Simply after we thought Grotesquerie couldn’t shock us anymore, we obtained to episode 7, and it was an hour of TV that left us asking, “What was that?” First off, I’ve to say thanks to Ryan Murphy for under releasing one episode this week as a result of maintaining with double episodes generally is a problem. On the similar time, I’m additionally like, “You gave us that wild hour, and now we’ve to attend per week to get extra?” well-played, sir. Effectively performed. Let’s talk about every part that went down this week on Grotesquerie episode 7.
Final week Grotesquerie episode 6, “Good Caesarean Work,” ended with Lois displaying up at a warehouse the place a person in black walked up behind her and tried to slit her throat. Earlier than he might, she was in a position to break away and shoot him within the chest. As she bent right down to unmask the killer, it appeared that it was Father Charlie, although we solely obtained a blink-and-you-miss reveal that needed to be slowed right down to catch. You’ll suppose that Grotesquerie episode 7 would decide up in that warehouse and even the police station, nevertheless it doesn’t. Curiously, it took me some time to understand we didn’t begin there.
As a substitute, Grotesquerie episode 7 opens up with Lois having dinner together with her daughter Merritt and quick Eddie. The 2 disclose to her that they’re courting and planning to maneuver in collectively. When these two fell in love was past me as a result of I by no means noticed something in any of the episodes to point this was a factor (extra on that later). Merritt has been solid within the actuality present of her desires, and every part appears good for her and Eddie. Lois is having none of it and thinks its all lies. She then proceeds to degrade her daughter in essentially the most vile means by fat-shaming her. As Eddie makes an attempt to intervene, Lois will get even nastier and brings up a relationship that she and Eddie had. Did they? In response to Eddie, they didn’t. Lois is adamant and unmoved by something Eddie and Merritt need to say, and she or he leaves the restaurant in a drunken haze.
Lois then heads to the hospital, able to take Marshall off life assist. She’s finished watching him and ready for him to get up. Nurse Redd’s revelation that they have been in a relationship is the final straw, and Lois is over it. In a somewhat callous ceremony, Marshall is taken off life assist, and Lois heads to the Church, the place she does some investigations of Father Charlie’s issues to see every part from his time as Grotesquerie. As Lois is doing this, we see Sister Megan assembly with the Fathers of the Church, the place she will get full autonomy to handle The Catholic Guardian. We then bounce again to Lois on the police station, the place she’s being praised with balloons, which is very unorthodox after fixing a homicide. She meets with Gale, who tells her that she has to retire. Lois doesn’t need to try this in any respect. Gale runs down an inventory of explanation why Lois has to retire. AI is taking on and so on., and so on. As a naturally annoyed Lois walks away, Gale shouts, “Lois, Get up! Get up, Lois!” As she walks down the corridor, she passes by some balloons that say “Get Higher quickly,” and in that second, my mind goes, “Wait… is Lois the one within the coma and never Marshall?”
I did have my suspicions that Lois is perhaps the one within the coma, however what then threw me off that principle was we jumped to Lois’s home as she was making ready dinner with Sister Megan. This was an fascinating scene to observe as a result of it turns into a sport of cat and mouse as Lois and Sister Megan start to measurement one another up. One thing is completely different about Sister Megan, she’s all decked out in make-up, carrying Louboutin heels she will barely stroll in, and simply seems to be having an excessive amount of enjoyable. Lois begins to verify off some issues that really feel odd to her about Sister Megan, significantly the way in which during which she was shot. Lois says it was “theatrical” and “showy” the extra she begins to place items collectively, like how Sister Megan is aware of somewhat an excessive amount of concerning the crime scenes and would usually present up forward of the police. The extra she unravels the threads, the extra anxious Sister Megan turns into. When Lois begins to say Father Charlie and his want for an confederate, and that confederate is Sister Megan, she snaps, and a struggle begins.
Lois and Megan (sure, we’ve stripped her of the Sister title efficient instantly) struggle tooth and nail. It’s violent, and it appears that evidently Lois is getting the very best of Megan. However then it goes horribly flawed, and Megan stabs Lois. Then, we get one of many largest twists I’ve witnessed on TV in a very long time.
Like a literal change being turned off, Lois and Marshall have switched locations, and we study that Lois has, the truth is, been the one in a coma your complete time and never Marshall. Merritt and Quick Eddie, who’s, um, not so quick anymore, are married, nevertheless it’s a loveless marriage, basically like Lois and Marshalls. Merritt reveals to Marshall that Eddie and Lois had been sleeping collectively for 2 years. This clearly comes as a shock to Marshall, and he, in the identical means as Lois, reveals as much as the hospital prepared to tug the plug on her. There’s a lot taking place within the final components of Grotesquerie episode 7 that I really stopped taking notes as a result of my thoughts was blown. Actually, everybody’s position has modified. Everybody. Nurse Redd is now a mistress to Marshall, and she or he’s a cam lady; Megan is the Chief of Police who apparently obtained Lois’s job, and get this, Father Charlie Mayhew is now Physician Charlie Mayhew.
Everybody has gathered round in Lois’s room as Dr. Mayhew is making ready to take her off life assist. Chaos ensues in that total scene. Everyone seems to be combating, which is a wonderful illustration of what’s taking place inside Lois’s head as a result of she’s combating with Megan, who remains to be on the assault. It seems that Lois’s life is shortly fading away as Megan stabs her repeatedly. However Lois is a fighter, and she or he comes again. As she survives in her dream state, she begins to breathe once more in the true world and lives.
I can’t even put into phrases all of the ideas that ran by my head whereas watching the episode, nevertheless it’s clear my principle from final week was means off. And I settle for that. I settle for that what was actually taking place was, the truth is, what was taking place. It felt too easy for it to be Lois within the coma. And in some methods, this nonetheless feels too easy. She’s awake now, however what does that imply for all she dreamed? How a lot of her life was actual, and the way a lot was an phantasm? Why did she see Megan as a nun? We guess it was symbolic of Lois seeing Megan as holier than thou as a result of she obtained her job. We’re nonetheless unsure why she noticed Dr. Charlie Mayhew as a kinky priest although. It does appear that the Physician is non secular from among the issues he was saying, however critically, the place does the freaky priest half are available in? With three episodes left, there are nonetheless a whole lot of questions we’d like answered; right here’s hoping we’ll get them as a result of this week left us mind-blown.
Different Ideas
- The fat-shaming dialogue on this present is quite a bit.
- “Fairly white boy, you may’t gaslight a Black girl. We all know too ……. A lot!”
- “All you want for peace and justice is simply to unplug any person.”
- I nonetheless need to know the place the identify Grotesquerie got here from.
- Carrots and Mayonnaise? Yuck
- “2014 was the final time individuals have been harmless…… The web was a toy.” That entire set of strains, A WORD!
- “Who orders onion rings?” umm, I do. Onion rings are scrumptious.
- Cherry Redd, okay, Lesley Manville! Get it, lady.
- Travis Kelce is a formidable actor.
- How and why did Lois think about Dr. Mayhew as a freaky priest hooking up with Megan???? I nonetheless want that query answered as a result of that was A LOT.
- Once more… MIND BLOWN!
Grotesquerie airs Wednesday nights on FX.