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I love this fun as gently caress, spooky campy show, and I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of goons out there who also love it too. Final season, three episodes in, let's go. OFFICIAL CHARACTER RANKINGS: 5. Sean. Hot, but checked out. Tries and fails not to suck. 4. Leanne. Spooky hot. Probably in possession of the moral high ground, and a reanimated corpse. 3. Julian. Crawled back into the bottle, and back into our hearts. 2. 1. The House. Now with even more floors!
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Lauren Ambrose has great facial expressions. This show is great. Really is the epitome of style and atmosphere over plot, in the best possible way.
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Jan 28, 2023 12:17
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Loved this episode. As Leanne's influence spreads, so too do the set-builds become bigger and more elaborate (and we get to visit them). The people who live in the new parts of the set (the new houses) are so loving doomed though. Also, lots of understated comedy in the costuming choices.  This man thinks he's so clever. UPDATED CHARACTER RANKINGS 6. Dorothy. Feels like the character's in a holding pattern right now. 5. Julian. Skipped on a costume. Weak. Ate all the candy. Based. 4. Sean. Dressed as his day job. Covered the house in spiders. Dressed his child as a cooked meal. This is a man who doesn't understand irony. 3. Darth Leanne. All dolled up. 2. The nurses. They do spark joy. 1. Tobe. Making the most of his limited screen time.
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Feb 3, 2023 14:11
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This was a really good looking episode, even by the standards of the show. The Halloween set was great. Also, can't blame Tobe for trying his best to score, haha. Leanne looked pretty good as an evil doll. Nell Tiger Free has really impressed me with her acting, especially in this and last season. I was going to say that I can't believe I've never seen her before, but I guess she was in the middle seasons of Game of Thrones. The nurses really are an inspired addition to the cast. Way better than the other attempts to bring new people into the core characters in previous seasons.
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Feb 4, 2023 21:54
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I'm really going to miss this show when it's over, every episode just draws me in so intensely and the atmosphere and soundtrack are ridiculous in the best way. The ramping intensity this season is fun to see, another great ending in today's episode.
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Feb 10, 2023 12:04
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I didn’t see, who were the church people who grabbed Leanne? And loved the weird young couple. Great reactions from them.
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Feb 13, 2023 01:14
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I might need to go back, but I thought Sean understood that the baby was alive because of Leanne at this point? WTF does he think will happen if he gets rid of her?
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Feb 13, 2023 07:24
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socialsecurity posted:I might need to go back, but I thought Sean understood that the baby was alive because of Leanne at this point? WTF does he think will happen if he gets rid of her? It felt like he's convinced himself it'll turn out differently if he wants it too, or that as long as someone had eyes on Jericho the whole time nothing bad could happen (yeah right)
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Feb 13, 2023 08:02
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Okay these last two episodes owned. Excellent use of funky town.. Interested in how the show's ultimately going to resolve its class themes, Leanne's turn to villainy seems to have come at around about the same point she started adopting upwardly mobile aspirations. (Great impression of Lauren Ambrose by her this episode.) The shot of the new way into the basement apartment was by far my favourite thing about this episode though, I love that they took five episodes to reveal that connection. The house is such a trip. I was joking with another friend that the show should end with the entire house sinking into the earth, with the cast scrambling over the top of each other to climb the floors and reach safety, but I suspect it might actually go that direction. I think the only other thing I really want from these last episodes is that dummy to finally come to life. (Also, underrated joke from last week's episode: Julian carving a big chunk of road out of the house cake.) Toast King posted:It felt like he's convinced himself it'll turn out differently if he wants it too, or that as long as someone had eyes on Jericho the whole time nothing bad could happen (yeah right) Yeah, I think both Julian and Sean are repressing, which is what drives a lot of their actions this week (particularly Julian's).
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Feb 18, 2023 02:38
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Lmfao this episode. "But I lost my ability to taste!" "You had a cold."
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Feb 24, 2023 11:08
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While I don’t fully (want to) believe him, I love George’s earnest attempt to convince the Turners that everything was actually very normal.
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Feb 25, 2023 16:55
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I laughed at the “This guy and his makeovers” because I was thinking the same thing right then.
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Feb 26, 2023 20:14
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I just watched The Consultant, also created and written by Tony Basgallop, and it has very similar vibes to Servant, though in a very different context. Actually, a bit like if Servant was set at Mythic Quest instead of a house in Philadelphia. I think Servant is better but if you’re jonesing for something that feels a bit similar, might be worth a shot at least.
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Mar 1, 2023 05:40
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If the final two episodes are just Leanne and Dorothy, it's gonna own. Great ep.
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Mar 3, 2023 16:29
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Chairman Capone posted:I just watched The Consultant, also created and written by Tony Basgallop, and it has very similar vibes to Servant, though in a very different context. Actually, a bit like if Servant was set at Mythic Quest instead of a house in Philadelphia. I think Servant is better but if you’re jonesing for something that feels a bit similar, might be worth a shot at least. I just started that show and it’s trippy, looking forward to watching more of it.
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Mar 6, 2023 05:30
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I kinda assumed this show would end with Dorothy confronting what actually happened to Jericho but I’m less certain of that now. This has been a weird season that spent too long meandering at the start but that last ep was wild and I think the final two will be cool
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Mar 6, 2023 10:17
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ok good I was totally wrong
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Mar 11, 2023 00:44
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That was loving terrible. I mean it looked really good, but whaaat
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Mar 17, 2023 12:29
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Open Source Idiom posted:That was loving terrible. Agreed this show was always going to hinge on it's ending and it didn't deliver.
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Mar 17, 2023 13:26
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that’s a lot of sympathy for a girl who gaslit and terrorised a family
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Mar 17, 2023 13:46
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Escobarbarian posted:that’s a lot of sympathy for a girl who gaslit and terrorised a family It was a lot for all of them. Finale was way too kind, and seemed really scared to deliver on basically anything.
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Mar 17, 2023 14:30
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It’s so weird that the last episode ended with like Leanne as the devil on Dorothy’s shoulder giving her this choice and then they turn their back on it immediately and are like “oh no poor Leanne!!!!!!” like make your mind up
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Mar 17, 2023 15:19
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socialsecurity posted:Agreed this show was always going to hinge on it's ending I kind of feel the opposite about this show and that the overarching plot was less important. Especially by the time this season was partway through and it still didn't seem to be tying that much together. Even with that it felt promising with the end of the second last episode like mentioned above, then was just whatever. Still can't think of many shows where I enjoyed the moment-to-moment vibes and shots as much though.
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Mar 18, 2023 04:44
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This was such a gorgeous show, with some great performances from the core four. But no, lmao, no. Still thinking about how terrible that finale was. The subreddit's having a meltdown because they'd tied themselves up into knots over the entire thing -- I saw the term "theorycels" being thrown around and lmfao, if you're gonna label yourselves that then sure that works -- but Dororthy's sudden loving turn, the complete lack of conflict, the weird begging for a spin-off ending. Nah, weak af, and seemingly completely unconnected to what had come even immediately before. Euuugh, why. What. Why.
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Mar 18, 2023 14:10
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Toast King posted:I kind of feel the opposite about this show and that the overarching plot was less important. Especially by the time this season was partway through and it still didn't seem to be tying that much together. Even with that it felt promising with the end of the second last episode like mentioned above, then was just whatever. Still can't think of many shows where I enjoyed the moment-to-moment vibes and shots as much though. I think I agree with all of this. The overall storyline never really seemed all that clear or even cohesive (though maybe watching all 40 episodes back to back would change that) but the show was always more about the moment to moment acting, shots, the food, the weird humor bits…. Even though I think the ending definitely whiffed it I would still happily endorse Servant as the ideal “enjoy the ride” type of show.
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Mar 18, 2023 23:10
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Chairman Capone posted:I think I agree with all of this. The overall storyline never really seemed all that clear or even cohesive (though maybe watching all 40 episodes back to back would change that) but the show was always more about the moment to moment acting, shots, the food, the weird humor bits…. Even though I think the ending definitely whiffed it I would still happily endorse Servant as the ideal “enjoy the ride” type of show. The Shyamalans doing a coup on the original writer (or him leaving for Primer pastures) probably didn't help with the cohesiveness (although I think Tony Basgallop is a very flawed writer)
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Mar 19, 2023 08:48
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Lmao
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seems to me they came up with a great idea of the fake baby being brought to life and that was enough for the first season, but then they had to do three more seasons where basically nothing happened
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Mar 19, 2023 14:44
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It seems like Tony Basgallop left after the second season, which also when the emphasis on food porn lessened. Critical mistake IMO.
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Mar 19, 2023 15:52
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Season 2 was definitely my favourite looking back, followed by 3. I don’t remember 1 well enough to know if I prefer it to 4 or not.
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I'm a bit ambivalent about the ending. Show was a slow burn right from the beginning.....and I really didn't expect an explosive finale.....so I wasn't shocked with the route that they took. I actually think it's a bit funny that they decided to go with the 'nothing supernatural going on' explanation. Feels like the rug was pulled out.....but it was kind of unexpected. So I appreciate that.
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