'Castle Rock' Recap: 'Past Perfect'

​WRITTEN BY JOHN EDWARD BETANCOURT

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​There comes a point during every single Stephen King story that the proverbial floodgates are opened and horrors and nightmares untold spill out onto either the page or the screen and well, it would seem that moment has arrived when it comes to Castle Rock. Because this week’s episode of the show, ‘Past Perfect’, was a truly unsetting tale. One where answers started to sneak out when it comes to the Kid and where the darkest parts of people were put on display once again and most importantly, this is a story where as many plot threads as possible came together in beautiful and terrifying fashion and well, it’s clear nothing will ever be the same in this depraved little berg after this episode.
 
Because it would seem that everything is falling to pieces in this town, and the chaos really started with Henry’s escape from the Schisma Listening Room, thanks to Molly, wherein we learned that Odin died, likely at the hands of Willie and well, death and destruction continued to surround Henry after that moment. After all, once he returned home he found out what happened to Alan, and that his mother survived, albeit she was still filled with confusion and this is where The Kid revealed a little more about his past, in that, he was the one to rescue Henry from that mysterious basement flashing about in his memories and that he’s been waiting all this time to reunite with Henry for reasons that still remain unknown and thanks to the police, we weren’t able to learn that much more about The Kid, but that didn’t stop Henry from trying to.
 
Which brings us to the plot threads that wonderfully blended together. Because we also caught up with the stuffy couple that was interested in the Lacy house several episodes ago, and well, they bought the place and wanted to turn it into a macabre tour destination, wherein Castle Rock’s dark and twisted history would be put on display for all to see and they were good with this idea because the couple had a dark side to them, the murdering kind in all honesty, to the point where their first customers met a bloody and violent end and despite their best abilities to blend in, Jackie Torrance started to put two and two together regarding this couple, and thank heaven for that. Because driven by his need for answers, Henry found himself at the house, so he could finally figure out what Warden Lacy was hiding in the basement. 
 
As it turns out, it was 27 years’ worth of paintings of The Kid, dating back to shortly after Henry disappeared and well, while he would have liked to have discovered more about these paintings, the murderous couple came home, and demanded more blood and thanks to Jackie and a lucky deflection, Henry was able to escape the attack with minor wounds. But the chaos isn’t quite done in Castle Rock just yet. After all, Henry’s son can hear the Schisma, and is headed back to town after being asked to leave in order to learn more about his family’s past and Henry’s mom is at her lowest point and potentially in danger and Molly…well she may not survive to see the end of the season. Because she and the Kid are spending some quality time together in her old house, and the Kid just revealed that he’s everywhere and sees everything, including where Molly died…
 
So, this was about as Stephen King as it gets to be honest. Because it was just carnage and chaos through and through and well, gone is any deeper meaning when it comes to the story for the moment, it’s all about moving toward a powerful goal, which it would seem involves a grand reveal of every single mystery, but not before some serious bloodshed is going to find its way to the series, first and while one can cite this episode to be as bloody as they come, I get the funny feeling this was merely the appetizer and Castle Rock is about to see its worst disaster to date and I love how everything is steadily coming together and I really am dying for it to be next Wednesday already so I can see what horrors await us next. Until then.    

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