In Lovecraft Country Episode 6 we are treated to an entirely Korean based story of possession which made Atticus into the man he is. We discuss it all in the latest episode of The Dreadful Podcast from TV Podcast Industries.
Lovecraft Country Episode 6 “Meet Me In Daegu” Summary
1949, with Korea on the brink of war between North and South, a Korean nursing student Ji-Ah in Daegu, with an interest in American movies, is looking for soul mates! During the summer of 1950, in the midst of the Korean War, Ji-Ah and her fellow shift nurses are taken by American soldiers to root out a communist spy at the hospital. Her remaining memory of this violent encounter is the detention of her best friend Unni and the execution of two of her colleagues, one at the hands of an American GI named Atticus. As summer moves to autumn, Ji-Ah encounters Atticus again and she vows to take revenge and his soul. But as she seduces Tic an unlikely bond forms between them, but the urge of the spirit animal Kumiho still requires its souls. In the throws of passion the nine tails of the Kumiho attach to Atticus revealing to Ji-Ah Tic’s past, present and future!
Directed by:
Helen Shaver
Teleplay by:
Misha Green,
Kevin Lau
Showrunner:
Misha Green
Lovecraft Country Cast:
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Jamie Chung as Ji-Ah*
Jurnee Smollett as Letitia “Leti” Lewis*
Jonathan Majors as Atticus Freeman*
Aunjanue Ellis as Hippolyta Freeman*
Courtney B. Vance as George Freeman*
Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby Baptiste*
Abbey Lee as Christina Braithwhite*
Jada Harris as Diana Freeman*
Michael K. Williams as Montrose Freeman*
Jamie Harris as Eustace Hunt*
Jordan Patrick Smith as William*
Jamie Neumann as Hillary*
Erica Tazel as Dora Freeman*
Mac Brandt as Lancaster*
Tony Goldwyn as Samuel Braithwhite
