Z Buck McFate
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Is anyone else struggling to keep a mental map of when each scene is happening? I've watched each episode at least twice (not to keep times straight, but just because I know I miss things if I only watch it once), and I'm constantly trying to place it. "Okay so wait, this is before Bernard washes ashore on the raft... so Ashley can't die here because he's on the beach when Bernard washes ashore. And soon after that is when all the Host bodies are found floating in the lake - Teddy is one of them, so this thing happening with him and Delores is happening before Bernard washes ashore and probably while Bernard and Elsie are in the cradle..."
It didn't look like anything to me.
I am finding the parallel between God>Humans and Humans>Hosts interesting and eerie though. The way their perceptual limits are presented really isn't that different from our own limits, and the question about free will is something we face pretty much equivalently.
William's daughter reminds me a lot of Mary Louise Parker. It was driving me crazy at first, trying to figure that out.
I felt like there was a lot of references to Christian iconography in this episode, and I wondered why (perhaps it was a coincidence), but the bit at the end, especially the way you put, it makes sense.
Ford is God resurrected.
In terms of iconography, I felt the use of nails for Abernathy was a deliberate reference to the crucifixion. It's obviously super gory, but it was gory in a way that stood out for me, even in this super-violent show. The method and circumstances involved were just too unusual.
You also have the burning heart, which is a common symbol in Catholic iconography. (Again, that seemed very odd, and stood out for me.) I don't think burning hearts is part of Japanese funeral rituals, and nothing I found here suggests that it is.
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And finally, there's Maeve's crew walking out of the graves, like the dead rising again at the last judgement. Consider the way Tarot decks often depict this:
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(I love the imagery with this. Something about the way it's so literally depicted. I generally am attracted to the aesthetics of tarot decks, but this one in particular is a favorite of mine.)
Perhaps the bodies found in the lake will be resurrected at the Mesa? Note the presence of water in the card. This would mean the damage control unit was fucked, by the way.
It didn't look like anything to me.
I am finding the parallel between God>Humans and Humans>Hosts interesting and eerie though. The way their perceptual limits are presented really isn't that different from our own limits, and the question about free will is something we face pretty much equivalently.
William's daughter reminds me a lot of Mary Louise Parker. It was driving me crazy at first, trying to figure that out.