This is gonna be a creepy one!

[a_blackpanther]

This is the discussion post for Episode 9x20 - "Blood Relations". Watch out for SPOILERS in the comments.

Comments

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

It's official, Gubler is certifiable. I've come to expect the weird when he directs. So far Lauren and Alchemy have been the most tame of the 7 under his belt. I actually thought the casting was excellent for Blood Relations. 'Golllum' as christened by others, had a great voice for his part. It wasn't hard to figure out that he was a child of incest...the story itself was predictable and yes I did laugh when Reid was telling the 'legend' I honestly don't think we were meant to take the episode too seriously. I was watching for creep factor and I got it. Barbed wire is certainly an imaginative weapon. It can do a lot of damage even when used appropriately. I will rewatch if only to study the camera work and shot choices. MGG seems to thrive when directing campy horror, which is how I viewed the episode. The one vote of sympathy goes to Jean Tripplehorn. Can you imagine the BTS discussion with MGG? "Now Jean your character is going to be pulled down into a swamp and half drowned. Are you game?" *snorts*

[diemme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think there will ever not be creepy when MGG is in charge. The presentation and look of the episode were great. It really had that old horror movie feel down to the unsub popping up again at the end.

[meepalicious.livejournal.com]

I am so glad I saw this comment before the end of the ep, or I would have screamed.

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

Also note the Hillbilly Cliche Bingo Card:

Clan feuding? Check.
Manufacture of controlled substances? Check (although the biofuel twist was a nice subversion.)
Simple piety? Check.
Inbreeding? Check.
Reluctance to cooperate with the government? Check.

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

Hillbilly cliche bingo card! LMAO. You got that right.

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

And now we know why Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahassee Bridge: to get away from the Mountain Man!

And he's RIGHT THERE IN YOUR CLOSET AUGHHHH!

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

LMAO.

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

Barbed wire is certainly an imaginative weapon. It can do a lot of damage even when used appropriately.

Another imaginative weapon: the bear trap as Redneck Flying Guillotine! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdP1qTjGZY)

A point that no one, either in-story or here, seems to have commented upon so far: the guy who left the Confederate militia group adopted a stereotypically Jewish name--accompanied by conversion, I wonder?