This week's episode of Lovecraft Country, titled Rewind 1921, is a time-traveling episode that has Atticus, Letitia, and Montrose traveling back in time in an attempt to save Diana.
Rewind 1921 is an emotionally powerful episode. The episode belongs to Montrose who walks through 1921 Tulsa entirely teary-eyed and dumbfounded watching the historical tragedy enfold before him. Should he stop it and risk changing the course of history in the process?
I am reminded of the old joke of how black people should never mess with time travel. It was psychologically terrifying watching Atticus, Letitia and Montrose walking through the Tulsa streets, turning any street corner knowing that any white rioter rampaging through town could shoot them on the worst night of racial violence in American history.
It's still early to say as there is one final episode left in the season, Rewind 1921 might just be my favorite episode of Lovecraft Country. The balance between story and its pulp genre play was perfect this time. That balance has unevenly tipped over too many times for fun's sake, which has been the show's biggest fumble with its storytelling. Rewind 1921 is what the 7th episode I Am, also a time traveling episode, should have been. I wish every episode was to the quality of this one.
Bring on the finale...