Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
André Holland | ... | Henry Deaver | |
Melanie Lynskey | ... | Molly Strand | |
Bill Skarsgård | ... | The Kid | |
Jane Levy | ... | Jackie Torrance (credit only) | |
Sissy Spacek | ... | Ruth Deaver | |
Scott Glenn | ... | Alan Pangborn | |
Adam Rothenberg | ... | Reverend Matthew Deaver | |
Zabryna Guevara | ... | Doctor Vargas | |
Chosen Jacobs | ... | Wendell Deaver | |
Caleel Harris | ... | Young Henry Deaver | |
Jeffrey Pierce | ... | Young Alan Pangborn | |
Schuyler Fisk | ... | Young Ruth Deaver | |
Caroline Lawton | ... | Deputy Fran | |
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Dayshaun Moore | ... | Young Henry Deaver (Age 7) |
Andrea Higgins | ... | Funeral Goer |
The timeline shifts between the past and present, at once recounting Ruth's life with Henry as a boy, scenes from previous episodes now through Ruth's point of view, and the Kid's mysterious intrusion into Ruth's house in the present. Ruth recalls Matthew Deaver's first time hearing "the voice of God" and her relationship with Alan Pangborn. Expanding upon a scene from a previous episode, Wendell interprets Ruth's dementia with a VR game, calling Ruth a "timewalker," who must defeat her nemesis, Matthew Deaver in the form of the Kid. Back in the present, Ruth sends Wendell away to protect him. The Kid makes dinner for Ruth, and tells her to eat a sedative. In response, Ruth distracts the Kid by asking him to draw her a bath, does not take the pill, and runs upstairs to find a revolver. While at first she does not remember where the bullets are, her memories lead her to unpack the bullets in her suitcase. Returning to the events at the beginning of the episode, Ruth hides in the shed ...
I don't usually write reviews for just an episode but this episode scared me and was so beautifully acted and shot so beautifully! I still have tears running down my face while typing this! Not to be dramatic! But the gorgeous song that end with (On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter) just tore into me! Some people get older and loose there ability to act but Sissy Spacik is incredible in this episode! She runs the whole thing! And to do a episode like this it's so easy to lose the audience but I was engrossed the whole time holding my breath! Right when they wanted me to then balling my eyes out right when they wanted me too! She deserves a Emmy nomination just for this episode!