The Terror
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Theres a different bittersweetness to the words now.
So, which circle of hell are we on?
When Hodgson joins up with Hickeys group, its obvious that his status as a lieutenant means nothing anymore.
Here, Hickey is king.
To put it as simply as possible: Cannibalism is now on the table.
Hickey is the first to speak it outright.
And lo, Hickeys camp has dinner.
On the most technical level, his reasoning for killing Gibson makes sense.
Hes no longer in any condition to help haul the boats, so hes dead weight.
The remaining men must eat to live, and human meat is still meat.
Afterwards, he visits Goodsir, and though the doctor feigns sleep, he speaks anyway.
But Im hungry, and I want to live.
(Props to Christos Lawton, who does a terrific job pulling off a difficult and vital monologue.)
Crozier, at least, is stronger than that.
Crozier only acquiesces to the first.
While Crozier mops his brow, Jopson begins to cry.
And without saying so much as a word, Crozier wipes his tears away.
Take, too, the final moments between Peglar and Bridgens.
When Peglar collapses, its Bridgens who single-handedly carries him to the sledge.
As soon as hes gone, Bridgens takes his leave of the camp with just Peglars journal in hand.
(Observant viewers may catch that Peglar sketched Bridgenss tattoo in its pages.)
Far from succumbing to illness or abandoning his morals, hes simply lost the will to live.
The Tuunbaq status quo is shifting.
Though Tuunbaq is still hers, a new shaman is on his way.
Shit is about to go down in the finale.
After being duped by a double agent in his camp, Crozier is taken captive by Hickeys men.
His final commandment to Little, whom he leaves in charge of the remaining party: We will live.
You guys, Im not ready to say good-bye!!
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