Todd McCuen

Reading all these awful reviews and it bothers me because I felt like I just watched a heart-wrenching piece of art. When Rich and Erik talk about the dream and Rich suggests "take the tunnel", Erik thinks the suggestion is preposterous. The ending is a throwback to this conversation. Rich, studying to be a social worker, may have just helped his first client/first human. Like synapses in the brain, the characters are moving around this apartment. Would medication help the synapses in this dark area? Would Mary help? Would love help? Would common sense help? The mother needs the structure of religion like she needs the structure of Weight Watchers. The youngest character has already made a decision about her earthly body. Aimee is still fighting against every odd being thrown at her and knowing it stinks (literally) but still has hope. Momo is looking for a way out even in her delirium. The past isn't holding her back like it is the rest but she can't see the future either. Dad may be against medication but self medicates in other ways to avoid reality. Things that go bump in the night scare us and the reality of these bumps can be terrifying.