>-the Emmet Till story felt a bit tacked on. Watchmen used
>Tulsa as a central idea that tied into everything. The Emmet
>angle...just like, out of nowhere. When the kid was alive and
>hanging out with Diane...did he even have lines? No build up,
>no connection to the character, no clues, no points to watch,
>just...AIGHT SO, EMMET TILL RIGHT?


My biggest problem here was that they opened the episode with it, and I think that's what made it feel SO out-of-nowhere. You hanging on for a week, wondering what happens with the portal and all, and then.... EMMETT TILL! It was just jarring, but I didn't mind its inclusion at all.


>
>-The scene with the cops and Diana felt a bit heavy handed
>when she said "I can't breathe", like, show, don't tell. We're
>already in a context of racism, white supremacy and police
>brutality, adding that is like saying "get it?" after a
>punchline. We already have the context.



I gotta disagree here. People actually say they can't breathe when they can't breathe. Plus with this being the 50s, I like the statement that this is just American history.




>-Tick and Letti just leaving Ji-Ah's ass in the dining room.
>Like, where the fuck is Ji-Ah? She just drops some earth
>shattering evidence on everything and instead of taking a step
>back to work it all out....
>
>-Tick and Letti running through the house arguing, and then
>out of the blue Tick is like "IMMA BUST SOME SPELLS ON THESE
>HOS"
>
>-No really, is Ji-Ah still at the dinning room table like
>"...these people ain't shit for leaving my nine tail ass right
>here with no water on this hot ass day"
>
>-Tick just straight up saying "fuck that magic woman in
>particular" when it came to Ji-Ah. No "hey, HOW THE FUCK DID
>YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FUCK WE ARE, WHAT THE FUCK SHOULD WE
>BE DOING, YOU TELL LETTI ABOUT ME BEING A WAR CRIMINAL?!"



A lot of this seems to be asking to show to focus on somewhat unnecessary parts of the story instead of feeding you the meat of the story (which is understandable to some degree, but maybe also try to understand that they're breaking ground here and may not want to slow things down to much)... especially this.



>-Tick and Montrose suddenly cool with each other and sitting
>on the curb drinking as if Tick didn't just have his whole
>world rocked


This didn't bother me. I suppose they could've shown them working all that out, but I appreciate them leaving that assumed for the sake of moving the story along and keeping it exciting. Families go through shit and move on. At least that's been my experience. I don't necessarily need to be bored with the details of how they made peace here. Knowing that they did is enough for me.


>-Hold up, Ji-Ah if she saw it all in Ticks life, INCLUDING all
>the wizard shit, wouldn't she go "aight, I got 9 tails and I
>suck the souls out of men...just what the fuck even all is
>this shit?"


I don't understand what you're saying here.


>-The wizard cop having his whole ass eaten by the beast
>like...you ain't got magic to protect ya neck dude?


Well he had to recite an incantation to put the spell on Diana. The monster kinda ripped his throat and esophagus out lol.