I'm tired and it's winter.

Something I never got about Strangers is how some people interpreted it to be entirely about cannibalism and Isaiah? On my first listen, when I didn't know the story behind it, I always thought it was about ethel's mother, Willoughby, and the town she grew up in over anything. She feels like a disappointment, like she made it out of town but never truly left. When she asks 'am I feeling you sick' I believe it is a broader sentiment. Does her situation make her mother feel sick? Does the way she turned out make Willoughby, where ever he is, feel sick? Does her story, the haunting nature of it, make the town sick? Are they disgusted by her? Does she keep them from sleeping? Of course cannibalism is a huge part of strangers, but there's also so much more to it that's hidden beneath the surface. Isaiah is not the only aspect of ethel's story. She is more than Isaiah.

Michaela being a woman actually elevates the show for me. I could not bear losing the perfect husband John we have spent the last two seasons with, and then having to settle with yet another emotionally stunted male rake. Michaela though? That's interesting! It's something we haven't seen before! Composed Francesca losing her mind over this woman and having her entire world view crushed on top of the grief they are both experiencing? The guilt of being together in Johns shadow on top of internalized comphet guilt? Oooh, I am seated.

Literally there would be no reason for John's death if it was just another random guy for Francesca like, not after perfect baby angel John.

the last thing they did together was the puzzle. john did the ground because he was sensible and steady and reliable. michaela did the sky because she is freedom and possibility and wondrous risk. francesca stands between them. john paused in the doorway and looked back. he left fran in michaela’s care while he went to rest.