Episode 11: Season Two Prologue

Blurb
O Appalachia:

mother and maw

that births and devours us,

roots sunk deep and winding as

gnarled hands clasped in prayer,

hold us fast and give us foundation.

O knotted cage and vine wrought chains

O feast of hills and green,

that which feeds our hearts

but often starves our blood:

Hear us now.

Plot Synopsis
The episode begins with a poetic prayer to the Green of Appalachia. Then it turns to speak of the railroad, its role in coal mining, and in taking people to pursue new dreams and bringing in outsiders and Others.

It speaks of a boy who feels like a failure for dying before he became a man. This boy didn’t die in a place where he could be brought home to be buried, he died in The Pines and was found by someone only known as She.

It speaks of sisters and the bond between them, separated by distance.

It speaks of a woman who has no kin and dreads the quiet, though she fears nothing.

It speaks of the land, land that was meant to remain unseen and unknown, land being bought up and explored every day.

It closes by beckoning the family to go into The Pines, where the shadows are darkest.