The Raven
- Episode aired Oct 12, 2023
- TV-MA
- 1h 16m
In 1980, Roderick and Madeline seize a chance to cement their fortune--for a price. Decades later, the remaining Ushers reckon with the consequences.In 1980, Roderick and Madeline seize a chance to cement their fortune--for a price. Decades later, the remaining Ushers reckon with the consequences.In 1980, Roderick and Madeline seize a chance to cement their fortune--for a price. Decades later, the remaining Ushers reckon with the consequences.
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Did you know
- TriviaZach Gilford's spouse and actress Kiele Sanchez co-wrote the episode.
- GoofsAt the end of the series, Roderick's headstone reads "1950-2023", but in the first flashback from 1953 Roderick and Madeline are older than 3.
- Quotes
Verna: What happens to you when the Ushers are gone? Which is imminent, by the way. You've enjoyed a sense of immunity throughout your life, but it isn't yours. It's theirs. Just reflected.
Arthur Pym: Let me guess. You can do something about that.
Verna: I can. Like I said to one of my clients, when I'm done you can stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and it won't cost you a thing.
Arthur Pym: Is his tab coming due any time soon? Even I've got my limits.
Verna: Fortunato Pharma will be dissolved in a bankruptcy settlement. The family trust will turn over 4.5 billion, including federal settlement fees paid in installments over nine years.
Arthur Pym: It's a pretty sweet deal.
Verna: It's a fucking Christmas present. It's a slap on the wrist that comes with a blowjob.
Arthur Pym: And you can make this happen?
Verna: Oh no. This will happen without me. Humanity will shit that bed themselves. Corporate justice in this world is a punchline.
Arthur Pym: Then... what are you offering?
Verna: There's a file. Camille L'Espanaye was very good at what she did. She had a file on everyone. Even you. Barely scratches the surface, but the surface alone will get you 20 to life. It gets found, or it doesn't. So you can either ride the phoenix out of Fortunato's ashes, or you can watch it fly away from a federal prison cell. This I can do.
Arthur Pym: What are you asking in return?
Verna: What do you have, Arthur, in this life you've built for yourself? What assets have you acquired? I'm not interested in money, property, or stock options. True assets. What have you got? No spouse. No children. No familial connections. At least, none that you care about. But everyone loves something. And in that love, there's collateral.
Arthur Pym: No. I have no collateral. Collateral is leverage. And I won't be leveraged. No man or woman has leveraged me in seventy years of life. And I'm not going to cede that ground, not this close to the end. So, thank you for your consideration and for your generous offer. But I think I'll play out my hand, if it's all the same time to you.
Verna: Fair enough. Thank you. This has been a pleasure.
- ConnectionsReferences Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- SoundtracksThe Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald
Written and Performed by Gordon Lightfoot
I think most people who didn't like it gave up on it in the beginning, because this was certainly a masterclass in acting and writing. This final episode was simply one of the most rewarding final episodes I've ever seen, my mouth was wide open for the entire thing. The revelations were handled so well and they just kept coming and Carla Gugino honestly deserves every award that exists. Every monologue was beautiful and full of poetry as it's come to be expected in a Mike Flanagan tv show at this point. Just beautiful.
- judalejandro
- Oct 15, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
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