And, guess what? But when the monster approaches Tic, it bows its head and lets Tic pet it. My man is out here guarding property that is in no way his, talking some mess about the Black people leaving the funeral on South Side to come to the North Side and get revenge for Emmett. Who do you think you are, Batman's parents?! This episode poses a lot of questions about her place within the world as a white woman who is magical and has questionable allegiance. Nobody else sees the Topsies and Dee flees the platform, only to be pursued by them across the city. While Stowe wanted white readers to feel compelled to empathy by Topsy, the image was so striking and so damning for many that it was easier just to domesticate Topsy in pop culture, making her cute and strange but ultimately a figure that worked in service of white entertainment. Soon, the dolls start growing until they are taller than the busker. Back at home, she's in an absolute state. I have not forgotten Dee! They’ve found her comic next to the dead officer in Kansas and want to know where her mother is. Even worse, after the events of “I Am.,” Hippolyta is nowhere to be found. He hugs her, thinking she is having a hysterical fit. Christina, even, has received more interaction from our adult characters than Diana has. Verdict: TERRIFYING! • Dee: “Yeah, I know what an orrery is.”, • Still Dee: “… And it fucking stinks in here!”. Carol Aird is shaking. While waiting on a subway platform (IT'S HAPPENING), minstrel show music begins to play (IT IS OCCURRING) and she looks over to see TWO live Topsies (Kaelynn Harris and Bianca Brewton) doing a herky-jerky soft shoe up the subway stairs. Into it. Yipes! On one hand, you have two people putting on the drag of other people with more privilege to bang each other. Yeah, bro, she's a one-woman riot who has house keys. She continues, “I don’t care about Emmett Till … I don’t care that half this city’s on the brink because of it.” This speaks to her hubris and lack of empathy. She’s covering all her bases: Inside a church, Leti prays to God for protection but also has Christina meet her there — she offers up negatives of the photos of Titus’s pages from the Book of Names in exchange for Atticus’s invulnerability. Spoilers for Lovecraft Country episode 8, “Jig-a-Bobo.” How scary is Harriet Beecher Stowe? Lancaster says he'll call off the spell if Dee gives him the orrery. With Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Kenneth Williams. This black shoggoth proceeds to maim and kill all of the officers. Old lady Leti waving a flag at Obama's inauguration. That whole scene took a week to shoot. In Episode 8 of Lovecraft Country, the community mourns after the murder of young Emmett … You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. When it’s finished, it looks as if the creature might try to kill Atticus and Leti too, but it stops at Atticus’s raised hand — it wants to be pet. Dee tracks Captain Lancaster, spying on him from an alley as the Topsies dance closer and closer to her. Dee is taking the death of Bobo hard and the adults in her life wonder how long they can go before breaking the news to her that they don't think Hippolyta (Aunjanue Ellis) is coming back. Christina brands Leti with the scar we’ve seen on William; this “Mark of Cain” will protect her. Scary twins! Make that an option on Tinder. She locks herself in Uncle George's shop and lures the Topsies, attempting to fight them with a pipe. But I am brought back down to Earth by Christina's response. Spoilers for Lovecraft Country episode 8, "Jig-a-Bobo." Every time they show up it's scarier than the last. Dee is not a fan of live theater. Anything is possible. I suppose it's a testament to how well constructed this episode is that every plot line feels fleshed out and important. Lovecraft Country episode 8: Ending explained with spoilers Lovecraft Country episode 8 left us off on one of the most exciting endings in quite a while. Nobody asked her to do this. In a nod to some of the changes that Misha Green made to Matt Ruff's novel on which the series is based, Tic says that some of the characters were different and that Dee was a boy in the book, but that he believes most of it actually happened, including Christina sacrificing Tic during the autumnal equinox to achieve immortality. How terrifying? While I was initially unsure about using such a tragic, well-known event as background for a horror story, it works perfectly here. And for a full breakdown of episode 9's spoilers, read on below. The actress recalls Mr. Napkin Head, how the movie helped pull her family out of debt, and the last time she heard from Jude Law. It's a fantastic, deeply terrifying hour. Lily James and Sebastian Stan to Play Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, Christina Aguilera Sleighs Her Rendition of ‘The Christmas Song’, Christopher Nolan Doubles Down on Warner Bros. Let's think through things here, Pop. • Hippolyta, despite hinting that she’d be returning last episode, isn’t back in Chicago. Without warning they start chasing the Oz-bound crew, absolutely terrorizing them in ways that are at once fantastical and weirdly specific to the subway, i.e. Atticus, Leti, and Ruby all come to her for help. Not only did she not go through the portal with Atticus at the end of last week’s episode, but she didn’t rematerialize in Chicago either. OF. Does she finally feel something? Her “invulnerability” was always going to allow her to survive. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, By submitting your email, you agree to our, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Don’t Sound Too Together Right Now, Tom Cruise Yells at Film Crew for Breaking COVID-19 Protocols, The Best Quarantine Music Performances of 2020. Kinda. Two figures (named Topsy and Bopsy in the credits) come to life, inspired by the cover of Uncle Tom’s Cabin she sees in their apartment (and, likely, Topsy-Turvy dolls). Atticus finally has some calmer, more tender moments with his father. This decision, and the collective grief and despondence of Black Chicagoans and Black Americans in general, works as a guiding theme for this episode, and perhaps the show as a whole. Anyone who watched The Wiz every time it came on TV, at every family reunion, and sometimes after church will remember the sheer nightmare fuel of that scene, which comes out of nowhere and really doesn't have any corollary in the film. Heartbreakingly, when asked what she knows about magic, she responds, “Fantasy books?” — she’s been left in the dark the most out of our protagonists about the secret world bubbling beneath the surface. HER. “I wanna create my own space,” she later tells Leti. To review all the spoilers for episode 9, join us in listening to the latest episode of Lovecraft Country Chronicles. I don’t.”. Featuring a Mad Max style rundown, a set straight from the void, Edward Cullen himself, and more. In "Lovecraft Country" Episode 8 titled "Jig-A-Bobo," Diana "Dee" Freeman, Hippolyta and George Freeman's daughter, will have a surprise encounter with the sinister Captain Lancaster. So, in most depictions, Topsy is the gunny sack-wearing "wild child" with a head full of plaits. Leti’s house was under … Log in or link your magazine subscription. We see her crying after, clutching at her Mark of Cain. “Here’s to the Nights” features Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl, and many more. Miffy Englefield Answers Every Question We Have About. Which one of them tried to impress an ethereal bisexual? This book ends with Christina’s character sacrificing him on the autumnal equinox “to become immortal.” When Atticus asks Christina about the equinox, it stops her in her tracks. We do not talk about it much because it still haunts us to this day. All of this tracks. The Philippines-based artist relies on his emotions, whether positive or … Let's go back, way back, back in time. She waits for Topsy and Bopsy to come for her, brandishing a metal pipe as a weapon. She knows how the world treats Black boys; she’s watching the worst of it unfold right now. The episode ends quite gloriously once Captain Lancaster and a legion of cops show up at Leti’s house wanting to obtain the orrery. Ruby finds herself wanting affection in this time of grief. Montrose walks in on her screaming and fighting what looks to him like nothing. She’s been silenced by the adults around her yet again. All rights reserved. The Land of Oz has a lot of issues to work through in the areas of equality and its caste system but its infrastructure seems to be doing great. (BEGONE YE DEMON) Then he puts some of his monster spit on her forehead (OH ABSOLUTELY NOT), cursing her with a haunting that will keep her silent about their conversation. Tic shows up and a cop shoots at him, but just before the bullet reaches him a monster bursts out of the asphalt because Montrose performed a spell of protection on Tic. This relationship is pretty tricky. Also, let me find out Lovecraft Country is going to zoom forward to the present. Does she realize that she never will? Christina tells him that to properly cast a spell, one needs “energy, intention, and a body,” not just an incantation. © 2020 Vox Media, LLC. 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