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Notes on - American Gods: Tears of the Wrath-Bearing Tree

  Tears of the wrath bearing tree notes Eggs with two yolks always freak me out What’s with the boxer walking in and out? Bilquis needs to find ‘the other’ and convince him he isn’t alone? They’re really lening into the fluid in slow motion shots. OK, the wax forming the US was cool.   And a nice visual to introduce the concept of the exact center of the US So who is Shadow’s other?   Laura?   TB?   Wednesday?   We saw all three of them Shadow jiust claimed the ravens as his own. That was a pretty tenuous description for him to recognize Laura from, but then he did know she was headed to kill Wednesday ****   One shock at a time. He’s still Crispin Glover.   I thought he was only supposed to be in one episode this season.   I wonder what the real reason for the casting changes was How did he convince Laura to go the the Gods place? World very carefully told Laura that Shadow was there and then played every reverse psychology suggestion he could on her Hotel Wo

Notes on: Legends of Tomorrow - Meat: The Legends

  Meat the legends notes   The windshield wiper gag opening was a cute way to quickly restate the premise of the season, but I’m not sure it wasn’t a little stupid. Directed   by Rachel Talalay!! Is Ava forgetting that she’s sort of engaged, or is she deliberately not thinking about it because Sara’s missing How would finding an alien lead back to Sara?   Is she counting on them being microchipped or something? Same set-up with Gideon finding the ‘history spot of the week. ‘We already have a bite, so to speak.’ It’s a little endearing that Behrad is such a small restaurant enthusiast.   They’ve fixed his characterization issues from last week. San Bernadino 1955   Gideon’s having a sassy day – the splash of blood on the screen to show the massacre was super extra.   And she made a joke! Ava:   Mm.   No, I would have gone with ‘Suburban Slaughter’ Nate:   Save it for the podcast. Ava:   This is good news. Spooner: Y’all are dark, Oh yeah,   weird detail t