{"id":22361,"date":"2020-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/lovecraft-country-episode-2-should-i-stick-with-this-series\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T00:49:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:49:44","slug":"lovecraft-country-episode-2-should-i-stick-with-this-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/lovecraft-country-episode-2-should-i-stick-with-this-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovecraft Country Episode 2 &#8211; Should I Stick with This Series?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_10064\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"mailto:hosts@shatpod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10064\" class=\"wp-image-10064 size-full\" src=\"\/tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lovecraft-Country-Theories.jpg\" alt=\"Lovecraft Country\" width=\"180\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Have a Theory? <a href=\"mailto:hosts@shatpod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share It Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>Hey guys!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the pod. Jumped aboard during the Watchmen series, decided to stay on for Lovecraft Country. Shout out to my sister, Allie, who I\u0092m sharing this series with. Wanted to send you some mail since I hope I\u0092m not the only one feeling this way after episode two. <\/p>\n<p>So help me out, what on earth is going on?!? I wouldn\u0092t consider myself a TV critic by any means, but I feel the second episode had some major storytelling issues and gave me whiplash following a stellar pilot\/first episode. I feel a bit lost. <\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of new elements (the cult, magic, how the creatures work, etc) that were all barely explored. Not to mention the dream sequences our main characters experienced, what occurred with Tic with the portal to Paradise, and next week\u0092s teaser shows us taking a 180 turn back away from \u0093Lovecraft Country\u0094. <\/p>\n<p>The questions I\u0092m left wondering are:<br \/>\n&#8211; Is it typical that Lovecraft storytelling leaves the reader with more questions than answers regarding the world? I have never read Lovecraft, so wondering is the show drawing inspiration from that?<br \/>\n&#8211; Did you guys feel this episode had storytelling and pacing issues? Critic\u0092s reviews seemed mixed and it feels we rushed through what I assume is a large portion of the book two episodes in.<br \/>\n&#8211; Unfortunately, after episode two, I\u0092m wondering if I should stick with this series. I know you guys have seen the first five episodes, should one stick with this series out and give them a pass this week? <\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your time,<br \/>\nNick<br \/>\nPortland, OR<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Subscribe Now<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Android: <a title=\"Android\" href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/lovecraft-country-android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/lovecraft-country-android<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Apple\/iTunes: <a title=\"iTunes\" href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/lovecraft-country-itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/lovecraft-country-itunes<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>All Feeds: <a href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/shatpod.com\/subscribe\/<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Help Support the Podcast<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Contact Us: <a href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/contact\/\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/contact<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support with Paypal: <a href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/paypal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/paypal<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support With Venmo: <a href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/venmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/venmo<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shop Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys! Enjoy the pod. Jumped aboard during the Watchmen series, decided to stay on for Lovecraft Country. Shout out to my sister, Allie, who I\u0092m sharing this series with. Wanted to send you some mail since I hope I\u0092m not the only one feeling this way after episode two.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[6321,6331,6332],"class_list":["post-22361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovecraft-country-book-of-names","tag-book-of-names-read","tag-lcc-s1e01","tag-lovecraft-country-season-1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.1 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lovecraft Country Episode 2 - Should I Stick with This Series?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/lovecraft-country-episode-2-should-i-stick-with-this-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lovecraft Country Episode 2 - Should I Stick with This Series?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hey guys! 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