Paradise - Ep 8 - The Man Who Kept Secrets

Hey there guys. I promised to join your Patreon about a week ago right before you guys dropped episode seven. I got caught up with work this week and didn’t get around to it and then I saw your reaction to episode eight and now I am here. I’m here because I just need you guys to take a deep breath, walk away and please try re-watching that episode. It broke my heart that you gave it three out of 10. I realize everyone was expecting some crazy twist where someone who was main or secondary character was going to have some dark hidden agenda and be Cal's killer. Actually, a lot of folks who may not have been watching for very long or watching closely we’re hoping it was Xavier‘s wife. That sounded so ridiculously preposterous that I had to stop reading, recaps and reviews after watching one of my favorite episodes ever. I could not imagine that the show would be that lazy to come up with some crazy way that 1. Terri actually survived the initial catastrophe and that she somehow was still alive three years later; 2. That, even though on the audio we heard she was focused on finding her family, that she would go on some crazy revenge trip, skip to see whether her family was actually alive and go bludgeon the president to death. I know you guys don’t agree, but I think that reveal was important. I don’t think a lot of viewers may have taken into full account. How many completely innocent uninformed working class people were needed in order to make that miracle happen. We had not gotten that story before. It’s what the librarian says before he dies, paradise was actually built on a graveyard. And at least for me that had significance on a lot of levels. In today’s climate, it is easy to forget that the United States of America was essentially built in industrialized on the graveyard of indigenous people and so many who actually toil to build this country were people of color, many of them slaves, some of them indentured servants, and the White House has many bodies buried under it. I get that it wasn’t the super clever twist that everyone might have anticipated, but it’s actually really kind of tough to do that and today’s environment where everyone can hyper analyze every frame and throw out every theory. There was no way for the writers to win in this case. If it got too cutesy people would’ve complained. But I thought it took a somewhat realistic scenario and used it to showcase just how angry the left behind felt. Anyway, I joined your premier, Patreon, but I have to admit that I am an 80s baby and I’m not even sure what Discord is. And I’m not one of those technicology challenged people. I have a completely blinged out smart home setup with every commercially available streaming device. I’ve got my top shelf big ass flatscreen and even though I live in an apartment, I’ve got a complete Dolby Atmos surround system. I can fix just about everybody’s PC and I totally geek out over all of the new AI software. I say all this to say that for those of us who did not grow up in the Discord era, it might be helpful if you guys gave our generation a little bit more understanding of what what it is and how to access it. I have been following you for so long. I have seen your followers grow so you are clearly making an impact. I actually upgraded my Patreon primarily to get the uncut reactions, but I would love to hang out on Discord if I understood it a little bit better. The last time I caught one of your live chats it was on YouTube. Anyway, you guys make every episode of the series worth watching. But please give this show a bit of grace because as you say "Wii is life." 😝 I’m a little afraid that I’m the first comment on here. Not even sure if you guys get around to reading these, but like I said, this is my first time on your Patreon.

Tracy Ann Campbell