Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Mr. Mercedes Episode 8: From the Ashes 9/27/2017

      The previous episode ended with a bang.  This episode begins with a whimper.  Usually these hours open with T. Bone Burnett’s “It’s Not Too Late” playing over a montage of Bill Hodges getting dressed and ready for the day.  But, in the wake of Janey Patterson’s explosive death, Bill can barely get out of bed.

     Eventually, he does muster up the strength to dress himself and get over to his computer. Of course Brady is waiting for him!!  As we saw with his treatment of Olivia Trelawney, Brady seems to relish taunting survivors as much as he does killing victims.  He continues this practice here.  He tells Bill that “all these big tragedies come down to access of a car in the end.”  Then he taunts him with the reminder that he’s the one who let Janey drive his car with the hidden bomb inside.  Brady’s triumph is cut short when Ida comes into Bill’s house and he quickly shuts his laptop.

     Brady is still smirking and he is barely realizing that his malicious plans are about to backfire in his face big time.  While he’s downstairs talking to his computer friends, upstairs his mom is preparing dinner for the two of them.  She’s cooking some vegetables and as she looks in the freezer for some meat, the moment we’ve been anticipating for a few weeks finally arrives.  It is because the meat that she grabs are the patties laced with poison.  Brady had prepared them to poison Jerome’s dog and when that backfired, he hurriedly threw them in the freezer.  Now they’re in his mother’s hands.  5* (I really liked this series)

Directed by Laura Innes, written by Stephen King, David E. Kelley, Bryan Gouboff with Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Jharrel Herome, Scott Lawrence, Robert Stanton, Breeda Wool, Justine Lupe, Holland Taylor.

Note:  tvfanatic.comEditor 4.75 out of 5.0, user rating 5.0 out of 5.0 with 6 votes, fathersonholy.gore.com 5*, Amazon 8.2* out of 120* with 688 reviews, Imdb 8.2 out of 688, ReadySteadyCut 3.5* out of 5*, Imdb 8.2* out of 10* with 688 reviews.

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