The Twilight Zone
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Is there any changing a mind like that?
And if so, what does it take?
Thats the question that drives Point of Origin, which doesnt find any easy answers.
But thats more than her friends would do.
These people know the risks when they come here, one of her friends tells her.
Its unfortunate and everything but itisillegal.
Its not clear if Eve is swayed by their logic, but she has other troubles anyway.
At night she dreams of a blasted, war-torn, otherworldly landscape.
Its a Kafkaesque development.
And hes right, up to a point: Soon he and the children are headed home.
Eve, however, has to stay.
But at least shes reunited with Anna in the holding cell.
Point of Origin doesnt do much to hide its twist, or the metaphor beneath it.
Though she doesnt remember it, Eve wasnt born here.
And now Eve and and Anna are in the same spot.
Expressions of sympathy from a comfortable distance wont work anymore.
Eve doesnt even know what a plantain is, or even how a grocery store works.
In Eves home, Anna remains deferential, even a bit fearful, of Eve.
Here Anna has the advantage of knowing what to expect, and why Eves there in the first place.
That Goodwin never suggests Eve is being transformed by her experience makes her performance especially effective.
Even when making bold moves, Eve seems kind of helpless.
That makes the final moments hit like a hammer.
Joyous to have made it back home, shes broken when her family lets her be led away.
Theyve been told that this person theyve known and loved doesnt belong and theres no getting around that.
It might even feel liketoogrim an ending, if it didnt hit so uncomfortably close to home.
Peeles intros and outros have been a highlight of this season so far, even in the weaker episodes.
Matheson Charter School is, of course, a reference to writer and prolificTwilight Zonecontributor Richard Matheson.
The first reference to a popular food delivery service felt a little fishy.
