Nora is beginning to spiral
Youre the calmest and nicest person I know.
Kevin Garvey, speaking to Nora.
How are the two connected?
Credit: Van Redin/HBO
Is Sarah Noras future?
Is Sarah Noras long-lost cousin, making them, I dunno, Perfect Strangers?
What fate awaits Nora in Australia?
The new opening credits are the old opening credits, minus Iris DeMent.
Instead, viewers were treated to the theme song from the ABC sitcomPerfect Strangers.
The more you know… A fitting epitaph for the man, especially when we learn more about him.
It turns out that Pillar Man hadnt always been a monk.
Such bouts of purification through pain run in the family.
He settled for the pillar only after we got arrested trying to crucify him, Sandy tells Nora.
I got one nail in before those fers had me in cuffs.
Free country, my ass.
He proved himself to God.
And last night he got his reward.
Nora is skeptical, because its literally her job to be.
Matt lies, but she knows him like an open book.
Matt tries to justify his actions with Sandys total dedication and overwhelming grief.
Shed been abandoned by her husband, and yet she camped out with the dregs outside the gates.
He deserves a legacy, Matt says.
Cant you give the man a little grace?
He may as well be talking about himself, after his own similar ordeal with Mary.
I suspect Nora did it.
Nora doesnt have time for nonsense.
But dost she protest too much?
Underneath her hard shell, though, Nora is extremely vulnerable.
Its almost like that cast was holding her together.
As soon as the arm cast comes off, Nora begins to spiral.
Hurrying to her car after her doctors appointment, her cell rings and its Mark Linn-Baker, the Actor.
Im calling on behalf of a third party, he says.
They asked me to ask you: Would you like to see your children again?
When Nora repeats, St. Louis?
all the edge in her voice is gone.
Nora races home to pack, just as Kevin comes in unannounced in the middle of the day.
Both are surprised to see the other.
Something is off between them, and it might be aggravated by the Book of Kevin.
At the St. Louis hotel, its time for MLBs scene.
Is he an actor playing a part as part of some scam?
Or does he have the answers Nora is looking for?
Hes equally suspicious of her, tossing her phone in the toilet to ensure shes not recording.
Just hardware, he says.
Everything that matters is up there in the cloud, right?as in data… and children?
Theyve built a machine that blasts people with LADR, sending them through… for a price.
Nora puts up a skeptical front, accusing MLB and his scientists of incinerating people with radiation.
But some really smart people have signed up for this, says Yale-educated MLB.
Nora knows the long odds of that happening, because the same thing happened to her and her family.
They did nothing wrong, and yet this landed on them.
They both want some control back in their lives.
Would Nora really go through with this?
If so, why?
Well, because of Lily.
No matter how wonderful Kevin is, he can never understand her loss, her pain.
Only Erica might understand.
Erica and John broke up after Evie died.
Yes, she did break her own arm in a car door.
You are a heartless bitch, Sandy barks after her.
Goddamn you to hell!
After a full day, Nora comes home to a quiet house.
But Kevins back at it, and she walks in on him with a plastic bag over his head.
Weve all been there, folks.
Kevin is embarrassed; Nora is understanding.
Its okay, she says.
You dont need to explain, she says.
She shows him her tattoo, which makes him blurt out, Lets have a baby.
she asks Kevin, a question with no right answer.
Respond no, and you illustrate why a new baby is not the responsible-parent answer.
Say yes, as Kevin does, and Nora counters with not wanting to mess that up.
No baby for Kevin, and he cant hide that her quick dismissal hurts.
Its on that note that she announces her trip Down Under and Kevin says he wants to join her.
Because there are four women riders in the Outback who might be interested in making his acquaintance.
But a quick online Bible search doesnt pick up that verse.
Perhaps its from a more obscure publication, like theNational Geographicissue that Kevin Garvey Sr.values so much.
Some random thoughts and observations:
Were you shocked to see Christine again?
Shed be the perfect season 1 character to resurface and throw Kevin for a loop.
Did you notice Noras technology misadventures?
In fact, it could be very soon.
Look closely at Nora/Sarah, and she doesnt look old as much as she looks scarred.
Correction: An early version of this post misidentified Noras children; she had a son and a daughter.
