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I told you it was a shark.
Then the camera rises towards the sky, diminishing Dud and the crowd.
The shame people feel when they cant find a job.
Or pay their bills.
Or go to the dentist.
Or that they have to move back in with their parents.
Or they cant afford to have children.
We are supposed to pretend, in thisstupendously individualistculture, that it is our fault.The buck stops here.
I am responsible for my failings in life.Of course this is demonstrably not true.
We are merely living through late-stage capitalism, and our parents lacked the foresight to warn us about it.
The Dudley home was repossessed just like the surf shop, and Dud was arrested for repeatedly trespassing there.
Everybody owes everybody on this show, or so it seems.
Liz bursts into tears in the parking lot afterward, looking at her paid notice.
How many viewers would react similarly if their own debt were reduced or voided?
A brief glimpse of Jocelyn leaving home reveals that he lives with his parents to save money, presumably.
Its all gone, Dud, Liz tells her brother early in the season.
Why cant you see that?
Im older than you, Liz says.
Moments later, Liz leaps over the railing and swims to shore.
There was nothing weird happening, she explained to her co-workers, gesturing around the room.
There was just … this.
Its a basic feature of capitalism, he continues.
You cant shake loose work, even on weekends.
You reach the citadel, The Man shoots you dead.
Is there another way to live?
I dont get it, Dud says.
Is it advertising something?
The future, Ernie says.
Fortunately, magic is everywhere on this show.
These are good people whove fallen on hard times, Jocelyn says.
Its the fate of the working class!
Or perhaps the middle class?
Things are little more fluid here.
Its difficult to distinguish whos who.
But I do know that the more technology isolates us, the more we need places like the lodge.
For the first time, I truly see what it means to be a Lynx.
It means community and brotherhood.
