nickbutler291

This was one, if not the, best episode of television I have ever seen. I created an account on IMDb just to review. The writers and film-makers were able to do one thing that pushed this particular episode from "great tv" to "master-class".

What was that one thing: They were able to truly separate "horror" from "terror."

Think about it. Nell could have walked into that house, seen a bunch of ghosts, get a bunch of jump scares, and it would have been terrifying. Even with the twist.

But what happened instead was true horror. We the audience entered that house with Nell and experienced a snapshot of the life she so desperately wanted. All her deepest wishes: to be loved, to be heard, to be home with her family. All of these were fulfilled in her last moments. Even though we know something terrible is about to happen, the beauty of that dance sequence turned this episode from what could have been great terror into true, pure horror. Setting up this terrible tragedy in the background of such beauty made this one of the best scenes on television or film I have ever seen.

Not to mention the twist. That was brilliant.