Your reaction (and EPIC love for Hamish L) makes y’all’s reaction the best I’ve ever seen! Hands down! ♥️
Dawn
2025-08-28 15:30:53 +0000 UTC
It's easy to miss but Mildred points to Paul being Pruitt/Sarah's father a few times. She calls him John when he comes to her home for mass and she also screams about seeing "your father" in the window at one point (which is the angel running around in Pruitt's hat and coat). Then obviously at the Crock Pot Sarah tells her date how Pruitt used to stare at her just like Paul is doing in that scene. Y'all should definitely do Fall of the House of Usher then Bly Manor if you're going to continue Flanagan shows! I think Bly Manor is the second weakest of the shows (with Midnight Club being the weakest but admittedly I've only watched it once) but the performances are really, really good.
Setsuna22
2025-08-28 08:22:35 +0000 UTC
oh lol just got to the part where you guys talk about it. glad u feel similarly
adriancatrin
2025-08-26 22:23:17 +0000 UTC
okay yeah i like this show a Lot more than i did on first watch. still, can’t stand erin’s last death speech lol. just personal taste, i don’t think there was really a point to it and it was difficult to follow beyond pretty words like “stars” and “cosmos.” one last rambling monologue to taint all the others in my memory pahhaha
adriancatrin
2025-08-26 22:21:39 +0000 UTC
Also, I personally relate to Erin's final monologue more than hers or Riley's earlier perspectives. Riley somewhat undersold the atheistic conception of death, whereas Erin really brought the poetry in this episode and moved me to tears.
But that is a perspective and/or belief thing. The euphoria of the dissolution of self is harder to conceptualize, much less be comforted by, compared to the idea of heaven.
KT
2025-08-26 21:36:17 +0000 UTC
An important aspect of Erin's final monologue being closer to Riley's opinion than her original one is that when Riley died, his experience was more in line with the Christian perspective that Erin described. The girl he killed dressed in white, implicitly forgiving him, taking his hand under the bright light and lifting him up. So the show validates both points of view, not just in terms of lore, but their respective beauty as well.