"God Turned His Back On This Place. Abandoned Us..."
As stated within previous reviews of Hulu's latest success story, the fact that Castle Rock has been proclaimed as an "anthology" series by its' creators in the vein of American Horror Story or True Detective, means that loose ends and unresolved mysteries aren't exactly on the menu once the drama ultimately concludes in the very near future. Thankfully, Castle Rock's penultimate episode just happened to be a twisting, mind-bending and thoroughly enjoyable chapter which put to bed the mystery of Bill Skarsgård's, The Kid, whilst shining a ray of optimism heading into the show's highly anticipated climax next week in which further unresolved plot threads are bound to be tied up in one way or another. With the previous episode fading to black after leaving the audience safe with the knowledge that The Kid and Molly seem to share more in common than meets the eye, "Henry Deaver" decided to dedicate the entire episode to Skarsgård's character in order to develop such a notion as we came to realise The Kid's true nature and place within the town of Castle Rock and the way in which his presence may indeed be key to the evil which has spread across the town since his arrival.
With an ominous opening speech featuring the familiar line; "people say it wasn't me, it was this place" and further evidence of the seedy history of Castle Rock, the action swiftly moves onto the chance to witness the transformation of Skarsgård's alternate Henry Deaver from a universe in which he seemingly survived childbirth and became an advocate for Alzheimer's treatment and saving cute cats, to the enslaved victim of one man's religious beliefs as he crosses over into "our" dimension in which the young Henry Deaver's disappearance is finally explained. Considering the resolution of the show's central mystery ultimately landed well and truly on the crazier side of things, kudos must go to the screenplay, with the episode's handling of the reveals managing to explain particular plot threads rather well without ever becoming too much or too confusing whilst leaving a heavy amount of the load for the audience to ultimately figure out for themselves. With Skarsgård on absolutely gripping form as the episode's lead and some wacky psychedelic imagery and cinematography, Castle Rock once again proved that when the show is at its' most subversive and bizarre it's undoubtedly at its' best, and whilst certain questions do remain unanswered heading into the finale in the coming days, if the show can be wrapped in a similar fashion to the storytelling in its' penultimate episode, everything should be swell.
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