Broken Windows, Open Doors

"Broken Windows, Open Doors," the eighth episode, was a much-needed slow burn that belonged earlier in the season. Harold Perrineau puts in a solid performance as Boyd, finally bringing some life to the character and making it the first performance that felt noteworthy in the show.

This episode does a beautiful job of tying together all the plot points from previous episodes. Though there was room for improvement, I was pleased with the writing; it bodes well for the series' future.

Seeing the characters settling their differences and making smart decisions was refreshing. For the first time, I felt an emotional connection to the characters, making it the most promising episode in terms of character growth.

It's almost intolerable to watch Jim, the show's worst character. One can only hope that he will soon change or that someone will finally confront him.

This episode's flashbacks were skilfully executed, but it's crucial to strike a healthy balance and avoid overusing them. The nods to "Lost" are a nice touch, but one hopes they stay that way and the show doesn't follow in "Lost's" footsteps.

Overall, this was a good setup episode, and hopefully, the rest of the season can wrap up nicely.

Rating: 7.2/10 (Good, It Gets the Job Done)

In short, this show is the best show since LOST, it took only 13 years but we finally have a great show again.

The people with the negative comments are missing the point. This chapter shows the backstory of Sheriff Boyd and his family, how his wife died and why his son doesn't want to talk to him anymore.

Please ignore the negative comments. Some people are just dedicated to hate for the sake of hating.

Negative comment "this make no sense". To you I say this: This is fantasy/horror You knew that from episode one, what are you doing watching episode 8.

Negative comment "Chronologically broken". To you I say this: It's a flashback, non linear is the definition of a flashback.

And I could keep going, but you get the idea.

(Shortened summary in the bottom of the review)

(From: Episode 8) gives us the backstory and answer of what we all wanted to know, which is "How did Boyd get here and why does his son always hate him?", and i have to say this episode did phenomenal in giving a worthy backstory and answer, something what was done so great in some fantastic way, that it sometimes got me in the feelings a little, just so heartbreaking what happened to all of them.

Definitely one of the highest highlights that this show is made of, so you should definitely watch it the moment you can!!

(11/10)

Shortened summary: Ep 8 shows us how Boyd and his family got here, why his son build this hatred towards him and how Boyd helped save all the towns people by finding the totems.

We learn quite a bit at this point. A good pace of development, but it is a pity that 8 series have already arrived and only two more remain. A couple of series in the middle were very slow, with a lot of talk that took time. At this rate, a series of 24 series can be created by slowly pulling everything. In short series, this traditionally means that a) in the last two series many events will be compressed, everything will happen in a hurry, without really explaining anything, or b) at the most interesting moment the season will end to make viewers wait a year until next season. Neither option is pleasant. Unfortunately, because I really like both the idea and the performance (except for some weak actors, of course, but they are everywhere).

A lot of answers revealed, more back story, new mysteries to be unfolded in the upcoming two episodes, a really nice setup for what is anticipated to be the climax in the next two episodes. This series needs more episodes for sure in season 2! Feels like westworld type of series just brilliant!