With Hippolyta at the helm, Leti, Tic, and Montrose travel to 1921 Tulsa in an effort to save Dee.

Dee is dying after the spell cast on her by Captain Lancaster, who is locked in a cycle of re-spawning following a shoggoth attack. The only way to save her is to recover the Book of Names before it is burned in the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. You don’t get more high concept than this, as Lovecraft Country goes Back to the Future via Star Trek’s City on the Edge of Forever in the penultimate episode of the season.

As with every hour this year, this is a big episode, with big ideas, and it’s such a relief that Tic finally comes to terms with Montrose’s sexuality, while also saving his father at a crucial moment. Rather than going back impassively, our heroes are required to set events in motion that will fulfil a destiny. The severity of the riot itself is shocking, but so too is Montrose’s beating by his father.

Everything that happens now has consequences – there are no free rides – and the provision of a super power is at the expense of someone’s soul, such are the high stakes. It’s a powerful, shocking episode, the survivors all clinging to one another, knowing that this is far from over.

Verdict: Another quality hour of high concept drama that isn’t scared to confront uncomfortable issues and truths. This season has flown by – and what an achievement it has been. 9/10

Nick Joy

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