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Skeleton Crew is a short story collection by American writer Stephen King, published by Putnam in June 1985. A limited edition of a thousand copies was published by Scream/Press in October 1985 (ISBN 978-0910489126), illustrated by J. K. Potter, containing an additional short story, "The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson", which had originally appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, and was later incorporated into King's…
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source I think the most important thing we need to know about Jod is that he's a liar. He has multiple aliases and we don't know which one is real. He makes up stories and thinks that the crew that mutinied against him still likes him. He's a con man through and through. Every decision he's ever made is all in service of himself. And ultimately, he had the complete opposite life as the kids, which is why he understa…More
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source 6th episode was really good. That whole ship within a ship was fascinating, like it's the first time we have seen anything like this in SW, I believe. Also, got to know more about KB and that she needs those implants to survive. I think they did a good job at showing Jod's discomfort in dealing with Wymm's little emotional moment, and I think that does make sense for him to not really know how to handle it. B…More
source Overall, I think it was actually a really good episode, but the ending sequence just ruined the entire vibe for me. But it... was meant to ruin the vibe, because it's not meant to be a happy or satisfying end to the episode, considering where we are with the characters. I think the execution and slow build to Jod's betrayal, with the foreshadowing throughout the season and prominently in this episode, was don…More
source Personally, while I definitely didn't hate it, I have to say I didn't find the "world at constant war" trope very interesting either, even with the child soldiers. It felt too much like a Star Trek episode because of the "random encounter table" aspect of it, except it works a lot better with ST's overall premise than it did here. In this ep, other than the discovery of the mystery of At-Achen itself (which w…More