I agree with the general consensus that the new Ed Gein show is not good, but I also find it fascinating for some reason. It has this thing in common with its protagonist where there is a kind of naive logic to what it's doing, which remains nonetheless, like, really ill-advised. Even though we all know which movies were inspired by Ed Gein, there is some value in evoking the key insane scenes from TEXAS CHAINSAW and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in a context that explicitly reminds you, "We had a guy who really did this, though." I think at a certain point you just take the Gein legend for granted, culturally, and it's so intertwined with some of our best fiction, it's maybe worth making it less abstract. Anyway spoilers I guess, but episode 7 portrays this bizarre fantasy where the institutionalized Gein starts sending ham radios all over the world so he can interview the people who are like celebrities to him, which seems to be a hallucination guided by a psychiatrist who is treating him. And first of all, this could have made a pretty fun one-act play (something I almost never think or say), and secondly I wonder if that would actually. be a good idea for therapy? What could you potentially learn about yourself from imagining a frank conversation with your favorite famous people? Maybe there's something to it, idk.
PS I really do not know what to say about Charlie Hunnam's performance on this show. It's uh very committed I guess!
