![]() The photo of Julia was a hint in what it didn't show. Clues toward the Shasta-Julia-Paragon crossover start seeping through from The Midnight Club's very first episode. She needs Ilonka to complete her sacrificial ritual. And she's been luring in Ilonka under the guise of a wellness guru to hide the fact that she's actually a dedicated believer of the original Paragon cult. Yes, that short-lived joy runs dry when we realize that Julia is kind of a manipulative murderer. So when we first find out that the mystical, hippie hottie Shasta is actually Julia, we're overjoyed! That is, until the ritual. Julia Jayne (Samantha Sloyan) and her mysterious story of recovery is the reason why Ilonka chooses to go to Brightcliffe in the first place. It's a remarkable revelation that's unsurprising when you remember that she was, after all, originally named after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. She doesn't believe in miracles or twists of fate she believes in what we have. Stanton is correcting all of her mother's wrongs in her quest to actually help people navigate terminal illnesses in a way that'll allow them to find peace. And in many ways Athena was, just not in the way Regina wanted her to be. ![]() ![]() Regina wanted nothing more than for her daughter to be her pupil. On the other hand, it's a multifaceted poetic entendre. Ilonka follows this arc, as she gradually realizes that no amount of teas, elixirs, or weird rituals will treat her diagnosis. ![]() Stanton speaks to an evolved outlook of the two, where higher powers eventually become baseless in the face of irrefutable truths. And you have kids who believe in miracles. You have kids who solely believe in the harsh truths of medicine. Throughout its 10-episode run, The Midnight Club constantly unpacks contentions between finding remedies in nature or in medicine. On the one hand, it elevates the show's already existing themes of faith and science. Stanton being Athena makes the most sense. In the grand scheme of The Midnight Club's plot, Dr. The Midnight Club's battle is faith versus science. Stanton burns her diary while Jack sings "Goodbye to you my trusted friend, we've known each other since we were nine to 10." It's a small but savvy detail someone like Easter egg master Mike Flanagan would purposefully include. Featuring Terry Jack’s "Seasons in the Sun," Dr. Stanton's ownership of the diary, namely through its background track. Everything about the short but bountiful scene pointed to Dr. Moreover, while Athena's diary was a treasure of secrets on its own, the burning of it revealed even more answers. Turns out, she's familiar with several of their members, not just Julia. Stanton is later reprimanding Ilonka (Iman Benson) for helping Julia in the first place, she slips up and says "Julia and other people I've known throughout the years," insinuating that she's known about the cult for some time, despite declaring otherwise in the show's first episode. Stanton also knows a little bit too much about the cult and their former whereabouts.ĭid you miss the Christopher Pike Easter eggs in 'The Midnight Club'? ![]() Apart from the many like-mother-like-daughter similarities, Dr. We don't know what condition exactly ties the two together, but we can assume that whatever it is, it's genetic. Stanton takes hers off in the show's finale to reveal her hidden tattoo, Regina's is revealed in that same flashback when police barge into the cult's meeting grounds and find her on the floor with her wig beside her. Later, when her mother bends down, it's revealed she has the same tattoo in the same spot, which suggests that this was a unique exception for the two.Īnother little thing they have in common is their wigs. In episode five’s flashback scene that explains the cult, we first see a young Athena writing in her diary with an hourglass tattoo on her neck. But Athena and her mother don't have any ink on their wrists. Kicking things off with the hourglass tattoo, all of the Paragon’s members have their tattoos on their wrists, as we see throughout the show - including Julia (don't worry we'll get to that later). Netflix's 'The Midnight Club' review: Deeply moving horror that isn't afraid to talk about dying ![]()
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