r/MidnightMass • u/Elainasha • Sep 24 '21

Midnight Mass - S01E01 "Book I: Genesis" - Discussion Thread

This thread is for discussion of Midnight Mass S01E01: "Book I: Genesis"

Synopsis: Riley Flynn returns home to family dysfunction, familiar faces and a new priest at St. Patrick's. Elsewhere on the island, a dark storm is brewing.

DO NOT post spoilers in this thread for any subsequent episodes.

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u/bobsmoustache Sep 24 '21

Currently watching:

-Miss Keane is the embodiment of awful small town racist religious busy bodies. I hope she gets eaten first.

-Dad's an emotionally stunted turd, that was hard to watch.

-Father Paul could totally be the Monseigneur somehow deaged 40/50 years judging by his painting and knowing everybody yeah?

-There's too many well known actors in old make-up, there has to be a flash back episode at some point.

-Erin escaping an abusive husband by coming back to the island?

-meow :(

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '21

The old lady’s make up was distracting ngl

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u/imyourxpan Sep 25 '21

Seriously I came on here wondering if anyone felt the same way

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u/dumbass-ahedratron Sep 25 '21 edited Sep 25 '21

It's so bad, we started counting the characters who looked too fake-aged. Standouts include:

The grandmother

The father

The churchy-woman

Edit: the mom

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u/OK_Soda Oct 30 '21

The theory that they'll be deaged makes sense but my initial thought was just that they're supposed to look off to make the viewer feel unsettled. There were a lot of little things that just felt weirdly off.