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What If They Move The Tree?

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FROM – Season 1 Episodes 1 through 3 – SPOILERS

In an unnamed small, probably American town, Sheriff Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau), signals the approach of sunset by ringing a bell as he walks down the main (and possibly only) street. The diner closes, and everyone goes home and locks their doors, and we see that each home has a talisman prominently displayed. Frank Pratt (Bob Mann) is passed-out drunk somewhere across town, and doesn’t make it home in time with disastrous consequences for his wife and daughter, because, despite the sheriff’s warnings, a second-story window in their home has not been nailed shut. Something pretending to be the child’s grandmother tricks her into opening that window, and both are killed. The following morning, Sheriff Boyd arrests Frank, accusing him of being responsible for the deaths of his family. (One wonders why Frank’s wife was incapable of nailing the window shut herself.) Continue reading →

From – Thoughts at the End of Season One

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Speculative Recap – SPOILERS

Simon Webster and Catalina Sandino Moreno

Ethan and his mother puzzle over some of Victor’s drawings in “Into the Woods” (Episode 9)

Ethan (Simon Webster) wakes up in Episode 2 after having part of a chair removed from his leg. “I saw the Lake of Tears,” he tells his dad. “It was a drawing on the wall. There were so many drawings on the wall, like when I used to draw with crayons and you would put it on the fridge. And we were all there in the drawings, you and me, and Mom and Julie. But somebody screamed because the spider came down from the ceiling.”

In the sixth episode, Ethan compares the town’s storage room to the Cavern of the Lonely Dragon (from a story he has been reading). “When the Cromenockle was lost in the rainbow sky, she found a cavern where the lonely dragon lived, and it was full of stuff that nobody wanted. But for the lonely dragon, all the stuff was treasure. And guess what, in one of the big piles of stuff, there was the map of the rainbow sky. So, the lonely dragon gave it to the Cromenockle, and then she wasn’t lost anymore.”

In Episode 9, Ethan says that Victor’s drawings represent a story, not a puzzle. “They all fit together and tell a story. And once we figure out the story, we’ll know what to do next. That’s how it works. We can’t finish the quest unless we figure out the story.” Continue reading →