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1. Friday -- The Father. Series premiere. After Londoner Sam rescues a young girl in the woods, he takes her home to the mysterious Osea Island. 2. Saturday -- The Son. In his quest to learn more about the islanders' beliefs, Sam has a series of haunting encounters. 3. Sunday -- The Ghost.
Sep 21, 2020 · Saturday - The Son: Directed by Marc Munden. With Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, John Dagleish, Mark Lewis Jones. As Sam continues to look for a way off the island, he and Jess stumble across a series of bizarre events.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Marc Munden
- 2020-09-21
Sep 21, 2020 · He sees his son, who runs off into the tall grass. Hooded men begin emerging, cutting off his escape, forcing him into the woods. There, they pelt him first with nails, then with a chunk of metal...
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Sep 21, 2020 · Watch The Third Day Season 1 Episode 2 - Saturday - The Son.Plagued By A Disturbing Dream, Sam Awakes To Find Himself In A Compromising Situation And, Having Missed The Morning Crossing To Return To The Mainland, Spends The Day Trying To Learn More About The Islanders' Beliefs.
- Jude Law, John Dagleish, Mark Lewis Jones
- June 7, 2023
- 53 min
- Keep driving! No, don’t turn around! No, don’t go into the woods! No, don’t go towards the weird monster guys!
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- Verdict
By Zaki Hasan
Posted: Sep 22, 2020 2:00 am
This review of HBO's The Third Day Episode 2, titled "Saturday - The Son," contains full spoilers. To remind yourself where we left off, read our review of The Third Day episode 1.
Things continue to get weird for our man Sam (Jude Law) in the second hour of HBO’s The Third Day, titled “Saturday - The Son.” After the first episode established the iconoclastic community of Osea, Sam is still cut off from the mainland due to uncooperative cell towers and a causeway that’s swallowed up by the tides for the majority of the day. As the mystery of this strange town deepens in episode 2, we also gain a deeper insight into the horrific trauma that Sam is carrying with him, and how it’s that same trauma that is pulling him deeper and deeper into Osea when every rational instinct should have him barreling in the opposite direction as fast as he can.
Of course, with all the strange, semi-mystical goings-on in Osea we’ve already seen in the preceding hour, it’s not a great shock to realize that child doesn’t merely exist as a data point in Sam’s past, but rather points the way towards something in his future. It also seems a safe bet that his continual refrain of how familiar the island appears to him -- has he been there before? -- will tie in with this loss at some point in the future. On top of that, there are the strange mask-clad people trying to kill Sam. Or are they? And there’s Epona’s grief-stricken father, who blames Sam for her death. Or does he?
Frustrated yet? Good. Because the questions keep getting piled atop each other like a moody, morose Jenga tower, and anything resembling a definitive answer feels as out of reach as the ghostly little boy Sam keeps seeing in the distance. Partly because the place is just so freakin’ weird, and partly because Sam & Jess (whose increasingly close relationship remains one of the bigger question marks waiting to be resolved) made the ill-advised decision to partake in some mind-altering vegetation as the town’s festivities get underway, so things begin to feel increasingly disjointed and surreal as the hour goes on.
As Sam’s descent into the madness of this place (or perhaps his own mind?) continues, what director Marc Munden continues to do quite effectively is stylistically blur the line between his nightmare visions and what we think is “real,” putting those of us in the audience on the same uneven footing as we try to navigate the maddening nightmare world we find ourselves stranded in. Once again, all props in the world to Law for imbuing the character with an internal life that keeps us on his side even as he makes some increasingly baffling decisions (Keep driving! No, don’t turn around! No, don’t go into the woods! No, don’t go towards the weird monster guys!)
It’s a true mixed bag, with as much to frustrate as fascinate. But at this point, the positive still outweighs the negative enough to make it worth coming back next week. In fact, the end of this episode practically dares you not to.
Two episodes in, The Third Day remains both agonizing and captivating. With its steadily building feeling of darkness and dread, several lifetimes of internalized cinematic shorthand have conditioned us to know instinctively that something is going to happen, and the wait for that inevitable other shoe to drop is what’s keeping us going. One hopes ...
- Zaki Hasan
Sep 21, 2020 · In episode 2, "Saturday – The Son," she offers more insight into the island's religious ties. And It's safe to say Osea seems as bad of a festival destination as Midsommar .
Sep 14, 2020 · Saturday - The Son As Sam continues to look for a way off the island, he and Jess stumble across a series of bizarre events. Episode 3 • Sep 28, 2020 • 1 h
