Haunting of Hill House Ep 7 FULL Reaction
Added 2021-12-06 18:49:23 +0000 UTC
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The mother that the father sees everyday, giving him advice, isn't a ghost, she's a coping mechanism. If you notice, she responds to things he doesn't say, like she's the other half of the conversation when someone is talking to themselves. She's not really there. The mother that crawled out from behind the desk, and that grabbed Luke at the funeral ... THAT was a ghost, and it was real. When you see the decayed-looking mother, or the version wearing a red gown, that's the ghost, and the house's projection of the mother at her worst, most twisted, most insane. This episode was the caretaker's monologue. Episode 8, we get Theo's monologue. Keep your faith in Theo -- she'll have her moment to explain. Two reasons (IME), that make it hard to reach out and say what you should to a loved one: 1. The fear that they'll reject you in a moment when you're most vulnerable, when you're being empathetic and sincere. (The father had a lot to fear in this respect -- he would have expected nothing but rejection from the children that he basically abandoned after their mother died.) 2. If you're in a position to offer yourself up like that, emotionally, when there's potential for hurt feelings, odds are excellent that there's history to overcome, and odds are excellent you've contributed to misunderstandings and miscommunication in that relationship. Being THAT open and raw in your support and empathy could lead to real communication, which almost certainly means having to own up, eventually, to your failings. It's less scary to be superficial and make small talk.
JW-
2021-12-08 05:02:07 +0000 UTCAgreed. Sometimes it feels like you would be reopening an already scared-over wound just to offer a bandaid while it once again bleeds and festers.
Ian Pottinger
2021-12-07 12:52:40 +0000 UTCI think it's pretty obvious after episode 5 that Nellie didn't commit suicide; she was manipulated by the house to jump from the top of the staircase. the reason Luke knew she didn't kill herself was because of the Twin Thing, which we learned about in Episode 3. I freaking love this episode because we really get to learn about Hugh and we get to see how close he and Steve were when Steve was a kid. plus I love how you can really see how much Hugh really loves his family and how great of a dad he is in this episode, and how much of an effort he's made to be there for his kids. Re: Kevin and Theo - all I'll say about that is you'll have to wait and see. can't wait for next episode; it's all starting to kick off now!
Nikki Sonrisa
2021-12-07 07:14:18 +0000 UTCoh damned i got my episodes mixed....8 is really great---7 is good too. I do love mr.dudley's monologue and watching the father at the station. This episode is great just in the real situations of how everyone is reacting. And that you got to see more of hugh and olivia and him as a dad. I don't think it's more that it's difficult to say those things sometimes but that it's pointless.....not in the sense of frivolous pointless but the i'm sorry can never measure up to what the persona actually needs from you. but you can never actually give them what they need and there isn't really an answer for that so you just end up not doing anything even if you know that doesn't help the situation
Glorie Bluestein
2021-12-07 04:44:03 +0000 UTCCan't wait to get home from work to watch this. Mr. Dudley's monologue is one of my fav in this series! So well acted and delivered by the actor.
Siti Dee
2021-12-06 22:49:33 +0000 UTC
