The Path (Hulu) TV Show • Page 5

Okay, got it. So in that case, how can Eddie get in and out of the compound to have his little trysts with the defector. Seems to me, in a place like this, he'd be policed a lot more than just Sarah unluckily noticing he's left the house.

 

I'm positive. I could explain why I'm sure but it would be kind of spoilery.

 

I'll be vague...

When Eddie and Hawk are coming home from a walk they walk into the compound and go to their house where Sarah, her family, and other members of the community are there and happy to see them back.

 

Fuck it I'm triple posting

Regarding Eddie Being policed: he's a member of a family that has some serious clout in the movement. Cal had no reason to keep an eye on him until Eddie started acting strange.

 

I was under the impression they lived off the compound. But I always always confused because I thought they lived with like 2-3 other families.

 

Okay, this is very clarifying as well. The second episode definitely solidified that Sarah is a higher-up, inner circle type, so I guess it checks out. Thanks!

 

No problem man, the housing thing is confusing the more I think about it. I'm going to stick with my answer but it does feel almost like a continuity mix up. If you're only two episodes in maybe you can clarify this mystery for us as you watch, haha.

 

It's confusing only from a cinematography standpoint. Like, based off their relationship to the movement, it's very clear they're the type of family to live 'on-campus,' haha. But if I remember correctly, in the first episode, we get a very idyllic tracking shot of some typical suburban block, get that initial dinner scene with Eddie/Sarah and everyone, and then cut to the compound, lot of gates and cabins, not home-y at all, then we meet the rest of the Meyerism group. You're definitely led to believe, at that early point in the series, that Eddie and Sarah don't live on the compound. Must've been an oversight, but I'll keep an eye out.

 

I'm almost 100% sure they do NOT live in the compound. Actually, no, I AM 100%. There's a scene in one of the later episodes that Sarah drives to the compound after being in her backyard.

 

Yeah there are a few scenes that seem to validate that.

 

They live on the compound.

 

I politely disagree. There are particular scenes that point out the opposite and no scenes that 100% prove they do.

 

I have no clue where they live, but the finale drops today!!

 

Ugh I cannot believe that's how they ended this season (series?)

I'll wait til everyone else watches before I start being up talking points.

 

It's been renewed for a second season so no worries there!

 

I hadn't heard anything so I wasn't sure.

 

Such a great first season, ugh I wish I didn't have to wait for more

 

Unless Cal got new furniture in his place, I can't see how everything from the couch to the floor wasn't absolutely soaked in blood from Silas. After it happened, I kept thinking someone is going to walk in and see all that blood. You can't hide that.

 

I had a feeling they were going to go this route, but based on what Eddie has experienced and what we know about what happened with Alison's husband can we determine that the Light is actually real?

 

I thought the finale was fine. Wrapped everything up nicely, but left enough intrigue for S2.

 

It sure looks like that's the direction they're headed.

 

I was feeling that, and honestly it's pretty refreshing if so, kinda an awesome thing

 

I really love that idea, if that is actually where they're going with it, but if that's the case I can't help but kinda feel bad for all the ex-evangelicals and ex-mormons on reddit that really empathized with the series.

 

I don't think they're gonna give us a clear answer to that any time soon. Whether or not the light is real is kind of what the show is all about.

 

I don't know that I agree the light is real. My interpretation of all this is certainly PTSD after years of indoctrination coupled with the idea that spirituality itself as an idea is real based on what you choose to believe. It is as Eddie says in the hospital after being asked "I thought you didn't believe?", "It can't hurt." Breaking free is very difficult when that world becomes all you know. I believe Eddie sees these things because of the trauma of being pulled from his beliefs and his family. What nags at him are the unresolved origins of his crisis of faith. Eddie knows inherently that the ladder is a lie because it is in fact fantasies. Richard is right about that much. If he doesn't come to understand why he can't believe and rectify his brother's death with his own crisis, it will destroy him. Loss of faith is devastatingly lonely.