User Reviews

After it was over, it prompted me to watch again. its cinematography is an enormous chapter. The choice of colors is great. musical scors have penetrated my soul. the team has created a complete art. a episode like the answer to the question of what is modern art.

This was The Bent Neck Lady of this season.. the moment you knew this series stands apart from other horror shows. Wow. Perfectly splendid.

This episode will go on as the one of the best episodes of the series. Watching it felt like reading a long forgotten Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic novel in an old melancholic library. The whole feel, the atmosphere of the old era, the storytelling of the two sisters, the reveal of the lady of the lake, all in one just makes up for perfection. And this episode marks the return of one of our most beloved Hill House characters. A great work of art I must say!

This is clearly the best episode from the whole season, maybe is because of the old vibe. The script is on point, the characters are exceptionally played and the writing is superb. Kate did a wonderful role.

This episode stands out. An absolutely captivating backstory, that patiently sucks you into the abandonment and rituals of its main character.

This is the only episode in this season so far that made me say "holy ***t" at the end. What a story! I really enjoyed this episode and even more than I've enjoyed the previous ones because this one was just well put together and the story was better than the other one, and I know how everything ties to this one, but I'm just disappointed with what they could have done with this much potential in the prior episodes. Compared to Hill House this series doesn't have any element of horror and there more drama and romance than horror, but this episode showed how much potential there was to make an excellent horror like Hill House but they didn't. The plague doctor's ghost alone could've made the series more terrifying like the ghosts in Hill House and then when we would get to this episode we would see the origin of the ghost and the "gravity" of the manor and it would've made it more impactful. Otherwise, on it's own, this episode has a really good and engaging story with good visuals and twists, but it's a shame that the rest of the season wasn't as good as this one.

In this episode we learn about the history of the manor and it's inhabitants, so finally begin to get some sense of what's going on in this overlong series. It's also the most cringy accent-wise, others have said the same as me but I shall now be the first to elaborate on the specifics.

Narrator Jamie has a cot/caught/cart merger, so ends up saying 'walk' as 'wok' and as 'wook', like the first syllable of the word 'Wookiee', and does a similar thing with the word 'daughter'. She sometimes says words with a short 'o' sound with a strange vowel closer to 'oo' or 'aw' too. Also the inconsistent h-dropping and strange pauses before words beginning with an h sound, like she's thinking about whether to voice the h or not, is jarring.

Henry has a pin/pen merger, so says 'when' and 'generous' like 'win' and 'ginerous' and says 'petal' as 'pedal' and other Americans with smaller roles say some t's as d's and even use the occasional rhotic 'r'.

This is simply spiteful considering that most reviewers here expect a hill house clone. This is a certified 9.4/10. This episode is the first of its kind like the one shot hill house episode. Masterful script, phenomenal actors and a collage of shockingly emotional scenes, a book literally came to life with the narration and it was perfect. For those saying that this is not a horror story should look at the show in a broader perspective. There is literally nothing scarier than human nature and this episode is a fine example of how love, however passionate and true, can morph into something monstrous (on the more introspective view)

This episode was masterful, truly perfectly splendid. It would have been given a 9.4 if viewers weren't looking for a hill house clone in the process

I do agree with who say it was boring and shouldn't be more than 15 minutes. Repeated phrases, actions and predictible end and clichés. This was the only episode I didn't like!

The chilling story of why Bly Manor functions, and operates the way it does. The final piece in the mystery of how and why is placed into the jigsaw puzzle.

I'm speechless, I, and I assume everyone else had two questions, who was the lady in the lake, why was Flora so afraid of her, and of course, what happened to Dani.

The latter will no doubt be explored in the series finale, but in the penultimate episode we're given a lavish treat, an origins story so to speak. It is decadently dark and devilishly delicious, the story of Viola, her family, her dreams, her desires, and ultimately her revenge.

An hour of jaw dropping visuals, this looked amazing, the black and white usage added to the atmosphere, it was suitably murky and mysterious, it just worked as a complete package. I loved the meaningful narration to, it helped to tell this twisted fable.

This series really has offered something different, it's like a love story that's crash landed into a gothic horror.

It's so good, that before I watch the final episode, I'm going to watch this a second time, merely to appreciated how awesome this was.

Terrific, 10/10.

This episode is probably my favorite because it connects all the dots and made everything become meaningful. Great story narration and cinematography. It didn't fail at all to continue the tension built up from the 5th episode. It's a complete attention stealer. Mike Flanagan may not have directed it, but he had his signature all over.

Such a great deep rich story - wish they introduced the backstory earlier in the season though.

The answer is, No. its right that this show is a slow burner, but believe me its worth it. One of the best and definitely better than haunting of hill house.

Loved the back story episode, it was perfect, Kate Siegel was perfect.

Why the black and white? The whole episode is set in mid-17th century, but why the B&W? Oh I get it, back then they didn't have the technology to film in color, and in the 17th century their TV sets were probably all in b&w anyway.

The whole series is a huge, often confusing mix of flashbacks, reveries, fantasies, possessions - they even have a word for the inclusion of one of these into any other, "dream hopping" - so there in this very much linear episode, with lavish period costumes, constant narration and a whole different cast, we certainly didn't need the B&W to be reminded that all this happened centuries ago.

Plus, as always, HD digital b&w looks disgusting.

No, the B&W move was as manipulative as it was ludicrous.

Reminded me of the series Rome which I couldn't watch, as it annoyed me so much that all actors spoke Shakespeare-era English to, ya know, "sound old"

As F.F.Coppola did with Dracula once, the makers of the series were not afraid to dive deep in some serious cliches for the story. They knew that is not the story only that matters but it's the way you will tell it too. It's like as if you want to make a dress of victorian era and you make it with cheap materials and bad sewing. It will be a failure. But if you do it right then the result will be something classic. This episode is classic dark fairytale about human will vs unbeatable time and the tragic outcome of this. Well done for the directing and acting of this episode and the series in general.

I'm still totally confused, I still have not got a clue what's going on. I still like it, but I'm not sure why. I still like Flora it's great on toast. But that little bairn of the same name however is a childminders nightmare.

One thing is for sure, it's not scary.

Honestly far too long. Could have been explained in 15 minutes and it felt so dragged out. I think this is an example of where they have tried to make 'award-winning' TV, with poetic narrating, etc. but it was boring towards the end. Also, I just can't work out what the narrator's accent is supposed to be.

Hats off to everyone involved in making this episode, because it was perfectly splendid.

This episode was jaw dropping brilliant!!! No words can do this episode justice. The acting and the cinematography was perfection. The show could've ended on this episode as it made everything clear.