Reya

but Jade Herrera once said

‘i'm glad it was you, if i had to spend all those lifetimes with anyone...

"when you cut a worm in half, it grows back into two worms." -> boyd stevens, s1e10

or alternatively, how the show uses a brief single throwaway line in the very first season to foreshadow a transformation that begins in season 2 and culminates in season 4.

sara and boyd's conversation in the forest feels mundane in the grand scheme of things, but it loops back into the narrative. worms are odd, strange creatures. sara wonders if they know where they are, or if they just enjoy burrowing themselves in the dirt regardless of it. her curiosity and the way she looks at the world may just be why the voices were able to reach her in the first place. boyd on the other hand, finds them weird regardless, and states the outlined line — the line that not only foreshadows his encounter with strange worms the very next seasons, but also the fate of his son's then-girlfriend.

martin slices him open and deposits the worms beneath his skin so he can die in peace. boyd slices smiley and deposits them into him — except smiley here, is the metaphorical worm. he's been, in a manner of speaking "cut in half." the rules of the town grew two more monsters from it. they used fatima to facilitate his resurrection and sped up her own fade into becoming a creature. by the end of season 4, she has become the second worm (a creature).

will be rewatching this entire scene on repeat I can already feel it…….

thinking about their “u don’t give a shit about anybody but yourself!”