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The Monkey Did It
Mike White has been teasing this for years.
When it comes to the mysterious shooting that kicks off the season — as is custom, because Mike White understands you need to sex up an adult drama with a little murder — I’m ready to stick my neck out for a theory that I’ll ride to the very end: The monkey did it. In 2022, a gang of free-roaming macaques reportedly terrorized townspeople in Yamaguchi, Japan, breaking into apartments, messing with crops, and injuring residents with scratches and bites. After a scene establishes how, say, “Walton Goggins has a really sweaty vibe going on” or “It sure seems like that Southern family might be trending toward incest,” the camera occasionally cuts to a monkey somewhere in the vicinity of the resort for a pensive beat, as if to say these creatures are always watching, like little gods.
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