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From: Season 1, Episode 1:

Lately I have a new obsession…, of course From :) This series…, this series…, I started it as something interesting for Halloween, I got into it, then I loved it, and when I finished season 3, I just couldn't get over the impression and surprise… IT'S SO GOOD!!! And when I started connecting the dots, I started seeing so many things…, from what I know, the creators have this series planned from beginning to end and looking at all the foreshadowing, yes…, you can definitely see it, it's brilliant!!! So I decided to do a rewatch, watch all the episodes again and analyze them one by one, initially this analysis was supposed to be mainly based on Jade and Tabitha, but these two are so connected to main plot and this plot has so many important and interesting things in it that I gave up focusing on Jade and Tabitha and decided to do a general analysis, of course if there are any references to Jade and Tabitha then I will definitely write about it, but the whole thing now literally focuses on the whole clue of the series. I have currently finished season 2, so I only have 3 left, I wanted to start posting my thoughts when I watch everything, but after the second season I decided that I will not edit my previous thoughts anymore, I will leave it as it is, so if someone wants to have the whole image of my vision about the plot of the series (there are still a lot of questions and holes in this vision), they have to read my entire analysis of each episode, plus there will be two additional, final analyses, one about the mythology in the series and the other about the intro in the series.

Attention! I watch the series in my native language, so if you're wondering why the dialogues aren't transcribed word for word in English, it's because I don't watch the series in English and I transcribe the dialogues from my language.

2 Attention! Everything here is 100% my thoughts, some may be accurate, some may be wrong, no one but the creators knows that.

So without further ado, I invite you to the analysis of episode 1, season 1 (I'll see how I'll post these analyses, as I wrote above, I've already analyzed two whole seasons, I have the third one left, so I have material for 20 posts, because I want to divide each post into episodes, but I don't know if I'll post these posts every day or every weekend, it depends on my free time, because everything is in my native language, so I have to transcribe it into English first, so if there are any language mistakes, I apologize, but I'm not writing this fresh in English, so I might make a mistake with the translation or something…)

Norman's Story: Julie tells Ethan a story about Norman being killed by monsters, Ethan says that the fairies from the Lake of Tears can help him, Julie says that they can't, that he's already dead and life is cruel. Then Tabitha comes to Ethan and tells him that Norman couldn't have died because monsters don't exist. What is important, apart from the story about Norman itself, which may be an allegory to Jim, we can already see here that Tabitha is taking care of the children, from the very beginning we are shown how bad a father Jim is and sure… he is driving the van at this point, he cannot stand up or turn around, but he could say something to Ethan or Julie from his seat, he could also say something to Tabitha after she comforted Ethan, like ,,thank you" or ,,you handled it great", instead he gives her a thumbs up and we see Tabitha sighing, irritated at this point both at Julie, who does not care that she told such a story to Ethan, and at Jim, who did not help or show her any support.

Jim's flashbacks: Jim recalls the first meeting with Tabitha's parents, that he had an old car, but that it was great, Tabitha says that it was a dud and she was afraid that her parents wouldn't accept Jim, then Jim replies ,,but it turned out differently", to which Tabitha looking at him says ,,I know" and looks back at the road, this ,,I know" is said with such disappointment…, as if she wished that her parents had hated him, because then she and Jim might not be together now. Jim continues saying that sometimes he remembers how it used to be, he clearly wants to make Tabitha feel that their marriage still makes sense, because after all, they were good together, weren't they…, or maybe it was just good for Jim…, Tabitha tells him directly not to do that, at this point they come across a tree that we all know well. The creators gave us the divorce storyline at the beginning for a reason, and looking at how in the following seasons Tabitha and Jim continue to argue, quarrel and not get along, and are at most understanding and tolerant towards each other for the sake of the children, the divorce storyline is certainly not created to be the type of ,,they are going to get a divorce, but this place will remind them why they are together and by working together they will rekindle their love" NO…, ironically, in the later seasons Tabitha spends most of her time working with Jade, with whom after the initial reluctance she starts to get along well, so the divorce storyline is created to be the type of ,,they are going to get a divorce, but because of this place they put the divorce on the back burner and focus on the children and getting away from here, but this does not make their relationship take on a new meaning, they are not new people, they are still the same, and their relationship has no future and is maintained only out of necessity", the divorce was presented to us from the beginning so that we understand that Jim and Tabitha have no future together.

Just one more thought about the car… Jim says that car was great, Tabitha says it was junk, who else pays attention to cars more… Jade of course… when Jade and Jim are collecting stuff for the radio Jade remarks on how his car isn't the best of the best ;)

A Man Protects His Family: This is a theme that will continue to be explored in the series. Boyd tells Frank (the father of the family that was killed) that a man has a duty to protect his family, to protect meaning to be there for them when they need it and to defend them when they need it.

Arrival in town: Jim tries to make his family laugh by cawing like a crow (which they met at a fallen tree), but everyone is just embarrassed by him and stressed about the whole situation with the tree and crows. Julie tells Ethan that when crows see someone, they won't stop until they get them and Ethan and Julie start to ,,fight" on the arm, despite Ethan telling his mom to tell Julie to stop, you can see that Ethan is having a good time, he laughs with Julie, at this point Jim comes in and shouts at Julie ,,calm down, damn it", basically father of the year… Then Tabitha tries to comfort Ethan again, that crows are not really associated with death, but with unkindness. Tabitha starts talking about something like a hairpin bend in the road (it reminds me of Jade, who always talks about his theories). Jim and Tabitha argue about Jim missing the exit. Then Tabitha analyzes the situation again (like Jade), that the road goes in a circle, that Jim didn't turn anywhere and how is that possible. Then we have an accident. Jim and Tabitha's van and Jade's car almost collide. When the van lands on the side of the road, Jim first tries to reach for Tabitha with one hand, telling her three times to give him her hand and like ok… but why…, you can see that she is unconscious, so she won't give him her hand or answer, you can see that Jim won't reach her, and even if he did, what would he do with one hand…, he won't lift her…, he should have tried to get out himself first, unbuckled his seat belt etc., instead of reaching for Tabitha through a tree stuck in the van, while being buckled in himself. Sorry, but I don't like Jim, so I'm writing in advance that he will be hated by me in many places and sure… he's not a bad guy, he has a good heart, but that doesn't make him a good father and husband.

First meeting with Jade: Jade gets out of the car, completely stoned and from the very beginning he has a bracelet, similar to the ones Tabitha makes for her husbands. Yes, it's not 100% the same bracelet, because only Tabitha can make it, only she makes this mistake when braiding it and no one will be able to replicate it, not even Jade, because she's not Tabitha, but he wears a bracelet that is SIMILAR to the ones she makes, probably because his soul, feels the need to wear such a bracelet, feels that it is somehow important, although he doesn't remember, he is not aware of why, just like Tabitha makes a bracelet for her husband (Jim, Henry) every time, although she is not aware, she does not remember why, it's just something that is written in their souls, as a kind of instinct of memory that they don't remember, but this instinct still works. What's important is that this is the first time in a long time that two cars have arrived, although in the second season a bus full of people arrived, it was still one car, this is the only time for the current residents (apart from Victor) that two cars arrive at once, at practically the same time, Jade and Tabitha land in town at the same time, just like every time.

Sara kills Toby: There are two options here: 1. Sara was supposed to kill Jade, the voices told her to kill the person driving the car, but they didn't specify that it was Jade who was important, so she killed the ,,innocent" (not so innocent because he was driving while high) and easily accessible Toby. 2. Sara was supposed to kill Toby, who is Jade's best friend since childhood, and then Ethan, who is Tabitha's son, to break them both, luckily Ethan survived and Jade turned out to be more resistant to the death of a friend. I personally prefer the second option, because Sara's voices would probably know that it's not Jade.

After the accident: Tabitha wants to go to Thomas, their dead son, Jim reminds her that it's not Thomas, it's Ethan. Tabitha doesn't want to leave Ethan, the children have always been the most important thing to her. Jim stays with the children, because Tabitha is injured in the accident. Tabitha is on the way to town with the rest of the car, Tabitha with Julie and Kenny (who was driving) are sitting in the front, while in the back we have Elis and Jade.

,,You Don't Recognize Me": When everyone is standing at the door of the colonial house, a boy approaches Julie and says ,,you don't recognize me?" Julie seems confused. We might think that this boy is Julie's boyfriend, but Julie explains to Fatima in a later episode that she doesn't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, only friends, and there is no reason for one friend to be more important than the others, and the monsters themselves as we know (looking at Smiley) can't change their human appearance, so there is neither a logical reason for one of her friends to suddenly appear there, nor would the monster be able to take the form of her friend, so the person Julie sees, probably (looking at what we learn in season 3), is the person Julie meets traveling between chapters of the story, probably at some point (and probably more than once) she will go back in time to some past and meet him, I wonder what the story will be about him?

Here will be a link to the analysis of the second episode:

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Trying to figure out the paintings from season 1 and suddenly the big red blob looks awfully familiar…

So it is terrifying and I guess there is stiill more to it but still kinda wild that his return was hinted at so early on

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Oh god.

Jade Herrera From 1.03 Choosing Day 3.10 Revelations: Chapter Two

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And believe me I have tried every mathematical, astronomical, astrological, Babylonian 12-point numerical cipher I can imagine. The Zodiac, months of the year, fucking eggs in a carton. Bent over backwards twisting it into some version of the Fibonacci sequence. There's nothing there. Believe me. Aren't there twelve notes in a scale?

From — 1.05 "Silhouettes" — 3.10 "Revelations: Chapter Two"

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Jade Herrera, Jim Matthews 1.08 Broken Windows, Open Doors / 3.08 Thresholds

Jade's attitude toward Jim has certainly changed since he caught feels for Tabitha.

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I like you better when you're not yelling at me.

Jade Herrera, Tabitha Matthews

From

1.06 Book 74

1.08 Broken Windows, Open Doors

2.07 Belly of the Beast

2.08 Forest for the Trees

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It is always Aroace people can date and have relationship when he is shipped with men but once it is a woman he isn't allowed to be in a relationship

In the show he hates most man and that I even personally headcanon him as slightly misandrist but yet most people ship him with a man

He generally seems more comfortable with women like Charlie and Mimzy

But if you ship him with one of them it is "Can't female and male character be friends without getting shipped romantically" but the same people go crazy if Alastors looks at a male character more than 5 seconds

Alastor's relationships with women have always something special which I can't describe

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So we're already aware of the parallels between Stolitz and Charlastor, right? I have to say, after seeing Mastermind, Stolas having his powers taken away by Satan reminded me of Alastor's magical staff being broken by Adam. Both of which are pretty powerless so they have to rely on others for help, humbling moment for these two who rely on their strong abilities. They also had their blue nemesis witness their loss of strength as well, taking advantage of their vulnerability. Since Stolas was taken in by Blitzø, what if Alastor would have his wound healed by Charlie?

Haha, that would never happen.

...Unless?👀

If there are certain further leaks that are true we know that something is going to happen that is... impactful to Alastor and Charlie's relationship. For the sake of the people trying to avoid any spoilers I won't go into detail here but suffice to say, Alastor appears to care very much about his usefulness to Charlie specifically. And he's gotten used to relying on his powers and reputation to do most of the heavy lifting. Without that, why would Charlie want him around?

God forbid she wants you around because she likes you al.

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They were insane for making Alastor call Charlie a good girl. Like, I'm still in half-disbelief. They made the "she calls me daddy" joke kinda canon, then they have him say good girl to her??? They're doing this on purpose right??? This is the show that makes daddy jokes every now and then, they would have to be deaf and blind to not be aware they're practically adding to Alastor being Charlie's "daddy."

We know she's got daddy issues and a praise kink. They know what they're doing.

I also just... I mean he did the daddy joke song and then they released the weeboo short where they make fun of it again. Come on!

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Yeah, I like to think Charlie is secretly into violence. She basically just tried to justify him killing the loan sharks outside to her dad, saying "He's doing it for me!" No way she isn't the least bit into it when she's making these kinds of excuses for Alastor.

Or the boring answer; which is that he's been more of a help to her than anyone else but she knows that trying to make an excuse that justifies the mindless violence that defines hell is useless.

I know I certainly believe the former. Her canon partner's one known favorite activity is stabbing people and meaning it. If she hated violence as much as people think she does/she seems to indicate herself she wouldn't be with vaggie either.

But also, let's notice something important. Alastor has only directly killed precisely 1 threat to the hotel. And they were likely people who would never want to change in the first place. We know that Pentious attacked the hotel twice and despite no explicit orders from Charlie that we've seen he doesn't usually resort to lethal violence right off the bat. Then again he did say after that he missed getting to let off steam. Plenty of subtexual implications there 😏

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I was unsure about whether or not to post this due to the current fandom climate and then I realized I can do whatever the fuck I want forever and cringe is dead so I shouldn't let a fear of judgement rule over me-

Alas, while this momentary burst of confidence lasts, have this fanart I did for @rubyfoxfyre's wonderful fanfic The Riddle Of Magic, which is hands down one of the best fics I've read in literal years and caused me to binge read nearly 400k words in less than a week

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brienne and her names for jaime from asos to adwd

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What are your predictions for Charlie and Alastor's relationship in Season 2?

Not that it improves per se, but that it does develop. Alastor now has to face the fact that Charlie was right. A demon CAN be redeemed. The issue now is figuring out how to replicate the success. What is it that Pentious did that earned him a halo and wings?

I also think there may be some angst regarding Charlie's own issues on the rise here. Now it's possibly worse because yes sinners can be redeemed but that means these people she gets close to will all leave her. And if the exorcists become obsolete, Vaggie could easily be welcomed back into Heaven. It's not like she was barred from there she just seems to have been kinda... left there.

But who is the one person in the main cast who has absolutely no desire to change or improve in anyway? Alastor. So even if he does "leave" her and the hotel, he'll still be around. And Charlie can be comforted by that.

It's my personal hc that even if he WERE to get redeemed Alastor would say "fuck this shit I'm out" and take a flying leap back to Pentagram City. Not for the power, but for Charlie. I don't think he wants her to be left alone.

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What are your predictions for Charlie and Alastor's relationship in Season 2?

Not that it improves per se, but that it does develop. Alastor now has to face the fact that Charlie was right. A demon CAN be redeemed. The issue now is figuring out how to replicate the success. What is it that Pentious did that earned him a halo and wings?

I also think there may be some angst regarding Charlie's own issues on the rise here. Now it's possibly worse because yes sinners can be redeemed but that means these people she gets close to will all leave her. And if the exorcists become obsolete, Vaggie could easily be welcomed back into Heaven. It's not like she was barred from there she just seems to have been kinda... left there.

But who is the one person in the main cast who has absolutely no desire to change or improve in anyway? Alastor. So even if he does "leave" her and the hotel, he'll still be around. And Charlie can be comforted by that.

It's my personal hc that even if he WERE to get redeemed Alastor would say "fuck this shit I'm out" and take a flying leap back to Pentagram City. Not for the power, but for Charlie. I don't think he wants her to be left alone.