Lovecraft Country's first season is over.
I would have preferred that its ending be a bit more akin to the type of ending the book had; but I understand the choices made and I did enjoy it quite a bit, though I feel it's perhaps one of the story's weakest points.
I also finally looked around and it seems Misha Green did very much apologize and acknowledge errors made in Episode 4 (some commented on here), and that was good. Sometimes writers (and artists in general, but especially the people in charge of the narrative) make mistakes, and it's not the mistake, but the reluctance to own it and acknowledge it and change that's the problem. So I'm glad she's not like that.
I have to say, as a fan of Lovecraft's world-building, narrative style. and themes; I always loved that he freely gave his universe and world(s) for other writers to explore. But once I clicked (when I was old enough and wise enough) to his racism, there was always a discomfort there. I tackled it in a lot of ways, some were good and some were bad.
It was then very strange to me that the author of the book Lovecraft Country was a white dude. I read it in 2020 and spent 4 years thinking Matt Ruff was a Black man (because I assumed, and never checked) until I picked the book up finally and read it. It felt really weird.
It really does feel like full circle to have a talented team of Black writers, actors, and artists receive that and make it their own, not just by portraying it and writing it for the screen but by changing it and telling the story they want. That's what adaptation is all about. I'm actually really glad that the TV show is so different from the book, because it means it's more theirs than a straight, blow-by-blow adaptation would have been.
All in all, super glad.
I'm not sure how or even if they're gonna do a Season 2 (it's not confirmed, but it's clear they want to), but if they do, I hope it keeps up this level of quality, 'cuz damn.
