Teacup
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The only question might be whetherTeacupwould have been better as a movie than an eight-episode limited series.
Arlo sees the aptly named Mr.
Goat make a break for it and follows, unbeknownst to the rest of his family.
While Maggie and Ruben successfully pull a piece of broken fence from Scouts neck (hell be fine!
James tells Valeria a story of a time when Meryl went missing before Arlo was born.
Inspired by Hansel and Gretel, she hid in the oven, couldnt get out, then fell asleep.
Somebody else found Arlo, though.
Back at the ranch, another car has pulled up.
This is alarming to Maggie, as are the marks on his arms from where the lady grabbed him.
The premiere ends with athirdcar pulling up but stopping at the end of the driveway to the ranch.
That her husband betrayed her trust by telling Valeria also suggests that shes whom James has been sleeping with.
This is probably the least of Maggies problems.
Arlo is clearly not well, and his erratic behavior causes him to accidentally slam Nicholas into a wall.
Women, go, go, go!
(And his name is Donald.
Subtle …) He trips over the mystery womans chewed-up body, dropping his gun.
The dog pounces, but Donald is able to fling it off him.
Theinstantthe canine crosses the blue border, it begins to dissolve into a grotesque mess of bones and gore.
Dont cross the line, the masked man reiterates with his sign.
She stubbornly refuses, confused as to what it is theyre even going on about.
Inside, Arlo gets a dictionary off the bookshelf and flips its pages until he gets to the wordtrap.
He says we need to hide, Arlo warns.
He says were trapped.
We need to hide.
Because its coming, Mom.
Its coming, and it kills everything that gets in its way.
Thats a good way to end the episode, and Im intrigued with whereTeacupis going to go from here.
(Although personally, Im hopingTeacupgoes a lot further than Claires death, which was honestly not that gross.
I would love to be proven wrong!
Over the Line
Potential Spoilers:From what Ive read, the plot ofStingerinvolves two aliens.
IsTeacups masked man the bounty hunter, while whatever is inside Arlo is the first alien?
Why is this show calledTeacup?
Maggie catches a wasp in one to kick off the premiere, calling it a tempest in a teacup.
(No idea what that means.)
Is it as simple as the blue border being the teacup that all our protagonists are trapped in?
Those jokes were What do you call a banana eating a banana?
Canabananalism, and What do you call a bird thats too afraid to fly?
