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We finally learn what Odin Quincannon’s deal is this episode, including the full story of John Custer’s visit that was seen from Jesse’s perspective a few episodes back. Turns out the entire Quincannon family, minus Odin, died in a freak ski lift accident, and he didn’t take it very well, In fact, he went completely around the bend, dissected his families corpses, and called John to tell him there is no soul, only meat. John fled as Odin cried, “Denounce him! Denounce him!” So you can maybe see why Odin doesn’t go to church that often.
So why, then, did Jesse’s command to “serve God” not work on Odin? Well, it did, it’s just that Odin’s god is the God of Meat, the god of what’s “touchable and true,...
This Week In Backstories
We finally learn what Odin Quincannon’s deal is this episode, including the full story of John Custer’s visit that was seen from Jesse’s perspective a few episodes back. Turns out the entire Quincannon family, minus Odin, died in a freak ski lift accident, and he didn’t take it very well, In fact, he went completely around the bend, dissected his families corpses, and called John to tell him there is no soul, only meat. John fled as Odin cried, “Denounce him! Denounce him!” So you can maybe see why Odin doesn’t go to church that often.
So why, then, did Jesse’s command to “serve God” not work on Odin? Well, it did, it’s just that Odin’s god is the God of Meat, the god of what’s “touchable and true,...
- 7/18/2016
- by Jeff Stone
- Indiewire
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