Station Eleven Rewatch: Episode Six
"My memories are the same as yours. They mean nothing. I feel this again for the first time."
This post contains spoilers for the sixth episode of Station Eleven, but no spoilers for future episodes. You are invited to share your thoughts in the comments below, or in the chat, and you’re also invited to join me for the final Zoom discussion, Wednesday (12/18) at 8pm ET. The plan is to talk through episodes 6-10, which means I have some work to do. All paid subscribers are welcome, it’s not too late to become one, and you also have the option of gifting a subscription.
Power Rankings
Something new, inspired by all the nerdy basketball stuff I pay attention to. After rewatching the first six episodes of Station Eleven, here’s an attempt at ranking them in order of enjoyment—or how much I connected with each one.
1. Episode Three - Hurricane
2. Episode One - Wheel of Fire
3. Episode Two - A Hawk From a Handsaw
4. Episode Six - Survival is Insufficient
5. Episode Four - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Aren’t Dead
6. Episode Five - The Severn City Airport
Do you have a favorite or favorites?
Moments I Noticed
“They only ever chased me. Or I killed them.” —Young Kirsten telling Gil about her experience with the Red Bandanas“
Foreshadowing, anyone?
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“It was golf and weapons… This should be a theater. We could settle here, make art, be safe, stop running…” —Gil
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Sayid: “How many Jesus dudes have we met along the way?” (Subtitle Nominee)
Kirsten: “No. He’s different. This is my fault.”
S: “He was in Alex’s head.”
K: “Alex is not a child.”
S: “Well, I’ll feel better when he’s dead.”
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“Captain, I need you to do an impossible task.” —from the Station Eleven book (Subtitle Nominee)
The next small-group conversation The Holidays Are Hard for Me is coming up on Friday, December 20. Starts at 7pm ET.
Sayid: “Hey, Alex! I knew you’d be okay! Kirsten thought you joined a cult.”
Alex: “I’m already in a cult.” (Subtitle Nominee)
Dieter: “Where is she? What the fuck, Sayid?”