The Terror
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This show is, if you’re free to believe it, based on a true story.
The sailors were never heard from again.
Its an inimitably strange story, and the first episode sets up that eerie sense of discomfort.
The group was apparently in bad shape, and being pursued by something called Tuunbaq.
At this stage in the game, his biggest worry is what to have for dinner.
Well, that and making sure that Crozier and Fitzjames arent constantly at each others throats.
Unfortunately, his ordeal is about to get much worse.
And with that, he falls dead.
It definitely wasnt scurvy.
Not too long afterward, the boy is taken to shore nearby and buried.
Unsurprisingly, the trouble doesnt stop there.
the body floating toward him like a mournful ghost.
Its like a dream, though you get the firm impression that its more of a nightmare.
And then Franklin, in the next box over, stands to receive a round of applause as well.
Crozier and Blanky (Ian Hart), the ice master, are the only ones who argue otherwise.
Not to get too meme-y, but the three captains are basically the three points of theMcDonalds Alignment Chart.
Franklin is We have food at home, Fitzjames is McDonalds!
and Crozier is pulls into the drive-through as children cheer, orders a single black coffee, and leaves.
At one point, Fitzjames tells Franklin that he thinks Franklin loves his men more than God does.
He jokes, but …
Did we all get a good peek at Franklins pet capuchin monkey?
