I enjoyed the second half of season 2 very much on a rewatch but I found it very funny in a hard to describe way. Anyone have some favorites? Here’s mine:

This bit of dialogue is the best:

Pop to Annie in the Emporium Pop: “You’re at Marsten!” Annie: “I already TOLD you I WAS!” Pop: “How’d you get out? Annie: “I killed some people.” Pop: “Howd you get all the way ova here?” Annie: “I killed some more people..!”

Izzy Caplan is terrifying, electric, and quite funny, whether you find it unintentional (I don’t) or intentionally (I do).

Okay, I watched S1 under my boyfriend’s recommendation, and mostly he wanted to show me the relation to Annie W. (Obviously that doesn’t come until season 2), but I’m confused.. If I ask questions, he thinks I’m stupid or that I didn’t pay attention. However, I paid as much attention as I could, and I didn’t understand this at all.. Can someone please explain in a nice way? I’d like to get an idea & some background before I rewatch season 1, so that I can maybe understand it a bit better..

I understand the universe aspect, to a degree, and I think I understand what is happening overall, but can someone give me a run down? Like a play by play, but not as extensive?

I already feel like I’m not the smartest, and my boyfriend wasn’t explaining how I could understand. I’m hoping someone here can help me.

Saw this in season 2 finale. Is Henry missing? Cause last we saw him he was alive and watching over the kid. Did the kid kill him? I’m so confused.

I know season 1 is an anthology but from what I’ve seen season 2 is all about Annie from misery? Is this true? All 10 episodes are one story about Annie? If so I’m definitely watching it.

I’m finishing up S1 and just realized Hulu cancelled the show. Very upset. Not nice Hulu

I just finished watching Season 2, and I absolutely loved it. I am also a huge fan of Misery, one of my favorite Stephen King movies. But there was something that bothered me since episode 1. I thought Misery was set in the 80s and 90s, so how the hell is Annie Wilkes backstory starting in 2019? And by the end, when she kills joy and starts hallucinating her, she goes back to the 80s and 90s? What am I missing?

Also sad that they cancelled the show, Mystery/Horror usually gets no love.

Did anyone else think the entire season was a psychotic delusion in Annie's mind?

Ok I am on about episode 3 of season 2 and I liked the first season it was good and I am loving seeing Lizzy Caplin flex her skills what Imm not happy about is the mental health aspect, they’ve eluded to her having bipolar more than once and I have a parent with bipolar (I’m 35) and unless Lizzy’s character is in a permanent state of floridly manic WITH psychosis (as this isn’t very common) she wouldn’t be like this. I will say the way she is acting on the medications especially the lack of arm movement when walking is 100% accurate but unless they change her to like having a dual diagnosis or idk supernatural as this is Castle Rock lol I can’t see her being remotely diagnosed as bipolar and this really adds on the the already common mistake of thinking bipolar means psychotic 😑

But I’d give it a 6. Season 1 was amazing but clearly had no discernable ending, so they stapled on this ambiguous time jump. Season 2 is an action-adventure horror show and clearly not the same thing. There was such a potent seed in there in the early stages but it did not follow through. Oh well.

Rewatching this episode again and I'm still angry Sissy didn't win an award for this episode

I liked the show a lot. But I am a bit confused. I am under the impression that we should believe the version of events we see at the end from the other Henry's pov. That both he and the adopted Henry crossed over to the wrong world, adopted Henry was held in the cage by his dad and then managed to return, losing his memory in process. The real Henry stayed in the wrong world. Each of them bring destruction when they're in the wrong world.

The voice of god is the sound of the portal. The real Henry acted weird at first because it took him some time to remember everything.

It seems like a sound story but:

1. What was the deal with real Henry telling Alan that he can help Ruth , then asking him to find that car? Did I zone out or wtf happened with that cause next thing I remember is that Ruth killed Alan by accident. Speaking of which

2. Why does Ruth confuse the real Henry with her husband and he seemingly plays along (wearing his suit, stuff he says) instead of acting like her son?

3. Why does the adopted Henry refuse to even see what the deal is with the portal and instead locks up the real Henry? I get that he hallucinates some monster face in a moment but wtf, and how is it consistent with everything his character knows? I could see him refusing to believe despite what he knows so far and just killing the real Henry (what would happen then?) although he could have easily just proceeded to see if he can help Henry return to his world. This is kind of the oddest mix of adopted Henry accepting a supernatural explanation but the one that requires him to believe in Satan whom he can keep in a cage rather than a multiverse portal...

4. Are we supposed to think that maybe this version is true, that real Henry is really a monster/satan and the episode before that showed his story is not real? That confuses me the most, I don't think this interpretation makes sense narratively. But the real henry isn't always consistent and sometimes just acts like a villain (e.g. pt 1 and 2)

Either way this was a good watch.

As mentioned. I'm on S1E6. My friends all fight me that The Kid is definitely the devil. Truly, for the first 4 episodes I thought he was too.

Then I roughly decided, he too has the shining, or schisma , or whatever the hell they call it.... and was out in the woods when young Henry and Matthew were as well. Somehow their dimensions or timelines crossed and now The Kid is in the wrong dimension. Thus, he creates 'bad things' wherever he goes because the universe is confused or in a paradox of sorts - not because he is the devil.

Why do I think the universe is in a paradox? Because I feel like The Kid is the referenced miscarriage of Rev. Matthew and his wife... But from a different dimension (where Henry never existed, and now they occupy the same space).

I think that is why in S1E6 The Kid is so obsessed with Henry's home movies and is wearing Rev Matthew's suit - because he is recalling them being is actual family.

I also believe The Kid knows all the bad things happen because of exactly this, and that is why he tried to jump off the roof in S1E5.

What I can't explain is why he doesn't age.. so I'm like " well, maybe he could be the devil" bc of that.

How close am I (without a total spoiler)? Cold, warm, or hot?

Is looking through Lacey's desk and finds all the Bible quote calendars torn out to the same quote, one of them is dated April 26th 2043. Does anyone know the significance of that?

Couldn't even handle the 40-20-10 combo...

After a meandering, unfocused and I dare say near-unwatchable first season, the second season returns with a more compelling story line, without trading its hallmark bizarre elements for a completely conventional and 'safe' narrative. Whereas before, I had to force myself to continue watching and never got very far, season two has a main protagonist that I found I just couldn't look away from, for better or worse.

I'm talking about Annie Wilkes, formerly one of Stephen King's most infamous villains, and now someone who could almost be considered an unwitting hero when pitted against an even Bigger Bad. Personally I would call her a Villain Protagonist but whether labelled a hero, villain, or something inbetween Annie is quite a divisive character.

On the face of things, she's really not the kind of person that most would root for. But there's great storytelling trick the writers took full advantage: no matter how despicable a character is, if you give them something that they want really badly that is somewhat relatable (in this case, to hang onto and protect Joy) and really have the earnestness of that desire clearly come through, then the viewer will follow that character through hell and high water.

There are also a few sympathetic hooks in there, such as the genuine desire to be healthy and free of mental illness and struggling against the societal stigmas surrounding those illnesses, or doing a terrible thing completely by accident, or because she's under thrall of delusion. But this is only half of the picture. She makes a lot questionable choices (to put it mildly) where she has the opportunity to do better. The writers wisely never try to completely vindicate her or cast her entirely as a victim of circumstances outside of her control. To do so would disrespect the legacy of the character and it would be an affront to the viewer's sensibilities if morality is completely taken out of the equation for the very worst things that a person can do (and not just once in the heat of the moment, but time and again).

So I think there's a valid case to be made on either side of whether people like her / sympathize with her / root for her, or not. I just don't think the other side of the argument can be completely ignored and I don't feel entirely comfortable that I'm made to feel a bit sympathetic for her after everything she's done. There are wisps here and there on the internet where some people talk as if she's a Feminist Icon For Our Times, but I really hope they don't really mean that because, uhm... y'all can do so much better. What do you think though? How do you reconcile the good with the bad?

Was anybody else totally invested in the Annie/Joy story and didn’t care for the Pop/Nadia/Abdi side of it all? The second half of the season suffered for me because of this, I don’t know I was just waiting for the show to get that side of it over with to focus on Annie and Joy. I feel like that’s where they went wrong (I still loved season 2), but they were just trying to do too much. The French zombie storyline kind of fell flat for me, it only worked as a reason for Annie to finally lose her sanity.

I loved season 2 so much so I hope this doesn’t seem overly critical, I just feel it would’ve been stronger by focusing more on Annie and Joy

I’m a fan of a lot of King’s books (aside from some of the weird/problematic parts of some of them) - and I just started watching this show and I LOOOVE it! I’m into season 2 now and I just hate that this is the last season! Let’s get this show back on the map!!!

I’m in the middle of S1 Episode 3 and I’m confused as to why Henry can’t go talk to the boy himself instead of through C.O. Zaleski. Is it because he’s not technically his lawyer at this point? But he asked for him in Episode 1, so why hasn’t he been able to go and talk to him directly?

I forget where I left off and now im thinking to restart but....all I recall was John Locke guy did suicide with his car.....ok....and some guy made a goal to trap the IT guy in jail because hes super evil? ok.....and then thats all and thats probably why I stopped watching the show because who give sa shit if that guy is super evil or they hav eno record of who the hell he is

Given that we see Annie at Paul's book tour I'm assuming they do and she suffers the same fate Annie does in the book.

Just completed Season 1. I quite didn't understand Gordon and Lilith 's character. Like what was the purpose? Also why did Gordon have the kid's paintings at the B n B? Is this some kind of a reference to other King novels?

I decided to start watching the show from tonight. But i am kinda not too strong hearted for horror.. so please give an opinion on scale 1-10 of how horror the show is! My friend suggested it to me by the way

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