Just watched it last night. Simply amazing. I felt at the time, and still do, that the first season’s finale was the best one-hour block of entertainment ever crafted. With a setup like that, I was expected a tremendous letdown with the second season’s finale. Not so! Granted, I don’t think it was as good as the first season finale, but it was still breathtaking.
I thought EB hanged himself until they showed the guy who was sent to find Wolcott see the body hanging, which explained it to me nicely. E.B.'s escalating insanity is as annoying to me as Livia Soprano’s alzheimer’s, but I’m willing to overlook that minor annoyance.
I loved all of Joanie’s superstitions regarding what clothes Jane had to wear to a wedding.
One of my favorite exchanges was the throw-away between Hearst and Al:
“Your kill?”
[turning around abruptly] “Who?”
[pointing to the head mounted on the wall] “The animal…”
My favorite line was when Al confronted the overworked watchman. I can’t remember verbatim, but it was close to “Quit a job before sleeping on it.” Such good advice. That whole exchange was priceless. “I need to breathe.” hehheh.
Cy’s talking to god annoyed me beyond belief. Seemed over the top, and I was thrilled he got stabbed. I’m thinking that because Wolcott killed himself before Hearst was able to verify the (non)existence of the blackmail letter, Hearst will be forced to finish Cy off if the preacher didn’t already.
I second how great the scene was when the whore was groping Merrick. Priceless.
Yeah, that’s what I thought, too. Everything Jane didn’t want to wear, Joannie said she had to lest it bring bad luck.
Hearst would probably be smart enough to insist on seeing the letter before dealing with Cy. I don’t know if he’d be ruthless enough to have him killed off, though. Also, Wolcott was writing something before he hanged himself. The contents of that note will be interesting to find out.
Really good end to an otherwise… and I hate to say it…I REALLY hate to say it… but… a lackluster season. The events (or lack there of) could have easily been compressed into 8 episodes.
Major Dad was great as Herst. I think he’s a very unique character for the show.
Anyone figured out what the timeline is for this season? Even including the week between “The Whores Can Come” and “Boy the Earth Talks To” I don’t think this season takes place over more than a month. Which is strange as we see characters (as well as news) travelling sizable, for the time distances, in the span of a night.
Waned to add- I was confused as well as to the fates of Hostetler and Nigger General. That plot was dropped completely. Who the hell is seeing to the animals? What of the creepy guy who j.o. on Seth’s horse and was setting up most likely mess with William?
Both times (and maybe another that I missed), I thought that he screwed up the photos.
He flashed, then paused, then pulled the lens cap. In past episodes, he usually pulled the cap simultaneously with the flash, which makes sense anyway.
Guesses:
He was just getting groped by the whore, so it was supposed to be funny.
He was otherwise incapacitated, e.g. drunk
He was screwing it up on purpose.
The director just didn’t care or notice the detail.
But, the camera sure did seem to focus in on that, linger on it, and make it clear that he was missing the photos. It jumped out at me. Anyone else?
Yeah, that was a running joke throughout the episode. Merrick hasn’t quite gotten a hang of the camera yet. It only arrived a few episodes ago, and he’s still trying to get the timing right. Those things weren’t meant to be operated by amateurs.
