Rita Sue, Libby and Stumpy continue to interest me, with the Jonesy factor and the gambling and the angry Burly. This is probably a good reason not to roll with trade, as Stumpy put it.
Exactly what I thought.
Rita Sue's admonition to her daughter is somewhat ironic, given her and Jonesy's encounters. She knows whereof she speaks, yet there's a sense of jealousy there, too. Libby is what Rita was, her replacement. She loves her daughter fiercely, but the resentment is strong, too.
And vice versa. Plus it's not just a case of sexual jealousy. I think that when in the fallout of Dora Mae's death Libby and Stumpy both turned to each other and against Rita Sue, she resented the hell out of that as well. While Libby ultimately got the power demonstration of her father being unable to leave her mother, which might have contributed to her now flirting with Jonesy. (That, and what Sofie did to her in the finale.)
What is the cost of Justin's power? Ben's demonstrate a cost ratio, act to consequences, but I've not seen that for Justin.
Good question. It seems to be absolutely irregular. Because while the child-molesting owner of the Chinese place committed suicide after Justin exerted his power, the lady who threw up coins was just fine. The radio influenced people don't appear to suffer side effects, either. We don't know whether Norman's stroke is connected with Justin evoking the flashback to their first encounter for him. There might be a cost to Justin himself, i.e. the more he uses his power, the more he loses his own personality and becomes a vessel for the power.
Why does Ruthie see dead people
Because she is, in a sense, a walking dead person herself. She was dead, not in a coma, genuinenly dead. Like Lazarus, for two nights and a day, before Ben resurrected her via killing Lodz.
Now that Sofie can see her mother, will she also see Lodz? It appeared that both Apollonia and Lodz appeared to Ruthie, not simply going about their business as the others she claims.
I think there might be a connection to Lodz being the only one whom Apollonia told about Sofie before her (and his) death. Plus Ruthie of course is now in a position to confirm to Lila that Lodz is in fact dead, and not run away as Samson claims. Since Lila has been trying to convince others of this, it could be important.
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Exactly what I thought.
Rita Sue's admonition to her daughter is somewhat ironic, given her and Jonesy's encounters. She knows whereof she speaks, yet there's a sense of jealousy there, too. Libby is what Rita was, her replacement. She loves her daughter fiercely, but the resentment is strong, too.
And vice versa. Plus it's not just a case of sexual jealousy. I think that when in the fallout of Dora Mae's death Libby and Stumpy both turned to each other and against Rita Sue, she resented the hell out of that as well. While Libby ultimately got the power demonstration of her father being unable to leave her mother, which might have contributed to her now flirting with Jonesy. (That, and what Sofie did to her in the finale.)
What is the cost of Justin's power? Ben's demonstrate a cost ratio, act to consequences, but I've not seen that for Justin.
Good question. It seems to be absolutely irregular. Because while the child-molesting owner of the Chinese place committed suicide after Justin exerted his power, the lady who threw up coins was just fine. The radio influenced people don't appear to suffer side effects, either. We don't know whether Norman's stroke is connected with Justin evoking the flashback to their first encounter for him. There might be a cost to Justin himself, i.e. the more he uses his power, the more he loses his own personality and becomes a vessel for the power.
Why does Ruthie see dead people
Because she is, in a sense, a walking dead person herself. She was dead, not in a coma, genuinenly dead. Like Lazarus, for two nights and a day, before Ben resurrected her via killing Lodz.
Now that Sofie can see her mother, will she also see Lodz? It appeared that both Apollonia and Lodz appeared to Ruthie, not simply going about their business as the others she claims.
I think there might be a connection to Lodz being the only one whom Apollonia told about Sofie before her (and his) death. Plus Ruthie of course is now in a position to confirm to Lila that Lodz is in fact dead, and not run away as Samson claims. Since Lila has been trying to convince others of this, it could be important.