Warning: FULL SPOILERS follow for Castle Rock Season 1, Episode 9, titled "Henry Deaver."
Castle Rock goes interdimensional in its penultimate episode, titled "Henry Deaver," with a reveal that turns everything we thought we knew about the story upside down. This week's outing also effectively tackles one of Stephen King's more commonly used tropes concerning small-town America and its dark underbelly.
Throughout the previous eight episodes, creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason have been cryptic regarding The Kid's (Bill Skarsgard) true identity. For Ruth, he was the reincarnation of her dead husband, and for Warden Lacey (Terry O'Quinn), the devil. Both explanations are hard to swallow, but this is the Kingverse after all, so anything is possible, right? But episode 8 offers an alternative explanation: there is another version of Castle Rock that has a different version of The Kid, or "Henry Deaver," as we soon discover.
Continue reading…
Continue reading...
Castle Rock goes interdimensional in its penultimate episode, titled "Henry Deaver," with a reveal that turns everything we thought we knew about the story upside down. This week's outing also effectively tackles one of Stephen King's more commonly used tropes concerning small-town America and its dark underbelly.
Throughout the previous eight episodes, creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason have been cryptic regarding The Kid's (Bill Skarsgard) true identity. For Ruth, he was the reincarnation of her dead husband, and for Warden Lacey (Terry O'Quinn), the devil. Both explanations are hard to swallow, but this is the Kingverse after all, so anything is possible, right? But episode 8 offers an alternative explanation: there is another version of Castle Rock that has a different version of The Kid, or "Henry Deaver," as we soon discover.
Continue reading…
Continue reading...