I loved the last 5 minutes of Episode 5 and the entire episode 6. That seemed like Mike Flanagan spot on. However, there was just too much talking in the rest of it, whether from the pulpit or between characters (we timed one conversation at around 10 minutes). I was bored. That's okay. I see other people liked it, and the directing, filming and acting was excellent as always, in Mike Flanagan's films. I will still watch every thing he ever puts out.