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Oct 2023 *
I have watched this twice now, yesterday and today. I thought it was quite good. I can't say much about it without giving spoilers... I can just say that it's about a very frazzled-looking young woman who shows up at a somewhat older (30s or early 40s) woman's home, raving that she is being chased by some kind of monster. I want to talk about this, but I shouldn't... I guess I'll just black out everything I say, and if you're sure you'll never watch it you can read it anyway. Or better yet, watch the show.

I was just very impressed by the segment, they did a hell of a job. I hope it gets some kind of acclaim. At first the dynamic between the two women feels a little like Hellraiser 3, where the kinda wild but desperate and borderline homeless young club girl ends up being friends and roomies with the slightly older, more established female reporter. But in this case, the young girl knows that she is being followed by a monster, and that it will attack and kill anyone that they might try to call in for help. Proof of this concept is provided in the next few minutes, as a UPS guy and a pizza delivery guy are both brutally killed by something very big, and very fast. Soon, we even get to see the monster, and it is pretty scary looking. It made me think of a much bigger, hairier version of wolfed-out Evil Ed from the 1985 Fright Night, or maybe one of the werewolves from The Howling.So, things get off to a scary start. But gradually, you start to notice that the young woman (who looks a bit like one of the punk chicks from Dolls) is strangely chatty, and keeps making conversation about practically anything other than what she clearly should be talking about: the huge monster that is prowling around outside, killing delivery people and apparently getting ready to kill them too.As it goes along, the tone of the segment gradually changes. The older woman is approached for a sort of parley, like in John Wick 3, by the monster. The monster is actuallly quite articulate, and even nice, in a gruff way. He doesn't seem to like his job very much.I don't know how much I should say. It's just really funny to watch the monster and Lorna (the older woman) talking, and even sitting next to each other on the couch, sharing a bottle of wine. They kind of get to know each other, and they find that they share a dislike for the younger woman (Cassandra). Cassandra has her reasons for what she does, and we end up having some sympathy for her. Nowhere near as much as we have for Lorna though. Or as much as we have for the monster! We are increasingly sympathetic to the monster, if not exactly "on his side," as the episode goes along.Another thing is that they seem to make a few Stephen King references. I'm not sure if they are just for fun, or if they mean something. A local coffee place that they refer to a few times is called Stillson's, like Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone. Lorna's last name is Snell, which MIGHT be some kind of reference to Sue Snell from Carrie. Also, I saw somewhere online that the street address of Lorna's house is apparently a reference to a place in Stephen King's It, somewhere of significance to Pennywise.The two things that stand out for me, and that I'm pretty sure I'll be thinking about for awhile, are Cassandra's reasons for allowing the monster to be in her life, and what the ratio is of her conscious to unconscious complicity to what the monster does might be. That's one thing. The other thing is just the way Lorna and the monster talk to each other. It is so funny to see, and to hear.
Anyway, I just wanted to write my thoughts out before I forget them. I hope you find this episode and watch it. The main actresses are Samantha Sloyan and Ruth Codd, maybe that will help you track it down.



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