In the third episode of The English, Cornelia and Eli are still on their separate paths and stumble across realisations that threaten their trust in those around them.
series thus far, it’s not surprising that episode three should begin with such startlingly savage imagery.
In the meantime, Sheriff Marshall discovers that Timothy Flynn’s wife had cowpox on her hands. When they go to excavate the bodies, they discover that one of them has the letter ‘B’ branded on their skin.Although we aren’t told why Billy is such an important element in this story, we can clearly see his name across all things. Scarred and claimed, on both skin and reputation.Meanwhile, Cornelia is still on her quest to return the young rescued children to the Mennonites.
When Jenson goes to leave, he is suddenly struck by a bullet, killed instantly. Cornelia plays dead as a Native American man comes down. However, he leaves her be, telling her that he only shot Jenson because he was wandering where he was not supposed to be.As Cornelia continues on, she is watched from afar by a family of bushwhackers led by the matriarch named Black Eyed Mog.
When Eli confronts John, John tells him that the reason for their wrongdoings is due to their lack of prosperity. Nothing grows on their farm.“Kinda like a parasite though, ain’t it?” Eli asks. “Suck until you pop.”The word parasite seems to resonate differently to each man. Eli, who sees John as a cowardly schemer, thinks that he is absorbing his wealth and luck from the misfortune of others and is likely to meet his comeuppance.
It’s the possibility of consequence that hangs so heavily in the air. Much like Jenson spoke about killing the parasite and putting it back into the body, these characters are filling the world with their own anger and unwavering determination. They take for themselves and pay little bother to the fallen bodies behind them, unknowingly moulding the society in which they then have to survive.
The episode ends with Cornelia threatening John for information on Eli, who is in fact elsewhere, walking into the bootleg compound of a man who calls himself ‘Kills on Water’. A man who, apparently, has been looking for Eli for a very long time.
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