Mia Ayarzagoitia

Phenomenal show. The story was captivating, creating a balance of sympathy for the characters as they are a outcome of their surroundings and yet understanding they had no choice, the contrast between Lenore and her family , the contrast between their deaths, and the cruelty Verna spares her from. Despite the gruesome deaths Verna caused, one can only see her as fair, even admitting herself she could’ve killed the ushers in anyway she pleased and yet choosing gruesome deaths for gruesome selfish people. This show has your attention the entire time, curious as to what will happen next, the next plot twist, the next death. And as much as the Ushers are painted out to be bad, Verna humanizes them, they are only a outcome of what they were brought into, but in any other world they would’ve lived beautiful lives, and they are not truly at fault for their fate as it was never personal. Verna never had it out for them, and it never mattered whether they were good or not, not truly, no matter how the ushers turned out they were doomed. That's what makes this show all the more real, and despite its large attempts to portray evil large corporations and the faces behind them, they point fingers at the consumers as well. Balance is what this show portrays. My favorite part is the message, Frederick Usher was a rich man, and he sacrificed his bloodline to be rich, but he died famished, poor, drained. Surrounded by death, not love, and no amount of money could fix that. But to the people he wronged, they are rich, they lived, they loved, and that’s all that mattered, that’s all that matters in the end. To have lived and loved.