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Synopsis: A few months after helping Cora Tannetti (Jessica Biel), Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) is called back to his former hometown to investigate the murder of a man and woman that was apparently carried out by a 13-year-old boy named Julian (Elisha Henig) My Thoughts: 1. When I first heard there was going to be another season of this show, I was curious how they planned to carry it out. My first thought was they were going to essentially reboot it, with the same actors playing different roles (similar to American Horror Story). I was pleased to discover it is, in fact, a sequel to the first season with the same detective but, at the same time, is still its own story all together. 2. I must admit, while I figured Julian would kill the people he was traveling with (which may or may not be his parents), I really wasn't expecting his method. I figured he would wind up stabbing them or something. The poison angle took me by surprise. 3. I kind of wish the show would hav...

So far, I'm a bit undecided about it. The premise, at least from the previews, looked interesting and it definitely has some recognizable names on its cast list. But, after watching the premiere, I admittedly wasn't as impressed as I thought I was going to be. In fact, I think I might have already solved the mystery behind her seemingly-random killing. My theory (and, so far, the show seems to be backing this up) is her victim raped her several years earlier, back when he was in college and playing for a band. Since Cora ( Jessica Biel ) was raised by a strict religious family, she felt guilty over the rape and it ultimately became a repressed memory (and is likely the reason she needs pills to sleep). Then, when she heard his song, it triggered just enough of that memory to make her think he was trying to rape someone else. I came up with this theory about 2 minutes after the stabbing so, ultimately, I think my overall opinion of the show is going to come down to whether...