay made a great point at the end there and then... I just hope they’re bringing him to a mental facility, because he needs real help for this psychotic break he seems to be having. I felt terrible for Tyler being stuck in a bathroom stall of all places, and ultimately Tony did the right thing for everyone outside his friend group, but I know he’s going to have guilt about that. I felt terrible for Tyler being stuck in a bathroom stall of all places, and ultimately Tony did the right thing for everyone outside his friend group, but I know he’s going to have guilt about that. I’m glad Zach’s still with us. Well, at least there was one good thing happening in this episode: Alex living his best queer life. :purple_heart:
Ok that was a good episode
Every episode without Ani is a relief.
The US in a nutshell. Finally a great episode in this season though. Clay's speech was moving. And as some other commenter said: If Clay was black, he would be dead now. Fucked up in so many layers.
Is it just me, or is Clay’s narration meaningless to anyone else at this point? It has offered zero insight and sometimes it takes a moment before I even realize that I haven’t been listening to it.
Also, I can’t stand Winston and his endless glares. We get it, you’re mysterious and foreboding. But Alex deserves better — and found better. :wink:
I’ve complained a lot about this season, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hella curious at to where this is all leading.
Shout by Nathan LelloucheBlockedParent2020-06-14T22:41:41Z
funny how the best two episodes of the season (so far) are directed by brenda strong. probably not a coincidence, just wanted to point this out (the four firsts were really, really bad tho)
also the drill thing was pretty obvious, and i actually thought i’d get surprised when i saw clay as the shooter, i thought he might have been the one behind all this and his craziness would make him imagine being a victim alone in this classroom, but nope just the regular obvious drill.
that end speech was very much on point, and very good performance