Episode Thirteen

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Aeng-cho meets Mu-jin and accuses him of destroying the spell book. Mu-jin kills Aeng-cho and takes on the curse to end her suffering that would go down for generations.

I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration. This book is mainly told through tapes, journals, correspondence. Someone forget to tell this team of ghost hunters to be careful what you look for it, because it might just find you! After Gene is caught by Nebraska police fishing for diamonds in a dumpster, the twist this week is simple: we suddenly think that Saul is ready to betray Kim. He’s bartered down a potential life plus 190 sentence to seven years or so, but in his determination to ensure artisanal ice-cream he wants to share information on his ex-wife too. Word reaches Kim in Florida that a betrayal is in the offing and, so, she is there for Saul’s trial day to see precisely what happens. Sin-yu meets Na-yeon and asks her what she was doing teaming up with the gardener – Joong-beom. Na-yeon puts the blame on Joong-beom and reveals that it was he who reached out to Na-yeon. Sin-yu threatens to sue them both and asks Na-yeon to team up with him. He warns Na-yeon, asking her to be extra careful as she is the mayor’s daughter and has the most to lose in this situation. Fred beat her in front of Offred the last time she had an independent thought. She must’ve known how this crazy rebellion would ultimately go. Sure enough, the poor woman (mustn’t forget she’s a rapist) ends up one finger down on the deal for reading openly from the Bible. Acosta: Matthew 13: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.’Last week’s episode of Better Call Saul suggested a similar pessimism about Jimmy McGill. The role of Gene Takovic, the manager of the Cinnabon in an Omaha mall, was never something Jimmy would fully inhabit the way he played the role of Saul Goodman. He was convincing as hell as Gene — and responsible, too, given that the first call from jail is about easing the transition to a new manager — but his criminal scheming with Jeff and his partner was an intoxicating return to form. It was “showtime” again, and Jimmy really pops as Saul Goodman, who can finesse his way around any situation, including a multiyear manhunt that could leave him with a life sentence plus 190 years. Last week, the door was closed firmly on the notion that maybe Jimmy and Kim could somehow rig a future together because Jimmy could not be helped.

This power just gets redistributed and hopefully things turn out better the next time around and the person in question doesn’t go mad. Somehow the best answer to this problem turns out to not be a solution so much as it’s just a way to bide time until it’s necessary to do all of this over again. Titan, rinse, repeat. My final recommendation: If you enjoy haunted house horror, found footage, strange scientific/paranormal experiments, and unexplained paranormal discoveries, you will enjoy this book. I had fun with it. Jimmy punching the cell door after he gets thrown in jail recalls the scene in Breaking Bad in which Walt smashes a bathroom paper-towel dispenser after finding out he’s in remission. Things didn’t go as planned for either of them, though Walt is obviously the more curious case.

After the wives (briefly and ineffectually) revolt, Emily prepares for her first ceremony with Joseph. But it’s Josh from The West Wing: there’s no way he was going to sexually assault his intellectual equal, or anyone else for that matter. Bradley Whitford playing someone without a strong moral core still feels wrong, even after he was the evil patriarch in Get Out. The scene between the wives, where Serena and Angela’s mother tentatively hatch their plot to alter the law, almost out of nowhere, my credulity was stretched. I can understand Serena’s ongoing dissatisfaction, but she’s never mentioned anything like this to the other wives and is taking the most enormous risk. Which brings me to the reason I can’t give it more than three stars even though I had a lot of fun with it. Frankly the ending hurts it for me. Not because of where each character ends up at the conclusion (all fitting) but because the very nature of the structure makes aspects feel unfinished. There are questions brought up about characters pasts that we can interpret in different ways, but because of the structure being only episode thirteen, we are given no clear answers. For some this will likely add to the allure, for me I found it unsatisfying (particularly in regard to the characters of Matt and Kevin in which they allude to some things pre-show which I would have like to see much more of). Hong-jo refuses to go to his office and asks him to speak over the phone. After discussing work, Sin-yu tells Hong-jo that staying away is going to be a lot worse than staying together as it is hard for him to move on from her due to the love spell. Hong-jo acts as if she were unfazed by Sin-yu and ends the call.

Episode Thirteen was my first book by Craig DiLouie, and maybe it’s because I’m a fan of epistolary novels or the fact that I have a strong penchant for found footage horror movies, but I loved it! I listened to the audiobook and I do feel like this story lends itself well to that medium. The audio production was very well executed and I would recommend it. And even though I celebrate the over-arching vibe of the book, once we got to the crux of the story, it lost me. It reminded me a lot of both Hide and These Fleeting Shadows. There was no movement on any of those fronts, which was disappointing, as I consider those to be more intriguing elements of the overarching mythology. The news regarding Zeke’s spinal fluid in the wine compliments another major revelation that’s made over just how drastic his actions have been to control the masses. He’s had a major hand in the current shape of the Titan landscape and these decisions are far past the point of haunting him, but seriously affect those that learn the truth for the first time.

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Moreover, why are the cops not looking into the issue sooner given that Joong-beom was already a suspect in his wife’s abduction? The skeletal remains were found quite some time ago and it was revealed that the skeleton had some fingerprint remains. Yes, the chosen "cases of the week" did coincide well with the fertility clinic angle, but I'm still left wondering about the prophet Grace, the Poveglia Codex, and the Sixty.

The Evangelions are launched with priority given to Unit-01, with the other two Evas to be sacrificed if necessary. Once again, a hidden hint to how special Unit-01 is. It is possible that Gendo fears that an Angel merging with Unit-01 might start Third Impact. I’m also not a big fan of the final nature of the haunting, but that likely will be something a lot of readers like. So, I can’t say it hurts the novel, just my personal enjoyment of it. The small detail that bugged me the most was that the journals during the investigation were hand written. Why would they not be recording audio or video journals for a tv show? Hell, they could use their cell phones if they didn't want to use one of the multiple cameras or recording devices they brought with them. In the last act of the book, multiple characters stop to write journal entries while lost in a completely dark labyrinth, using up their flashlight batteries...until the batteries run out and then they write in complete darkness. Why? Such an easy fix that should have never made it to the final version. There are some pretty intense/scary scenes. Especially heading into the climax/ending. Worth continuing on through all the stops and starts. While contributing to all episodes as a key frame animator, he [ Mitsuo Iso] also – in addition to what’s been credited – proposed a number of setting details affecting the script direction and the work as a whole. On episode 13, “Angel Invasion”, he was involved as screenwriter and assistant settei artist. This was his screenwriting debut. He shares the “Screenplay” credit with Akio Satsukawa and Hideaki Anno. Since the script contents that Iso completed were over twice the usual amount, they were recompiled by Akio Satsukawa and turned into the final manuscript through Director Anno’s edits." - Mitsuo Iso Animation Works: PreproductionThat night, Sin-yu calls Hong-jo outside her house to give her some food his mother made for them. Hong-jo refuses to take the food and asks Sin-yu to end things for good. She tries to return the bracelet Sin-yu had gifted her. Sin-yu tells Hong-jo that it does not matter to him if he dies but Hong-jo is unwilling to watch him suffer. Na-yeon gives Sin-yu another chance, asking him to break up with Hong-jo. Speaking of which, Hong-jo is at the park where she recalls her interaction with Sin-yu. She misses him dearly but does not act on it. Just then, Sin-yu calls her to talk about work. Jae-kyung tries to flirt with Hong-jo but they are interrupted when Wook brings a drunk Sin-yu to the house. Wook asks Hong-jo to take care of Sin-yu and flees. Sin-yu wakes up and is very happy to see Hong-jo but she tries her best to avoid him. She tells Sin-yu that she will never miss him and asks him to sober up and go home. Look at that book description. "This heart-pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense", it says. My heart never pounded - it never even accelerated slightly. There was no "horror", as it's commonly applied as a genre. Psychological suspense? Where? The closest this book came to that was having me wonder if some of the characters were acting like touchy jerks because of some influence the stupid house was having on them - which, in retrospect, I think is too subtle for this author. I suspect it was actually just bad writing and acting. Or the characters were just touchy jerks.