LOVECRAFT COUNTRY FINALE FULL LENGTH REACTION
Added 2025-08-20 03:23:56 +0000 UTC
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I agree with your assessment 1000%. Ruby spent a lifetime sacrificing for and to Leti, and even in the end, Leti only sought her out because she had a use for Ruby, not because she wanted to truly be a part of Ruby. This is why Dee’s statement of “They never learn” resonated, it speaks to the fact that with all that knowledge and all they saw they still didn’t get that as long as Christina was alive, she would be a threat. Leti didn’t get it, because in that moment, Leti truly could not see beyond herself. As Ruby told her, “I used to think your were a fuck up, but you jut fucked up.”
Classic R & B Lover
2025-09-28 12:45:17 +0000 UTCThank you for watching this! I totally forgot how much I loved this and how angry I was that it was cancelled. It was such a an INCREDIBLE first season of a show that had so much potential. After watching it the 2nd time, I guess I didn't realize how much white people would hate it. I truly think that's why it didn't do well. I'm not going to run down that rabbit hole, but I agree. Excellent story, excellent production, sad it was cancelled.
Angie Person
2025-09-02 04:42:22 +0000 UTCRuby isn't wildin' though. One of the things I really love about Ruby’s arc is how consistent she is. Honestly, outside of maybe Christina and Hippolyta, she’s probably the most steady person in the whole show. Ruby knows who she is, I think that’s why her relationship with Christina works in the way it does. Christina doesn’t try to change Ruby or push her into being something else. She likes and respects Ruby. The reason she keeps her around is because she wants to be with her. The literal 1st thing Christina did after she was launched out of a car window was run to Ruby to make sure she was okay. She just… lets Ruby be Ruby and make her own decisions; however, she also has her own. By the time we get to this episode, people are quick to say Ruby “betrayed” the group, but I don’t see it that way. If anything, she’s just sticking to the same pattern she’s always had. When we really look at it, Leti and Tic haven’t done much to earn Ruby’s trust. Ruby has always been the one holding things together in their relationship. From the very beginning, she was the first one to tell Leti the full truth, while Leti kept her in the dark. Ruby has been that steady, protective sister; she even put herself between Leti and Montrose when he tried to attack her, which is just breezed by. That's a serious thing that happened. That moment alone shows where her heart has always been set on protecting her sister. That’s why the conversation at their mother’s grave cuts so deep. Leti pleads with Ruby: “You’re my sister. I need my sister to choose to be my family right now.” But the truth is, all Ruby has ever been reduced to is “family” in that conditional way called on only when Leti needs something, expected to sacrifice herself for her sister yet again. Ruby points this out so clearly when she replies: “You’re right. You’ve been getting family wrong. You’ve been getting it so wrong for so long that you can’t see that you’re still doing it. You only wanna be my sister when you need something, Leti. And this moment might feel different to you, but to me, it looks exactly the same.” When Ruby left Leti never came to look for her, even though she was in the wrong. Ruby is right overall. From the very beginning, the show has shown us that pattern: Leti showing up on Ruby’s doorstep when she needed money, a roof, or protection. Leti kept secrets, while Ruby gave her honesty. Even in their mother’s death, Ruby was the one left carrying the financial and emotional weight with their brother; it’s always been an obligation, something demanded from her while her needs were ignored. So when Leti frames it as “choosing family,” what she’s really saying is: “Choose me. Sacrifice for me. Again.” That’s why Ruby’s words land with such force. She’s not rejecting Leti out of purely spite, she’s recognizing the truth of their history. She’s saying, “I’ve always been a sister to you. But you’ve only been a sister to me when it’s convenient.” And in that moment, she refuses to let “family” be used as a chain around her neck one more time. Christina’s role in her life feels so different. Christina actually kept her promises to Ruby. She gave Leti back her invulnerability because Ruby asked her to. That’s an act of care that came not from Leti or Tic, but from Ruby’s presence in Christina’s life. For all of Christina’s flaws, she still respected Ruby enough to follow through. There’s the small but telling detail that breaks my heart: when Christina was impersonating Ruby, Leti didn’t even notice. In Episode 1, Ruby made it very clear she hated that one song Leti played. Yet later, when “Ruby” (really Christina) sang it, Leti didn’t even clock the difference. That’s how disconnected she was from her sister; she couldn’t tell that something was wrong. So when people look at Ruby’s choices in the finale, I don’t see betrayal. She gave Leti truth when Leti gave her silence. She stepped in to shield her when others tried to hurt her. And when she spoke at their mother’s grave, she was speaking from a lifetime of being overlooked. Christina may be complicated, manipulative, sure, even dangerous, but she SAW Ruby, kept her word to her, and even with all that, Ruby was still consistent and tried to help her sister anyway, even though she had feelings for Christina, she chose family, something Leti did not do for her.
Valentine
2025-08-30 02:34:12 +0000 UTCI think it's a show that would benefit from a re-watch. I'm so glad I watched it. :)
Melissa
2025-08-20 23:55:11 +0000 UTCI definitely liked much of the finale, but I have so many questions. I might have to dive into some videos about the series. Thanks for this journey, Raymond. "They still haven't learned" -- I think she means white people. I wonder if there was intention to make Tic sort of a sacrificial figure (Jesus-like) in the end.
Melissa
2025-08-20 23:54:00 +0000 UTC41:58 I think both you and Frank have talked about wanting shows to feature Black joy and not only the suffering and hardship. This show has def shown us the latter, so I think maybe part of the emotion is the JOY of the scene. It's pure. It's innocent. It's family. It's love.
Melissa
2025-08-20 23:31:08 +0000 UTCIn case you are interested the author, Matt Ruff published another Lovecraft Country novel last year called The Destroyer of Worlds.
Aquielle
2025-08-20 13:47:23 +0000 UTCI'm behind on these reactions, but I'm looking forward to catching up and seeing this finale, esp bc I can see you're crying -- which means it's amazing. ;)
Melissa
2025-08-20 07:39:42 +0000 UTC
