![]() Stable! Logan Polish in The Mosquito Coast Season 2 Episode 8 (Photo: Apple TV+) ![]() But, hey, at least Charlie finally confronts his dad for literally never mentioning the whole murder sitch! Even if Allie responds by basically telling him that anything’s justified as long as he does it for family. I guess Allie gets some dad points back for decrying the use of physical violence, but since he immediately says the only reason he doesn’t use violence is that it would mess up his own plans, then…I don’t know how just that is. No wonder Charlie basically confesses that he pulled a gun on his mom’s ex for no other reason than simply because he “doesn’t like him”! ![]() “We do whatever’s right,” Allie pompously tells his son, conveniently ignoring how often (read: always) his idea about what’s right coincidentally seems to line up perfectly with whatever it is that he himself wants. Related The Mosquito Coast Season 2 Episode 4 Review: A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair But, instead of rationally discussing straightforward moral questions, such as whether the concept of violence or murder is bad, Allie basically argues that the only true morality is how choices impact his own life. On the plus side, at least Allie finally takes the opportunity to discuss all the trauma his son’s been through since the family fled America-bringing up his recent threatening of Richard and the fact that he straight murdered a man last season. But weirdly don’t even care that much about the answers?) ![]() Truly, I thought the revelation of Margot’s eco-terrorist past would finally push this story away from Allie’s weird algorithm that doesn’t make any sense even as a McGuffin, but alas, it seems we’ll never be free of it. government and a mid-level Central American drug dealer. Gabriel Bateman in The Mosquito Coast Season 2 Episode 8 (Photo: Apple TV+)Ĭharlie follows his father into the jungle without telling him (because of course he does) and Allie ultimately allows him to come with him (because of course he does), despite the fact that he’s on a self-assigned mission to find out what sort of very shady things the folks working for the Landlord are up to.Īlong the way, Allie once again attempts to explain Sandpiper, which is as boring and nonsensical as ever, an algorithm that’s so powerful it can somehow basically predict the future and therefore is wanted by both the U.S. Honestly, it’s kind of a toss-up most of the time, as they both tend to just do whatever feels right to them at any given moment, but they’re both particularly insufferable and self-righteous in this episode and I truly struggle to believe this show wants me to believe either of these people are worth rooting for. The Mosquito CoastSeason 2 Episode 8, “Dead Totems,” asks the really important questions, such as: Is it Charlie or Allie Fox who’s the worst character on the show? ![]()
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