Holy crap was this episode unreal! Literally.
I couldn’t possibly recap this one better than Vulture, but I do need to take a moment to comment on how gorgeous Justin Theroux is, both butt-naked and in a fitted suit, especially when he’s bathed in light in that hotel room and we get to appreciate his lovely eyes. Swoon.
Anyway. Looks like it’s bye-bye Patti, and Kevin is back from the dead. I still have no idea what is up with all the water references, but the scene at the well was a very eerie reminder of the cave-woman in the first episode of the season.
Only a couple of episodes to go until the season finale, and boy do we have a lot of questions. Here’s hoping for some answers – but you know what? If the remaining episodes are as captivating – and heartbreaking – as this one, I won’t mind if not all my questions are answered. Not one bit.
November 25, 2015 at 5:59 am
This episode was amazing (the whole season has been, honestly. I definitely wasn’t expecting an entire episode following Kevin in the afterlife, but I’m so glad we got one. This reminded me so much of Lost, in the best way possible.
I’m wondering what the bird in the hotel has to do with the bird in the Murphy household. I know there’s definitely some sort of connection we’re supposed to make there, but for the life of me I can’t imagine what it could be.
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November 25, 2015 at 9:32 am
I absolutely loved this episode. The first season of the show took a while to grow on me – episode 6 was the turning point for me as well – but this season is off the charts amazing.
International Assassin was so full of symbolism I can’t even begin to try and dissect it. I’m also wondering about the bird. A simple explanation could be the direct parallel between Erika’s ritual of burying the bird and unearthing it alive to find out her wish is fulfilled and Kevin digging himself out of his shallow grave to find Patti finally gone. Maybe the key was actually killing the bird in the first place; Virgil ‘facilitated’ Kevin’s passage into this afterlife/parallel universe scenario in real life, therefore he was the one who had to actually kill the bird in this world in order to have Kevin’s wish granted. The bird was still flying around the lobby when Kevin murdered the Patti lookalike/decoy, but he was able to finish the job once the bird was (sadly) smashed on the concierge desk. I dunno.
What I find even more intriguing is the water: Kevin didn’t drink any, but he was drenched in it when he saved little Patti in the pool, and then again when he fell into the well. Wayne was drinking gallons of it, as did everyone was already dead before this episode (Gladys, Patti). Virgil forgot everything as soon as he drank some, which I would like to believe is a cool callback to lethe and Hades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe
If this is the case, then it could potentially explain the significance of the pond…? I’m probably reaching, but I guess all we can do at this point is just that: guess.
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