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THE TERROR: INFAMY on AMC

SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:50:54 GMT

Anyone watching? It's terrifying to me and creepy to boot. It's a story about determination in the midst of things gone wrong.

Storyline (from Rotten Tomatoes):

"Set during World War II, the haunting and suspenseful second season of the horror-infused anthology The Terror: Infamy centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese American community, and a young man's journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. The season chronicles Chester Nakayama and his friends and family from Terminal Island, California, as they face persecution from the American government and battle the evil spirit that threatens their future. The Terror: Infamy tells the often overlooked story of Japanese American internment and asks what it truly means to be an American. From 1942 to 1945, more than 145,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians were forced from their homes and into internment camps by their respective governments, simply because of where they or their ancestors were born. Their story is one of perseverance in the face of injustice."

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lkat — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:55:18 GMT

I have it on my DVR but haven't watched it yet. Watched it last season and was disappointed because I thought the book was so much better. Didn't realize it was coming back with a totally new story line this season.

It sounds like something I'd like, looking forward to having time to start watching.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:01:32 GMT

There's quite a bit of subtitles in this series. Lots of Japanese dialogue. When they speak English some of the words are Japanese words that may be difficult to understand and what they mean. I had to google some of the Japanese words to see what they were. It's not a series where you can just listen to it in the background, but one where you have to sit and watch closely.

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Snoopp — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:06:05 GMT

I watch this show. It’s well done and gives me the creeps when you see her face peering out the window. The scene with the pregnant woman visiting the “midwife” was very creepy.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:21:16 GMT

The evil woman in the kimono is a bakemono, an evil shape-shifting spirit ghost, played by a Japanese actress named Kiki Sukezane. I think she is stunningly beautiful. She's 30yo...she looks like she's 12...lol!

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spiderw — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:23:43 GMT

I liked last season's The Terror and am into this season's also. This series has its eerie moments and the story line disturbing as it is based on truth. I am a ghost story fan and look forward to these type shows. I think this season's The Terror is well done and I hope the series continues.. I also like the fact the stories aren't ongoing but finish each season. I look forwar to future stories.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:20:20 GMT

Never heard of this series. Story line is right up my alley. I am going to check On Demand to see if Season 1 is there. I like to start from the beginning.

Thanks for the heads up @SilleeMee

EDIT: On Demand AMC wants $$$ for season 1. AMC website only has 6 episodes out of 10 for FREE viewing.

I now see S2 is already up to the 3rd episode. Oh well, I will wait till S1 is FREE.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:45:47 GMT

@Mz iMac

Last season was really good. It was a totally different story than the current season 2. The two seasons have nothing in common, other than being about a terrifying thing.

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Grouchomarx — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:42:13 GMT

This caught my eye in the ads but I thought since it was season 2 I was too late. Can I watch it without having seen season 1?

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SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:01:18 GMT

@Grouchomarx wrote:
This caught my eye in the ads but I thought since it was season 2 I was too late. Can I watch it without having seen season 1?

@Grouchomarx

Yes, you can watch S2 without worry. It has nothing to do with S1...completely different story and unrelated to one another.

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Ainhisg — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:25:36 GMT

I loved Season 1 as did my husband. So far, we're on the fence concerning Season 2. It seems like things are finally starting to happen with the last episode, though. I hope by the end of it, that we think it is as good as Season 1 was.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:03:06 GMT

Finished binge watching S1 last night. I did not like it at all. Kept waiting for this "terror." A giant polar bear is just not going to do it for me.

Last night/early this morning I watched S2 E1. Now that episode got my attention! 👍🏾 I think I will enjoy catching up the rest of the episodes tonight now that Queen Of The South has ended for the season.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 21:42:01 GMT

I think 'The Terror' has different meanings for each character in the series. For S2, it's the terror of being badly treated for being of Japanese race. For others it's the fear of not being accepted by those around them while some others feel that some things around them are evil and out to do harm. Terror is multifaceted. @Mz iMac

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Mz iMac — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:13:47 GMT

@SilleeMee

Just from S2 E1, I figured out the Japanese "terror."

The dead womens husband beat her. "Terror" made him look into the sun rendering him blind.

The fish guy who bought fish from the Japanese took the Japanese father's car & tried to burn down his boat. "Terror" took care of him!

I knew all along that women in the bordello was "The Terror" before her skin started peeling & she sews herself back up! I was hooked then!!!

I will be caught up before midnight.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:38:59 GMT

Yuko is really confusing me when she takes possession of someone. Latest episode.......

She possessed a doctor to give her skin grafts from another body. Yuko's body was on another table.

After the grafting was done, dr kills himself while still possessed & Yuko woke up on the table to continue her quest.

Yuko possessed the Major? Why? To find out where Chester is?

Why didn't she make the Major kill himself?

Where was her body when she possessed the Major? How did she get back into her body if she make the Major kill himself? Why not make the Major kill himself?

Last week's episode, Yuko possessed Chester's mom but did not make her kill herself.

Yuko possesses Luz father. She makes him kill himself. Where is her body?

It's like Yuko picks & chooses who she has kill themselves.

Ok, I know I am making too much of this. It's a tv show....

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SilleeMee — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:11:25 GMT

The Yurei...

evil spirits need suicide victims to bridge the gap between the spirit world and the physical one. Yurei come from someone who committed suicide and are trapped here on earth until they can resolve some kind of conflict in the physical world, for example, Chester. He is the Yurei's son so until she gets him back then she will not stop the

haunting. Yurei don't have a personality. They are a thing of evil with a purpose to haunt the living in order to get resolution for something unfinished in the physical world. Once done then they go away.

Why the major didn't kill himself might be that the Yurei still needs him alive to use him, possibly to find Chester's twin brother...??

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Mz iMac — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:34:05 GMT

Excellent finale for a series. Everything was tied up nicely.

I loved how during the credits roll, the real detainees & their families photos who some of the characters were based on and/or were actual detainees themselves were shown. Including the producers, directors, etc.

Season 2 deserves a few Emmys.

Season 2 was so much better than S1.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:38:08 GMT

I didn't think anyone else was watching this @Mz iMac .

I enjoyed it immensely. The end of the final show had me in tears. You might know that I'm from a biracial Japanese-American family. I felt somehow connected to many of their feelings experienced by those characters. Even after the war my mom feared that she could someday be put in one of those camps, though she never had anything to do with them but had friends who were in them. It was a real 'terror' for many of them I'm certain of that.