This second season premiere keeps up the good work.
(But dont worry, the male characters pull their weight, too.)
(Theyre still called the Macon 7 though.
It just sounds cooler.)
Speaking of the infamous Macon 7, where in the world is Cato?
This season premiere doesnt answer that question, butUndergroundisnt in the business of giving it all away for free.
Weve just got to wait and see.
Seriously, even the opposing counsel calls Hawkes argument on the basis of him being a staunch abolitionist.
Just like season 1 proved, theres no one who doesnt know what John Hawkes is about.
For better or for worse.
With her freedom, Rosalee has made good on her promise to help other slaves claim their own freedom.
Its badass, even.
But thats certainly not allUndergroundis.
Her man is powerless, so he takes that powerlessness out on her.
And the huffing addiction shes developed is both shared and encouraged by him.
Shes also haunted by the ghost of Pearly Mae, who tells her to just kill herself.
Death been following you all around.
And you thought you could beat it.
Sacrifice your dignity, me, even your children at the altar of your privilege…
Tried to forget, and look what forgetting got you.
Little girl ran away.
Little boy dont belong to you no more.
Its the institutional removal of humanity.
So the combination of that and her own self-punishment is just absolutely upsetting.
Happy International Womens Day, everyone.
But as John and this premiere remind us: Some of them want the trouble too.
It would be so much simpler if this was all just about money too.
But simple is not the storyUndergrounds telling; its not even in the series vocabulary.
Even though shes just a woman.
A great woman, but just a woman still.
Even if she sleeps with an ax in her lap.
You aint gonna be able to do that you dead or in chains, she tells her.
Rosalee argues that Noah is also her family, but to Harriet, thats inconsequential.
That right there tells you all it’s crucial that you know about this Harriet Tubman.
Elizabeths character has consistently searched for purpose, and the sewing circle offers that.
And these women are very much about how to get that abolition.
And sometimes they actually do sew!
But target practice and intellectual planning for all forms of disruption are the predominant tasks.
Stalling, motions, and the law are all on his side.
Rosalee works undercover as a woman named Mary to steal supplies from the local hospital!
Elizabeth can get the sewing circle to cause a distraction!
John knows people who helped built the gallows!
Theyre chased by some men who Noah and John are certain arent U.S.
Though Noah also has the engagement ring he made for Rosalee in prison.
Hopefully he gets to give it to her.
