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Well, friends, we have our first official act of cannibalism.
We now have the answer, but its complicated.
Or were they all part of a shared delusion?
And, in the present, how is their repressed trauma impacting how they move through the world?
Also, can that 90s soundtrack get any sicker?!
Okay, so we already know the answer to that last question, and its a resounding yes.
Lets start with the first of two stellar needle drops that bookend the episode.
Set to the tune of Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten, we reenter the wilderness slowly and with purpose.
The first image we see is the cabin, and its completely covered in snow.
Winter is here, and its not playing.
The camera pans over the bedraggled survivors as they snooze.
Theyre doing the best with what they have, but it might just not be good enough.
She boldly claims, We are the ones making ourselves sick.
Is Lottie using her time in the wilderness for financial gain?
It sure looks like it!
Unaware of the horrific rotting tableau in her basement, Tai gets another dog to replace Biscuit.
(Run, Steve!
Elijah Wood, were ready for you.
Frodo is hot on Shaunas trail, and shes doing a terrible job of covering her tracks.
But the emotional crux of being a teenage girl remains the same: Protect your status at all costs.
Jackie and Shaunas toxic relationship exemplifies exactly what Amos was singing about.
But they also loved one another.
And this episode establishes that Shauna never really did let go of Jackie.
Instead, she became her.
Throughout the episode, teen Shauna carries around Jackies graying ear like a lucky rabbits foot.
(Things are getting kind of gross, Amos sings.)
She contemplates it, caresses it, and finally chomps into it with gusto.
Its a shocking visual.
Sheeats the ear, yall.
An ear has, what, like ten calories?
Tai and Van say I love you.
Jeff jamming out to Last Resort by Papa Roach in his car is a hilarious beat.
Mistys punch kit, including a ladle, Tupperware, and fancy Hawaiian Punch is also hilarious.
but once she threatens to hang out indefinitely, he caves immediately.
I would not be mad if the show found a way to write him back in.
Its givingTwin Peaks, and Im terrified.
