In the season finale, Atticus Freeman and his family battle against literal and metaphorical “white privilege.” Spoilers Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Ten ” Full Circle,” directed by Nelson McCormick, deals with self-sacrifice, legacy, and breaking the chains in our minds. Atticus Freeman and his family cast a spell to bind Christina’s magical powers. Atticus’ […]

Montrose Freeman wrestles with his past. Spoilers Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Nine “Rewind 1921” directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, occurs mainly on the night of the Tulsa race massacre. Lovecraft Country Season One and The Watchmen miniseries deal with the racial injustice baked into this country’s structure. Both television shows have scenes during the 1921 […]

After losing her best friend Emmett Till, Diana Freeman battles a curse alone. Spoilers Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Eight” Jig-a-Bobo,” directed by the show’s creator Misha Green deals with the real-life lynching of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till. For those who do not know, Till was originally from Chicago but visited his relatives in the Mississippi […]

Hippolyta Freeman discovers who she is during multi-dimensional travel. Spoiler In Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Seven, ” I am” directed by Charlotte Sieling, Hippolyta figures out she is a discoverer. In ” I am,” the show returns to 1950’s Chicago. During this review, I will focus on Hippolyta’s transformation into an empowered Black woman […]

During the Korean War, possessed nurse Ji-Ah (Jamie Chung) dreams of finding true love. Spoilers Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Six ” Meet Me in Daegu,” directed by Helen Shaver, humanizes the monster through the Korean nurse Ji-Ah. ” Meet Me in Daegu” is a flashback to when Atticus is serving in the Korean War. […]

Ruby Baptiste tries on another person’s skin. Spoilers: Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Five “Strange Case,” directed by Cheryl Duyne, explores the body horror in racial and gender injustice. Usually, Leti and Atticus are in the middle of the drama, but in “Strange Case,” my favorite storyline belongs to Ruby Baptiste. William gives Ruby a […]

Atticus, Leti, and Montrose travel to the Boston Museum to break into Titus Braithwaite’s vault to find some pages from The Book of Names. Spoilers Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Four ” A History of Violence” directed by Victoria Mahoney, has an Indiana Jones vibe. ” A History of Violence” brings out the racist colonialist […]

Both her White neighbors and ghosts haunt Leti Lewis. Spoilers: Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Three “Holy Ghost,” directed by Daniel Sackheim, starts with Atticus, Leti, Montrose, Hippolyta Freeman (Aunjanue Ellis) mourning the loss of Uncle George. The mourning is depicted in multiple visual ways like Leti sitting still in the church while all the […]

Atticus, Uncle George, and Leti search for Montrose at the Braithwaite Estate, where the father is trapped. Spoiler Lovecraft Country Season One Episode Two ” Whitey’s On the Moon” directed by Daniel Sackheim wrestles with wizards, an elite KKK like organization, monster breeding, sexism, and racism. I love how ” Whitey’s On the Moon” delves […]