the episode

The scene begins out
in the middle of nowhere, or
seemingly so. It probably is
somewhere, and probably not
in the middle, but: all we can see

are the silhouettes

of some kind of tree, repeated
in sepia tones, like stage trees
set in irregular row, for the shapes

they cast in the mind: desolate, dark
against what's left of the coming light.

A twilit and gathering gloom
we dive in.

In particular order, events
occur.

Troubling. The protagonist - she

isn't aware she's the enemy
of humanity, and neither are we
but she's starting to get
the message: there is

a monster out there, or
more than one. And in
the house, and its gotten inside

her mind, no doubt. This life

had to die, but it won't, and
it won't. Until we all fail

the attempt will go
on, and on

'til the end of the episode.
When there's a big reveal

don't ask
we don't know.