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Castle Rock – Season 1, Episode 8 Past Perfect

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Castle Rock – Season 1, Episode 8

Past Perfect

Aired Aug 29, 2018

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Newcomers set up shop in Castle Rock; Henry follows a clue.

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"Past Perfect" may take a surprising detour or two from previous episodes of Castle Rock, but it ultimately proves another consistent outing for the Stephen King-inspired horror series.

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Noel Murray

New York Times

08/30/2018

The scenes at the B&B in "Past Perfect" are wonderfully creep.

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Sean T. Collins

Rolling Stone

08/29/2018

Continues the Stephen King-inspired show's hot streak, digging deeper than ever into the madness generated by the town's resident boogieman - The Kid - that's been infecting the locals like a virus.

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Emily L. Stephens

AV Club

08/29/2018

B-

Castle Rock is about the temptation to forget things that hurt us, and paradoxically, the damage we do when we repress memories.This episode pays lip service to those themes. But in "Past Perfect," Castle Rock's in danger of forgetting what's important.

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Noetta Harjo

Geek Girl Authority

11/07/2018

Holy Cow! Who is this kid? And what is he doing to the people of Castle Rock?

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Jacob Knight

Birth.Movies.Death.

09/10/2018

Though this is all staged with bloody aplomb by director Ana Lily Amirpour (The Bad Batch), it amounts to nothing more than a tangent side-plot King has routinely been known for clogging up his primary narratives with.

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Kristy Strouse

Film Inquiry

09/07/2018

While "Past Perfect" doesn't touch the quality of last week's submission, there's a shift in ambiance that suits the bloodbath that ensues.

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Synopsis

Newcomers set up shop in Castle Rock; Henry follows a clue.

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour, Michael Uppendahl, Dan Attias, Kevin Hooks, Greg Yaitanes, Julie Anne Robinson, Nicole Kassell
Creator: Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason
Executive Producer: J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson, Liz Glotzer, Stephen King
Screenwriter: Mark Lafferty
Network: Hulu
Rating: TV-MA (L|S|V)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 29, 2018

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