Amazing episode and superb acting from John Turturro. I audibly gasped a couple times, easily the best new TV I have seen in a while.

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    I hadn’t even considered that Kier and his twin represented the innie-outie relationship. I figured it was just the usual “religion is weird about masturbating” thing. I’ll need to rewatch because that’s a lot to dig into. I’d like to figure out what the “small bride” represents as well.

    It does feel like the end goal of the Kier religion is to sever everyone, indoctrinate all innies, then discard the outies and rule as gods.

    I don’t think those are supposed to be clones in the episode. When we last see them standing together on the cliff it’s very apparent they are just similar looking people with similar work outfits.

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      I looked away when they stood on the cliff! So silly of me. Yeah I don’t really know what to make of the eagan story, but it seems weird it’d just be about masturbation. It seems pretty big to me to say “hey proles who we pacify with mythologising the company founder, just a quick heads-up the founder had a twin! Isn’t that fun? Kind of like how you also have someone else with the same body as you. Anyway don’t masturbate”
      I’m very curious about what Milchicks whole deal is. Some people say he’s an innie. I really like how his facade started to crack when confronting Irving. He could no longer keep cool

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      The innies work hard while the outies partake in frivolities.

      That’s probably the metaphor with the masturbation thing.