Loop
- Episode aired Apr 3, 2020
- TV-MA
- 54m
A young girl living in a small town becomes curious about the mysterious work her mother conducts beneath ground at a facility known as the Loop.A young girl living in a small town becomes curious about the mysterious work her mother conducts beneath ground at a facility known as the Loop.A young girl living in a small town becomes curious about the mysterious work her mother conducts beneath ground at a facility known as the Loop.
- Alma
- (as Elektra Jansson Kilbey)
- Loop Worker
- (uncredited)
- Towns Folk
- (uncredited)
- Scientist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the Mercer Tavern, the radio plays "Rumba i Engelska parken", a song by swedish singer Owe Thörnqvist, first recorded 1955.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Russ: Good evening. Or, good morning, depending on where you reside. My name is Russ Willard, and I'm the founder of the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics, which was constructed here beneath the town of Mercer, Ohio, and which is referred to locally as "The Loop." Its purpose: to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe. As a result of our unique research, you will see, hear, sights that, well, you'd say were impossible. And yet, there they are. Everyone in town is connected to The Loop in one way or another, and you will come to know many of their tales in time. So, we're now to begin?
- Crazy creditsThe title starts off with a zero and the symbol for infinity to form Tales from the Loop. A loop is infinite.
- ConnectionsFeatures Paddle to the Sea (1966)
I waited until the end of the series before submitting reviews because episodes should be a part of a whole. This one (Episode 1) was enough to get my attention and keep me going because I naturally expected an arc to develop and the storyline to continue. Um... no.
I started out wanting to care for the girl in the center of this episode. It quickly became clear that I was the only one who felt that way. The writers certainly didn't, nor did the other characters, or even the girl herself. Is this really just a day in the life of these people?
I'm not one of those people who feels every question should be answered, so i'm okay with things left to the imagination. As far as this episode being part of the whole, it certainly was if you consider the overall depressing tone that carries on throughout the series.
This is a village of Stepford families. If the affect got any flatter, no one would have a pulse.
It has a nostalgic feel, like it's set in the 70's or 80's. This does a few things: it appeals to the people who grew up in that time; it adds a mystique for the people who grew up after that time; and it lowers the bar for the science fiction bits one might expect.
But this isn't really a science fiction series. It isn't even a human nature series, because there is very little natural behavior about how any of these people act or react to make then relatable as humans with human issues. It's just people having absurd reactions to absurd situations.
So maybe it should be called Stories from the Absurd instead.
- ginger-111
- Aug 26, 2020
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- Filming locations
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada(Main location shooting)
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- Runtime54 minutes
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