‘Lovecraft Country:’ Mid-Season interviews with Jurnee Smollett, Wunmi Mosaku, Abbey Lee, and Michael K. Williams

We’re halfway there y’all, 5 episodes down 5 more to go. By now you are coming down from the first episode high and putting your more critical glasses on when watching each episode. Lovecraft Country is not perfect. It has holes and some real side eye moments which I mentioned in the previous review. Some things don’t add up, some things may have made you mad, and some may have turned you off completely. Maybe you have been able to look past those things with the faith that the good outweigh the bad. And having a Black sci-fi story is still giving you life no matter the mess. Before we go forward SPOILER ALERT!! If you have not watched the first 5 episodes, I suggest coming back to this article once you have.   Okay – its true, there are moments that really rub one the wrong way. The loss of Courtney B. Vance’s character Uncle George, watching sister hate on a Black woman from a Black woman – as a white woman!…not a fun feeling for the culture. Then the moment that breaks your heart, Arawak character, Yahima Maraokoti being revealed and misgendered and then killed by a black man. UGH! I equal parts had my head in my hands for the greatness of being able to see black characters in Indiana Jones style adventures and sorrow for the introduction of indigenous “two spirit” existence not being fully grounded and ill executed. The idea of indigenous people holding the key to this ancient language is paramount, BUT the concept was introduced WAY too loosely and not carri…