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11 thoughts on “539 – A Knife In The Dark (END OF EPISODE 22)”

  1. Keith

    Why am I not surprised.

  2. Scarsdale

    Typical, it’s always someone else’s fault. Revenge is not just best served cold, but by stupid too. “This is all your fault!” Which is wrong, but in his head, it’s right.

    1. steelraven

      It’s also been heavily hinted he has already been brain washed by the zombie worshiping cult.

      1. Scarsdale

        Which, no doubt, made easier because of that under-lying feeling. People are always looking for a scape-goat…

    2. Clint

      I don’t know if you got my callback by intent or not, but it’s great to see almost the same words echoed! https://www.zombieranchcomic.com/comic/203-breaking-worst/

  3. RC

    Honestly, probably the first time he’s ever taken control of and done ever in his life. There’s a reason why they kept him. Give a dog that’s been beat all its life a whiff of conference and control, you got a problem.

  4. Crazyman

    Imagine his surprise when he stabs a pillow. 😜

  5. Zombatar

    He isn’t in control, RC – he’s probably drugged to the very dilated eyeballs, probably with Datura. Back on p.443, Eustace is shown holding a Mojave Rattlesnake on a stick while the Brujefe milks it into a glass. Mojave venom A is a paralytic neurotoxin, like tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin was thought to be part of the legendary Haitian “zombie powder”. The other part was Datura, which contains scopalamine, which messes with memory and concentration, and is supposed to render victims docile and suggestible.
    The question is, where did he get his current dose, and did a little drone whisper in his ear?

    1. TKG

      Except Datura doesn’t do that. You’re thinking of the compound Scoplolmine (AKA the devil’s breath) which generally comes from a specific plant, Borrochero (Brugmansia arbora) that is native to Columbia that the gang in question probably would have had access to. It’s active compound obliterates free will, your conscious, you can function as normal but you are totally open to suggestion which is what happened to McCarty here. Datura just makes you trip mad balls and maybe die, but it does not make you a puppet.

  6. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Me lleva la chingada !

  7. TKG

    I’m betting money there’s no one in that bed and it’s a ruse to get him caught.

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539 – A Knife In The Dark (END OF EPISODE 22)
Posted on December 25, 2024 by Dawn

Happy Holidays, all! That's a wrap (heh) for Episode 22 just in time for a Christmas cliffhanger! Hope we don't twist the knife too much...

See y'all in 2025 when Zombie Ranch continues!

You Wanda what happened?

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Clint
I’ve been holding off writing about Marvel’s Wandvision because for once I wanted to wait until the series was done before giving any thoughts. A novel concept for me with my long history of early impressions here in this blog, some of which bore out nicely and some of which, well, did not. But nine episodes? I could wait nine episodes, even if that meant nine weeks. And honestly it still hasn’t been a week since the finale but the spoiler tags are largely ripped away and the interviews have begun. Of particular interest to me are two which were given by director Matt Shakman and head writer Jac Shaeffer concerning the development and execution of what became a very ambitious project. Of course don’t click these links or even read this blog further if you still haven’t watched and want to go in blind: Matt Shakman talks cut story bits Jac Shaeffer on Wandavision development There are people who love the Wandavision finale, people who are satisfied, and people who hated it, at least one of my acquaintance who stated it retroactively ruined the entire show for him. He did not explain why, but man does that ever bring up one of the greatest terrors there is for a creative: endings. Especially for a popular property that has speculations running rampant and people gnashing for answers, and in some cases all the gods there may be help you if you don’t end up giving them the answers they wanted. Collider’s tongue-in-cheek piece is a useful reality check. As for myself, I won’t argue there was flawless execution, and perhaps the writers knowingly toyed with our expectations, but on the other hand it’s interesting to note the implication or even outright confirmation that there were things even they wished they could have done but circumstances dictated they were not to be. I liked what I was given a lot. It was emotional, it was thematic, and it was true to the title characters. To me it’s perhaps a miracle (“and there is nothing more horrifying than a miracle”) that the finale hung together as well as it did what with a global pandemic coming along and derailing post-production and most any thought of reshoots. And if the path there ended up being strewn with red herrings (both intentional and ones that were merely a result of overactive theorizing), I still found it quite an enjoyable journey full of attention to detail and creative use of media to tell the story, and some fine acting as well. If anything I am pleased to note that the creators are mortal men and women after all because for awhile there I was caught up in a bit of my own grief that they were using some of the same elements I’ve been using in a far more coherent and and effective way. You get these little splits when you’re a writer experiencing good stuff. The bad stuff you just laugh or groan at, the good stuff you enjoy but also groan in a different way because part of you is convinced you’ll never do anything even half as decent. Then, thankfully, sometimes you get peeks behind the curtain and realize that it’s not nearly as effortless as it can seem and the creators have wrestled with their own doubts and disappointments along the way, and in the end just have done the best they could to tell the story they wanted to tell. It’s a magic act. Did you see the wires? Did you see the (wo)man behind the curtain? And if so, did you care? Flourish.