Episode
1 “Sundown”
Full of spoilers. I
finally started watching Lovecraft Country. The trailer for this
looked intense so I expect that this show is gonna have me living in
clenched city most of the time. And so far it did. I am also sure a
lot of people have discovered what a “sundown town” is from this.
Or that horrible looking movie Green Book. I can't be mad. I didn't
know about the Tulsa massacre until watching Watchmen and going “Why
does Wikipedia have a link to...oh fuck. That really happened.”
This starts off with a guy named Tic riding a bus to Chicago with
another woman. Oh, wait. It starts with an insane dream where Jackie
Robinson saves him from Cthulhu. So, yeah. He is on a bus heading to
Chicago with a Black woman when the bus breaks down. They all get off
and a ride comes...for everyone not Black. They end up walking the
rest of the way.
He
meets with his uncle named George. Tic got a letter from his father
and his mothers side of the family and want to investigate it. They
are joined by Leti who just came back into town. Her sister doesn't
like her. Her brother don't like her. I get the feeling she isn't a
very nice person. She wants them to drop her off along the way but
that doesn't work because her brother can't stand her ass. This is
where you see how not fun it is being Black. They find a small town
and order a meal. Leti overhears the cook talking to someone as Tic
looks at the bricks painted white (the place they were originally
looking for was burned next door) and they rush out of town being
chased by men with guns. Just when they are about to be killed a
silver car that has been around since Chicago and was described as
being the last place Tic's father was seen getting into arrives and
makes the truck flip over...somehow.
They
find out about some attacks in the woods and a sheriff they need to
be on the lookout for. So of course as they stop he pulls up with his
gun. He lets them know this is a sundown town and they have less than
ten minutes until he will hang them from trees. As they are racing
away they have to slow down because the sheriff is following them and
will pull them over for speeding. This scene was tense as hell! They
just make it out of town as the sun begins to set...and runs into
another group of police and men with guns. They are dragged to some
woods and accused of being burglars. The sheriff wonders how Tic,
from another state, knows his name. Next thing you know there is this
weird ass sound coming from the woods and then these monsters start
snatching folks.
Tic
and Leti find a cabin and hide in there and two cops, including that
sheriff who has his arm mauled, burst in. George manages to find his
way there and they are being stalked by monsters and threatened by
cops. They don't trust Tic and say Leti has to go find help. She
books it being chased by these monsters and gets the car started and
crashes into the cabin. One of the cops was bitten by a creature and
his ass turned into one and ate the other cop! They get into the car
and scare the creatures away with light until they are called away by
someone or something.
They
end up walking down a road, the sun is up, and end up at this nice
looking place. A mansion. They walk to the front door and this guy
opens it like “Hey, Tic. Been expecting you.” The hell?! I need
to know what is going on here. Tic is a cool character. He didn't get
along with his father because his father didn't think he should have
enlisted to fight for a country that hates him. He isn't close with
his uncle George because he never stuck up for Tic. Leti got no
friends. I need to see where this ends up going.
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