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Both music choices are indicative of a strength of this show: Its not particularly era-specific.

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Music choices can be from any era and theres not a lot of pop culture, tech, etc.

that would pin it to a certain year.

In a strangely overwritten scene, the two then get into it regarding Henrys disappearance.

Why was Alan out there in the first place?

Everyone presumed that Henry was dead.

Thats the kind of exposition dump and logical leap that only happens on TV.

Henry even accuses Alan of moving Matthews body because of the affair.

Alan comes home to play a few psychological games with Ruth.

Alan knows how to play games.

Molly is playing a few of her own with her teenage crush.

What good would that do?

Some very bad shit will happen with Dennis before the episode ends.

The one-sided exchange ends with a fist bump, and it feels like something creepy happens.

Theres a music shift and a look in Denniss eyes.

Does the Kid poison him like he did his Nazi cellmate?

Either way, he returns to his post and draws smiley faces on the surveillance screens.

Henry is cycling through microfiche at the library, looking for details about his own disappearance.

She needs to talk about Texas instead.

Henry spots something creepy in the backyard that could be the place where he was held captive.

He breaks the lock and finds evidence ofsomethingwrong.

It could be where a dog was kept, or something (or someone) else.

As Henry is wrapping his brain around this discovery, a car pulls up.

Its Vinces brother, who apparently does haircuts at this distant, creepy locale.

(Whose hair is he cutting?

Of course, we know he didnt.

Alan was trying to protect Henry.

The revelation gets in Henrys head and pushes him to Molly, who comforts him.

Its enough for Zalewski to crack, taking a gun and shooting down fellow officers at Shawshank.

Even just to confirm abuse by Lacy?

And might an exam reveal something special about a kid who seems to be something more than human?

It could even refer to the shed that Henry thinks he was held captive in.

There are a lot of boxes this week.