This show is amazing. There's no doubt about that. This episode delivers some of the most powerful, moving moments in the season, culminating in the Guilty Remnant committing their worst act yet. Unsurprisingly this leads to riots but it's how what they do affects the characters we know that's the most heartbreaking (and fascinating to think about). Laurie, it looks like, is hinting at redemption, reuniting with Tom. Nora reacts in the opposite way to most people. It's a shame that after she finally moved on the mannequins forced her to remember. But at the point when it looks like we've lost all hope and she's going to be leaving, bringing an end to her relationship with Kevin, one of the only hopeful things in the show, she sees the baby. And with Kevin returning with Jill, there's finally a glimmer of hope after all this darkness: maybe, just maybe, they'll be able to move on, rebuilding a family with two new members.
But the question I had at the end of this was, what was the Guilty Remnant really all about? Sure, the basic answer was to make people remember the Departed. But why? And how does that tie in with the other philosophy of the GR, removing all emotion until there's nothing left? It's a question to which I don't feel I fully have the answer, which is frustrating. But on the other hand, maybe that's the point the show is trying to make. That none of this happens for a reason. After all, the Departure happened for no discernable reason. Matt tries to find purpose in it, but there isn't one as far as we know. He also suffered for no reason, losing his church. The GR does all this evil for no real reason other than the natural human predisposition to find meaning. And because the world isn't black and white, sometimes attempts to find meaning will help, like with Matt, and sometimes they'll lead to disaster, like with the Guilty Remnant.
Find meaning that's what I've been trying to do throughout this season- some sort of purpose, from all of its events. When perhaps there isn't one.
I've loved this season. Meaning or no meaning, it's been wonderful.
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