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While the <em>Lovecraft Country </em>book was well-received when was published, remas the story of a Black fay durg the Jim Crow era beg told by an thor, Ruff, who is whe. Green, a Black woman, feels like a stronger f to not only her Ruff's source material, but adjt and expand upon for the screen. Green add HBO's Q+A that she sentially ed Ruff's book and his characters as "a betiful jumpg-off pot" for the TV seri. <br /></p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"My strategy was to take all of s dope, ol stuff and wre new dope, ol stuff," she said, lghg. "There was a never a sense of ‘Let’s bank this for later.’ When you have 10 people a room, you’re always able to e up wh new ias. The goal was to epen the characters and the stori."</p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">By and large, <em>Lovecraft </em><em>Country</em>'s story remas the same, wh the same overarchg tentpole events—to a pot. While much of what the story <em>is </em>adaptg remas <em>basilly </em>the same, by about the halfway pot of the seri, the book is vered (wh the exceptn of the endg). By episo 6, when the show's central actn mov to a Korean war flashback, the story is on uncharted ground. The show's endg fish <em>somewhat </em> the same place as the book, but wh a few major, major chang. <em></em></p><p data-no-id="12" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As wh any adaptatn, there are chang, some more signifint than others—and almost always for the better, beneftg eher character or story. 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In the show, the first season to a dramatic end wh Attic sentially allowg himself to die, sacrificed by Christa for her rual and tstg Leti and the gang to save the day. He also plac his tst both Leti and Montrose to raise his unborn son, named after Uncle Gee. </p><p data-no-id="17" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">There's been all sorts of magic and revivals and trickery, so 's hard to entirely le out Attic returng—but his ath scene was fairly dramatic and a p to season 1. It would be a shame to see Jonathan Majors gone om <em>Lovecraft Country </em>after only one season—but that seems to be where thgs are head. Attic surviv the entirety of the book. <em></em> </p><h2 data-no-id="18" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Ruby's Fate</h2><p data-no-id="19" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This happened off-screen, and was que a twist. At first, we thk that Ruby and Christa are velopg real, ser romantic feelgs for each other—and to a certa gree, they actually may be. Then, we e to believe that Ruby was puttg on, an elaborate se to steal the potn need om Christa. And then we realize that Ruby <em>was </em>puttg on, but Christa realized she was puttg on first—and killed her, g her body as a su/sk/vsel jt like she has wh Dell and William. <em></em></p><p data-no-id="20" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">So y, would lead to believe that Ruby is, fact, ad—a parture om the book, where her character surviv and seems to be anglg at a future where she her whe woman su for a prospero future. </p><h2 data-no-id="21" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Christa's Fate </h2><p data-no-id="22" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Christa's fate, meanwhile, is somewhat siar to the book. Of urse, the book she's <em>Caleb </em>Brahwhe, a man, but the character is still playg a chs game all along, tryg to help and take advantage of our hero to her advantage. In the book, Caleb's vulnerabily is broken and he's technilly jt strand, powerls. </p><p data-no-id="23" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the show, though, thgs are a ltle different. Christa's plot is foiled, but she's left trapped unr a giant rock, the wreckage of her own greed and ambn. Dee, who's found Attic' <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="shoggoth" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">shoggoth</a>, has also been hooked up om the future or a different world by Hippolyta, a robot arm allowg her to draw aga—and do a whole lot more, too. She knows the pa Christa has ed her fay, and ref to fall for her charm—she chok her until her throat explos. Happy endg! <em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="24" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Attic and Letia</h2><p data-no-id="25" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Like the rt of the seri, the show's two lead characters are perfectly st. <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Jonathan Majors" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Jonathan Majors</a> plays Attic as exactly the kd of nerd-turned-sanely jacked guy that everyone realiz he is the moment he gets back om Florida, and his earnt-but-not-que-shy persona is perfect for the character.</p><p data-no-id="26" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Addnally, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Jurnee Smollett" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Jurnee Smollett</a> is the perfect performer to play Letia, her sky high nfince g through wh every sgle le readg. There's a ht of romance and flirtatn between the two of them that never really materializ the book, but the actors work well nohels.</p><p data-no-id="27" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Episo 2 shows some hts of romance between the two—their relatnship the book is almost entirely platonic; Episo 3 fully div to this, as Attic and Leta get together durg the party. Attic is clearly jealo of Letia talkg to other men durg her hoewarmg, and cis to do somethg about . This is entirely new for the show, but the great chemistry between Smollett and Majors means pletely works. The romance remas a key piece of the seri throughout Season 1. </p><h2 data-no-id="28" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Time </h2><p data-no-id="29" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The entire Episo 9 <em>Back to the Future-</em>que trip back to Tulsa 1921—everythg wh Montrose and Gee's background, Leti's vulnerabily, Attic savg the young versn of his father and uncle, and Hippolyta servg as a "motherboard" and her hair turng blue—was created for the show. It's not the book at all. <em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="30" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">A Very Meta Moment</h2><p data-no-id="31" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">After an Episo 7 velopment that ma seem like the past might have changed and Uncle Gee still been alive, the story further subverted that of the book by troducg a book, lled <em>Lovecraft Country </em>and<em></em> wrten the future, by Attic' to-be-born son, Gee Freeman (obvly named for his late uncle). </p><p data-no-id="32" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In maybe the first moment TV history for an adaptatn to directly reference how s different om s source material, Attic lists some of the differenc between the te story and the book when recg to his father: Christa is a man ( the book 'Chrisa' is 'Caleb'), Uncle Geroge surviv <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ardham" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Ardham</a>, and Dee is a boy named Horace. The are all actual differenc between Misha Green's <em>Lovecraft Country </em>HBO seri and Matt Ruff's book. <em></em> </p><h2 data-no-id="33" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Diana Freeman<br /></h2><p data-no-id="34" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the show, you see that Gee (Vance) and Hippolyta (<a href=" data-n="8" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0"></a>Aunjanue Ellis) have a child, a dghter named Diana (referred to equently as 'D' the show). Diana is a genr-swapped versn of the character named Horace the ic; Horace's fg characteristic is that he <em>lov </em>ic books, and draws his own. We see Diana's ics the first episo and throughout the seri.</p><p data-no-id="35" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the book, Horace gets his own ltle vigte-que story when he gets cursed by Capta Lanster and a vil doll begs chasg him and followg him and threateng him everywhere. Eventually, Caleb Brahwhe helps him out of this. Dee, the seri, is also cursed by Lanster, but stead of beg chased by a doll is chased by very creepy monster/girl tws. </p><h2 data-no-id="36" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Emmett Till </h2><p data-no-id="37" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Diana's iend, Bobo—who appeared prevly Episo 3 playg wh the Ouiji board—is nfirmed to be Emmett Till (Till's real-life nickname was Bobo). Episo 8 opens wh the aftermath of Till's btal, racist murr, and the effect has on Dee and the entire muny lasts the entire episo. There is no tie to Till's murr the book. </p><h2 data-no-id="38" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Christa Brahwhe<br /></h2><p data-no-id="39" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Viewers only got a brief glimpse of Christa Brahwhe (Abbey Lee) the first episo of <em>Lovecraft Country </em>(she's the myster woman who steps out of the silver sedan Attic se the road as they're pg om the racist der). But Episo 2 div to the character a major way.</p><p data-no-id="40" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Christa is one of the most signifintly changed characters om the book to the HBO seri—primarily bee the genr has been flipped. In Ruff's novel, the character is <em>Caleb </em>Brahwhe. The character primarily remas the same om this swch, but also provis a lot more terms of unspoken bias—Christa the show clearly has bias agast her due to her genr.</p><p data-no-id="41" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">At the end of Episo 3, Attic figur out that Leti's herance didn't e om her mother, but rather that was arranged by Christa, a chs move a plan to further domate what's basilly a battle of sorcerers at this pot. Attic pulls a gun on her, but he n't pull the trigger, bee of an vulnerabily spell that she's taken om her father's playbook. While Caleb Brathwhe has immuny the book, the way s voked the seri is new.</p><p data-no-id="42" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's this last scene, too, that the difference turng 'Caleb' to 'Christa' be signifint. "You have to be smarter than this," she tells him as the episo clos. "You know you n't jt go around killg whe women." It be clear that Christa, while part of an opprsed group herself (a female wh her own historilly male, genr-biased fay—even though Samuel is now out of the picture) knows that she has the power to sentially sentence a Black man Attic to ath simply by an accatn.</p><p data-no-id="43" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">And by episo 5, we fd out that Christa ocsnally moonlights as William, someone who works <em>for </em>the Brahwhe fay (and also has somethg romantic/manipulative gog on wh Ruby<em>.)</em></p><p data-no-id="44" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As Christa and Ruby ntue their bizarre body-swapped affair, Ruby tells Christa that she'll never know what 's like to be her suatn—knowg what happened to Emmett Till and feelg helpls. Christa, who we learn is searchg for immortaly, hir men to kill her the exact way that Till was murred—beaten, shot, wrapped barbed wire, and thrown the river. None of this is the book, nor is Till's fict tie to the Freeman fay or Diana/Horace. </p><h2 data-no-id="45" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Hippolyta Freeman</h2><p data-no-id="46" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A large chunk of Episo 7 foc on Hippolyta g the orrery om Hiram's hoe to fd a plaarium-type place, lookg for answers on what happened to Gee. Eventually, she fds the place, is attacked, and is saved by Attic, but then is teleported to space and different worlds/dimensns—cludg one dimensn where she opens up, the past ( fact, a scene right out of the first episo) to the still-alive Gee. </p><p data-no-id="47" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A versn of this story was basilly a vigte the book, but thgs were much different; Hippolyta that versn basilly snuck around, figurg out how to fd wdows to different worlds. Rather than jumpg om world to world, she found one that was a pla that Hiram had sentially disvered, and ed as a place to maroon several of the people workg as "the help" his home (which is now occupied by Leti); this clus the maid, the butler, etc. Hippolyta the show never enunters this sort of scene, stead g this story vice as a means of her own self disvery—and, as we see at the end of the episo, perhaps a way to brg <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Uncle Gee" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee</a> back to life.</p><h2 data-no-id="48" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Ji-ah and the Korean War</h2><p data-no-id="49" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">While the book referenc Attic' time the Korean war—as the early episos do—jt passg, the show tak thgs a level eper by pictg a flashback to his time Korea. It do this wonrfully, troducg a character named Ji-ah (Jamie Chung) livg Korea durg the war who cross paths wh Attic, and the two bee lovers. Fun twist—Ji-ah is actually a Kumiho, a beg set the form of a woman's late dghter who will only herself bee human once she gts 100 souls (and has all sorts of tails g om all sorts of orific that suck the soul and memori om her sexual partners). Fun! As you n tell, this entire storyle is ma for the seri (and mak for one of the show's most fun episos yet). </p><h2 data-no-id="50" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">William</h2><p data-no-id="51" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Ahhhh. We've been wag to get here. This is one of the biggt differenc between the <em>Lovecraft Country </em>book and the <em>Lovecraft Country </em>seri' so far—William, the blon-haired young Johnny Depp-lookalike who works for the Brahwh, but isn't their butler, and has all sorts of duplico sh gog on? Well, the HBO versn, he's not que who he seems—bee he and Christa Brahwhe are the <em>motherfuckg same person. </em></p><p data-no-id="52" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's a lovely twist for the show, which has already taken a male character—Caleb Brahwhe—and ma him female for the show. By turng Caleb to Chrisa, the how is able to not only weigh the racism of the era, but the sexism as well, even wh a powerful fay. <em></em></p><p data-no-id="53" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The difference, though, is that the William angle of all of this is entirely a creatn and addn by Misha Green for the show. The character of William <em>is </em>a part of the book, but he's simply a loyal (and very pole) servant to the Brahwh. The show tak a strong liberty, and mak William signifintly more important to the plot—by lerally makg him and Christa one the same. <em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="54" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Ruby Baptiste</h2><p data-no-id="55" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Letia's half-sister is shown to be a profsnal sger and performer the show, and the two of them sg on stage (and Attic pops open a fire hydrant) for a really fun moment early on the first episo. In the book, Ruby is more of an trovert, and fds herself workg day-to-day, job-to-job. In one of the book's vigte-que chapters, she's workg as a terer, and eventually gets unjtly fired om that job.</p><p data-no-id="56" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">That job leads directly to the storyle that be Episo 5 the book ( the show, she simply meets William at a bar). Episo 5—the show's "body horror" episo, as much as each episo seems to channel a different subgenre of horror—is very very much belongg to Ruby, as she learns what "William" has done to her. Wh the help of a potn, she now chang to a whe woman (who she cis to ll "Hillary") whenever she wants (though the transformatn to and om is <em>grisly</em>)<em></em>, and se the different way a whe woman is able to navigate the world om a Black one. </p><p data-no-id="57" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The show tak thgs a step further than the book though—the plotle where Ruby is livg as a whe woman the world fds her workg a partment store, and hand a chy job almost immediately, wh no experience. The manager of the store is clearly a racist, and this eventually leads to the episo's ft moment: Ruby scg the man, before attackg him wh her stiletto, as she transforms back to herself, as Cardi B plays. Te art. </p><p data-no-id="58" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">While Ruby's transformatn is a major part of the book, how plays out is que different the show; her teractn wh the other women who work at the store, wh the manager, all is origal. The biggt difference seems to be this: the book, she really seems to embrace and prefer life the body of a whe woman, while the show, she ore her experience the body of a whe woman as a vsel to further fuel the jtic that she fac every sgle day as a Black woman. </p><h2 data-no-id="59" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Montrose Freeman</h2><p data-no-id="60" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's impossible when readg the book to picture anyone <em>other </em>than Michael K. Williams when the character of Montrose is talkg or dog anythg. But startg wh Episo 4, the show really begs to stray his storyle om how go the book. In particular, let's talk about that cliffhanger endg; shows that not only do Montrose have some sort of ulterr motive ( killg the woman they found the mm), but that how to e the same sort of magic that the Brahwh do, and that Attic had begun to learn. This is gog down a very different road om the storyle the novel, and we're super trigued to see what happens. <br /></p><p data-no-id="61" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The show also tak liberti wh Montrose's sexual inty, and this is explored eply the show's fifth episo. Montrose is shown to be a closeted gay man, who at first won't even accept his inty behd-closed-doors safe spac, but eventually accepts and feels fortable. This entire backstory and tra for Montrose is a product of the show—s not the book. </p><h2 data-no-id="62" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">The Mm Adventure </h2><p data-no-id="63" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The whole adventure the mm Episo 4 plays out much differently the book than HBO's seri. In the book, the missn is much more wi-rangg effort, as Attic, Montrose, and Letia are also joed by Gee (who is still alive at this pot), and a handful of other members of a Black lodge that both Gee and Montrose are members of. Once they fd their way to the book they're lookg for, be an almost psychologil horror type of game, wh one of their lodge members (a character not featured the show) ed basilly as a human fishg hook, thrown to a sort of anti-gravy limbo where the book is beg stored. </p><p data-no-id="64" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The show keeps the adventure, really, to jt Attic, Letia, and Montrose. Rather than a psychologil horror, the adventure plays out much more like a treasure hunt out of <em>Indiana Jon </em>or <em>Aladd. </em>And the entire sequence at the back end of the episo, when they fd the woman who had been a rpse and ag backwards to a woman aga—that's all Misha Green. Not om the book at all—and that clus the cliffhanger endg. <br /></p><h2 data-no-id="65" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Letia Lewis</h2><p data-no-id="66" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Episo 3 primarily foc on Letia as she pneers a whe neighborhood, buyg a large home and turng to a boardg hoe for herself, her sister Ruby, and other Black people (cludg Attic)—this mirrors her vigte-style story early the book. </p><p data-no-id="67" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the show, this after the events of Episo 2, which saw her lerally shot by Samuel Brahwhe before beg revived ( the book, she remas alive all along). Episo 3 fds her lookg to revive herself and move onto somethg new, which leads to the purchase of the new hoe . </p><p data-no-id="68" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">And while the book scrib some of the harassment Letia fac om neighbors as the first Black person the neighborhood, the episo tak to a new level. It's one thg to read about racially-motivated harassment; 's another to see a cross burng on a lawn. This also leads to one of the episo's most thartic moments, as Letia grabs a baseball bat and bash the wdows and wdshields of rs parked outsi her hoe before the police arrive and arrt her. This sequence is not the book—'s created entirely by Green for the HBO seri. </p><h2 data-no-id="69" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Hiram Epste</h2><p data-no-id="70" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The primary villa of Episo 3 is a scientist who's meant to be part of the magic world <em>Lovecraft Country </em>is slowly velopg; at the ncln of the episo's story arc, the ghosts of the people he tortured, all Black, team up wh Letia to exorcise and stroy his spir. In Ruff's book, basilly the oppose happens; rather than ung wh the other spirs, Letia beiends the spir hntg the hoe (there known as 'Hiram Wthrop'), and they eventually team up to take on bigger enemi. <em></em><br /></p><h2 data-no-id="71" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee Freeman<br /></h2><p data-no-id="72" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As played by Emmy-wner <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Courtney B. Vance" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Courtney B. Vance</a> <em>(Amerin Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson)</em>, Gee is one of the most entertag characters the show, an expert on travelg thanks to his work publishg <em>The Safe Negro Travel Gui. </em>While he's one of the bt and warmt characters throughout the book, the show actually fds him wh an creased role (and if you have Vance to play him, why wouldn't you?). Addnally, he's slightly more pacated—we see him tendg to his bted kne the show, a character tra that Green add on her own, apart om the source material. </p><p data-no-id="73" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Episo 2 brgs one of the biggt chang Uncle Gee's character—he gets a big speech at the dner wh Samuel Brahwhe and the Sons of Adam ( the book, Attic has this revelatn, keeps to himself, and livers the speech). </p><p data-no-id="74" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee also gets shot by Samuel Episo 2, and while Christa says they have magic to save him, that don't happen—he appears to die at the end of the episo. In the novel, Uncle Gee surviv the entire time; the vigte style of the book, he never has his own foced chapter/sectn, but he shows up jt about every sgle one. </p><p data-no-id="75" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In Episo 3, Attic, Diana, and Hippolyta al wh the fallout of <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Uncle Gee's ath" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee's ath</a>, sayg that he had a funeral. However, when playg wh a ouija board, Diana gets a msage om somethg claimg to be 'G-E-O-R-G-E'. We'll see. </p><h2 data-no-id="76" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Character Nam<br /></h2><p data-no-id="77" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Perhaps mor the grand scheme of thgs, but 's tertg to note how the characters adapted om the book to the HBO seri saw their nam adjted. Attic Turner the book is now Attic Freeman (Majors) the seri. 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While the <em>Lovecraft Country </em>book was well-received when was published, remas the story of a Black fay durg the Jim Crow era beg told by an thor, Ruff, who is whe. Green, a Black woman, feels like a stronger f to not only her Ruff's source material, but adjt and expand upon for the screen. Green add HBO's Q+A that she sentially ed Ruff's book and his characters as "a betiful jumpg-off pot" for the TV seri. <br /></p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"My strategy was to take all of s dope, ol stuff and wre new dope, ol stuff," she said, lghg. "There was a never a sense of ‘Let’s bank this for later.’ When you have 10 people a room, you’re always able to e up wh new ias. The goal was to epen the characters and the stori."</p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">By and large, <em>Lovecraft </em><em>Country</em>'s story remas the same, wh the same overarchg tentpole events—to a pot. While much of what the story <em>is </em>adaptg remas <em>basilly </em>the same, by about the halfway pot of the seri, the book is vered (wh the exceptn of the endg). By episo 6, when the show's central actn mov to a Korean war flashback, the story is on uncharted ground. The show's endg fish <em>somewhat </em> the same place as the book, but wh a few major, major chang. <em></em></p><p data-no-id="12" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As wh any adaptatn, there are chang, some more signifint than others—and almost always for the better, beneftg eher character or story. 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In the show, the first season to a dramatic end wh Attic sentially allowg himself to die, sacrificed by Christa for her rual and tstg Leti and the gang to save the day. He also plac his tst both Leti and Montrose to raise his unborn son, named after Uncle Gee. </p><p data-no-id="17" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">There's been all sorts of magic and revivals and trickery, so 's hard to entirely le out Attic returng—but his ath scene was fairly dramatic and a p to season 1. It would be a shame to see Jonathan Majors gone om <em>Lovecraft Country </em>after only one season—but that seems to be where thgs are head. Attic surviv the entirety of the book. <em></em> </p><h2 data-no-id="18" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Ruby's Fate</h2><p data-no-id="19" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This happened off-screen, and was que a twist. At first, we thk that Ruby and Christa are velopg real, ser romantic feelgs for each other—and to a certa gree, they actually may be. Then, we e to believe that Ruby was puttg on, an elaborate se to steal the potn need om Christa. And then we realize that Ruby <em>was </em>puttg on, but Christa realized she was puttg on first—and killed her, g her body as a su/sk/vsel jt like she has wh Dell and William. <em></em></p><p data-no-id="20" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">So y, would lead to believe that Ruby is, fact, ad—a parture om the book, where her character surviv and seems to be anglg at a future where she her whe woman su for a prospero future. </p><h2 data-no-id="21" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Christa's Fate </h2><p data-no-id="22" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Christa's fate, meanwhile, is somewhat siar to the book. Of urse, the book she's <em>Caleb </em>Brahwhe, a man, but the character is still playg a chs game all along, tryg to help and take advantage of our hero to her advantage. In the book, Caleb's vulnerabily is broken and he's technilly jt strand, powerls. </p><p data-no-id="23" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the show, though, thgs are a ltle different. Christa's plot is foiled, but she's left trapped unr a giant rock, the wreckage of her own greed and ambn. Dee, who's found Attic' <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="shoggoth" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">shoggoth</a>, has also been hooked up om the future or a different world by Hippolyta, a robot arm allowg her to draw aga—and do a whole lot more, too. She knows the pa Christa has ed her fay, and ref to fall for her charm—she chok her until her throat explos. Happy endg! <em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="24" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Attic and Letia</h2><p data-no-id="25" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Like the rt of the seri, the show's two lead characters are perfectly st. <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Jonathan Majors" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Jonathan Majors</a> plays Attic as exactly the kd of nerd-turned-sanely jacked guy that everyone realiz he is the moment he gets back om Florida, and his earnt-but-not-que-shy persona is perfect for the character.</p><p data-no-id="26" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Addnally, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Jurnee Smollett" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Jurnee Smollett</a> is the perfect performer to play Letia, her sky high nfince g through wh every sgle le readg. There's a ht of romance and flirtatn between the two of them that never really materializ the book, but the actors work well nohels.</p><p data-no-id="27" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Episo 2 shows some hts of romance between the two—their relatnship the book is almost entirely platonic; Episo 3 fully div to this, as Attic and Leta get together durg the party. Attic is clearly jealo of Letia talkg to other men durg her hoewarmg, and cis to do somethg about . This is entirely new for the show, but the great chemistry between Smollett and Majors means pletely works. The romance remas a key piece of the seri throughout Season 1. </p><h2 data-no-id="28" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Time </h2><p data-no-id="29" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The entire Episo 9 <em>Back to the Future-</em>que trip back to Tulsa 1921—everythg wh Montrose and Gee's background, Leti's vulnerabily, Attic savg the young versn of his father and uncle, and Hippolyta servg as a "motherboard" and her hair turng blue—was created for the show. It's not the book at all. <em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="30" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">A Very Meta Moment</h2><p data-no-id="31" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">After an Episo 7 velopment that ma seem like the past might have changed and Uncle Gee still been alive, the story further subverted that of the book by troducg a book, lled <em>Lovecraft Country </em>and<em></em> wrten the future, by Attic' to-be-born son, Gee Freeman (obvly named for his late uncle). </p><p data-no-id="32" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In maybe the first moment TV history for an adaptatn to directly reference how s different om s source material, Attic lists some of the differenc between the te story and the book when recg to his father: Christa is a man ( the book 'Chrisa' is 'Caleb'), Uncle Geroge surviv <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ardham" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Ardham</a>, and Dee is a boy named Horace. The are all actual differenc between Misha Green's <em>Lovecraft Country </em>HBO seri and Matt Ruff's book. <em></em> </p><h2 data-no-id="33" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Diana Freeman<br /></h2><p data-no-id="34" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the show, you see that Gee (Vance) and Hippolyta (<a href=" data-n="8" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0"></a>Aunjanue Ellis) have a child, a dghter named Diana (referred to equently as 'D' the show). Diana is a genr-swapped versn of the character named Horace the ic; Horace's fg characteristic is that he <em>lov </em>ic books, and draws his own. We see Diana's ics the first episo and throughout the seri.</p><p data-no-id="35" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the book, Horace gets his own ltle vigte-que story when he gets cursed by Capta Lanster and a vil doll begs chasg him and followg him and threateng him everywhere. Eventually, Caleb Brahwhe helps him out of this. Dee, the seri, is also cursed by Lanster, but stead of beg chased by a doll is chased by very creepy monster/girl tws. </p><h2 data-no-id="36" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Emmett Till </h2><p data-no-id="37" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Diana's iend, Bobo—who appeared prevly Episo 3 playg wh the Ouiji board—is nfirmed to be Emmett Till (Till's real-life nickname was Bobo). Episo 8 opens wh the aftermath of Till's btal, racist murr, and the effect has on Dee and the entire muny lasts the entire episo. There is no tie to Till's murr the book. </p><h2 data-no-id="38" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Christa Brahwhe<br /></h2><p data-no-id="39" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Viewers only got a brief glimpse of Christa Brahwhe (Abbey Lee) the first episo of <em>Lovecraft Country </em>(she's the myster woman who steps out of the silver sedan Attic se the road as they're pg om the racist der). But Episo 2 div to the character a major way.</p><p data-no-id="40" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Christa is one of the most signifintly changed characters om the book to the HBO seri—primarily bee the genr has been flipped. In Ruff's novel, the character is <em>Caleb </em>Brahwhe. The character primarily remas the same om this swch, but also provis a lot more terms of unspoken bias—Christa the show clearly has bias agast her due to her genr.</p><p data-no-id="41" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">At the end of Episo 3, Attic figur out that Leti's herance didn't e om her mother, but rather that was arranged by Christa, a chs move a plan to further domate what's basilly a battle of sorcerers at this pot. Attic pulls a gun on her, but he n't pull the trigger, bee of an vulnerabily spell that she's taken om her father's playbook. While Caleb Brathwhe has immuny the book, the way s voked the seri is new.</p><p data-no-id="42" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's this last scene, too, that the difference turng 'Caleb' to 'Christa' be signifint. "You have to be smarter than this," she tells him as the episo clos. "You know you n't jt go around killg whe women." It be clear that Christa, while part of an opprsed group herself (a female wh her own historilly male, genr-biased fay—even though Samuel is now out of the picture) knows that she has the power to sentially sentence a Black man Attic to ath simply by an accatn.</p><p data-no-id="43" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">And by episo 5, we fd out that Christa ocsnally moonlights as William, someone who works <em>for </em>the Brahwhe fay (and also has somethg romantic/manipulative gog on wh Ruby<em>.)</em></p><p data-no-id="44" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As Christa and Ruby ntue their bizarre body-swapped affair, Ruby tells Christa that she'll never know what 's like to be her suatn—knowg what happened to Emmett Till and feelg helpls. Christa, who we learn is searchg for immortaly, hir men to kill her the exact way that Till was murred—beaten, shot, wrapped barbed wire, and thrown the river. None of this is the book, nor is Till's fict tie to the Freeman fay or Diana/Horace. </p><h2 data-no-id="45" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Hippolyta Freeman</h2><p data-no-id="46" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A large chunk of Episo 7 foc on Hippolyta g the orrery om Hiram's hoe to fd a plaarium-type place, lookg for answers on what happened to Gee. Eventually, she fds the place, is attacked, and is saved by Attic, but then is teleported to space and different worlds/dimensns—cludg one dimensn where she opens up, the past ( fact, a scene right out of the first episo) to the still-alive Gee. </p><p data-no-id="47" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A versn of this story was basilly a vigte the book, but thgs were much different; Hippolyta that versn basilly snuck around, figurg out how to fd wdows to different worlds. Rather than jumpg om world to world, she found one that was a pla that Hiram had sentially disvered, and ed as a place to maroon several of the people workg as "the help" his home (which is now occupied by Leti); this clus the maid, the butler, etc. Hippolyta the show never enunters this sort of scene, stead g this story vice as a means of her own self disvery—and, as we see at the end of the episo, perhaps a way to brg <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Uncle Gee" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee</a> back to life.</p><h2 data-no-id="48" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Ji-ah and the Korean War</h2><p data-no-id="49" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">While the book referenc Attic' time the Korean war—as the early episos do—jt passg, the show tak thgs a level eper by pictg a flashback to his time Korea. It do this wonrfully, troducg a character named Ji-ah (Jamie Chung) livg Korea durg the war who cross paths wh Attic, and the two bee lovers. Fun twist—Ji-ah is actually a Kumiho, a beg set the form of a woman's late dghter who will only herself bee human once she gts 100 souls (and has all sorts of tails g om all sorts of orific that suck the soul and memori om her sexual partners). Fun! As you n tell, this entire storyle is ma for the seri (and mak for one of the show's most fun episos yet). </p><h2 data-no-id="50" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">William</h2><p data-no-id="51" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Ahhhh. We've been wag to get here. This is one of the biggt differenc between the <em>Lovecraft Country </em>book and the <em>Lovecraft Country </em>seri' so far—William, the blon-haired young Johnny Depp-lookalike who works for the Brahwh, but isn't their butler, and has all sorts of duplico sh gog on? Well, the HBO versn, he's not que who he seems—bee he and Christa Brahwhe are the <em>motherfuckg same person. </em></p><p data-no-id="52" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's a lovely twist for the show, which has already taken a male character—Caleb Brahwhe—and ma him female for the show. By turng Caleb to Chrisa, the how is able to not only weigh the racism of the era, but the sexism as well, even wh a powerful fay. <em></em></p><p data-no-id="53" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The difference, though, is that the William angle of all of this is entirely a creatn and addn by Misha Green for the show. The character of William <em>is </em>a part of the book, but he's simply a loyal (and very pole) servant to the Brahwh. The show tak a strong liberty, and mak William signifintly more important to the plot—by lerally makg him and Christa one the same. <em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="54" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Ruby Baptiste</h2><p data-no-id="55" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Letia's half-sister is shown to be a profsnal sger and performer the show, and the two of them sg on stage (and Attic pops open a fire hydrant) for a really fun moment early on the first episo. In the book, Ruby is more of an trovert, and fds herself workg day-to-day, job-to-job. In one of the book's vigte-que chapters, she's workg as a terer, and eventually gets unjtly fired om that job.</p><p data-no-id="56" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">That job leads directly to the storyle that be Episo 5 the book ( the show, she simply meets William at a bar). Episo 5—the show's "body horror" episo, as much as each episo seems to channel a different subgenre of horror—is very very much belongg to Ruby, as she learns what "William" has done to her. Wh the help of a potn, she now chang to a whe woman (who she cis to ll "Hillary") whenever she wants (though the transformatn to and om is <em>grisly</em>)<em></em>, and se the different way a whe woman is able to navigate the world om a Black one. </p><p data-no-id="57" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The show tak thgs a step further than the book though—the plotle where Ruby is livg as a whe woman the world fds her workg a partment store, and hand a chy job almost immediately, wh no experience. The manager of the store is clearly a racist, and this eventually leads to the episo's ft moment: Ruby scg the man, before attackg him wh her stiletto, as she transforms back to herself, as Cardi B plays. Te art. </p><p data-no-id="58" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">While Ruby's transformatn is a major part of the book, how plays out is que different the show; her teractn wh the other women who work at the store, wh the manager, all is origal. The biggt difference seems to be this: the book, she really seems to embrace and prefer life the body of a whe woman, while the show, she ore her experience the body of a whe woman as a vsel to further fuel the jtic that she fac every sgle day as a Black woman. </p><h2 data-no-id="59" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Montrose Freeman</h2><p data-no-id="60" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's impossible when readg the book to picture anyone <em>other </em>than Michael K. Williams when the character of Montrose is talkg or dog anythg. But startg wh Episo 4, the show really begs to stray his storyle om how go the book. In particular, let's talk about that cliffhanger endg; shows that not only do Montrose have some sort of ulterr motive ( killg the woman they found the mm), but that how to e the same sort of magic that the Brahwh do, and that Attic had begun to learn. This is gog down a very different road om the storyle the novel, and we're super trigued to see what happens. <br /></p><p data-no-id="61" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The show also tak liberti wh Montrose's sexual inty, and this is explored eply the show's fifth episo. Montrose is shown to be a closeted gay man, who at first won't even accept his inty behd-closed-doors safe spac, but eventually accepts and feels fortable. This entire backstory and tra for Montrose is a product of the show—s not the book. </p><h2 data-no-id="62" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">The Mm Adventure </h2><p data-no-id="63" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The whole adventure the mm Episo 4 plays out much differently the book than HBO's seri. In the book, the missn is much more wi-rangg effort, as Attic, Montrose, and Letia are also joed by Gee (who is still alive at this pot), and a handful of other members of a Black lodge that both Gee and Montrose are members of. Once they fd their way to the book they're lookg for, be an almost psychologil horror type of game, wh one of their lodge members (a character not featured the show) ed basilly as a human fishg hook, thrown to a sort of anti-gravy limbo where the book is beg stored. </p><p data-no-id="64" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The show keeps the adventure, really, to jt Attic, Letia, and Montrose. Rather than a psychologil horror, the adventure plays out much more like a treasure hunt out of <em>Indiana Jon </em>or <em>Aladd. </em>And the entire sequence at the back end of the episo, when they fd the woman who had been a rpse and ag backwards to a woman aga—that's all Misha Green. Not om the book at all—and that clus the cliffhanger endg. <br /></p><h2 data-no-id="65" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Letia Lewis</h2><p data-no-id="66" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Episo 3 primarily foc on Letia as she pneers a whe neighborhood, buyg a large home and turng to a boardg hoe for herself, her sister Ruby, and other Black people (cludg Attic)—this mirrors her vigte-style story early the book. </p><p data-no-id="67" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the show, this after the events of Episo 2, which saw her lerally shot by Samuel Brahwhe before beg revived ( the book, she remas alive all along). Episo 3 fds her lookg to revive herself and move onto somethg new, which leads to the purchase of the new hoe . </p><p data-no-id="68" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">And while the book scrib some of the harassment Letia fac om neighbors as the first Black person the neighborhood, the episo tak to a new level. It's one thg to read about racially-motivated harassment; 's another to see a cross burng on a lawn. This also leads to one of the episo's most thartic moments, as Letia grabs a baseball bat and bash the wdows and wdshields of rs parked outsi her hoe before the police arrive and arrt her. This sequence is not the book—'s created entirely by Green for the HBO seri. </p><h2 data-no-id="69" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Hiram Epste</h2><p data-no-id="70" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The primary villa of Episo 3 is a scientist who's meant to be part of the magic world <em>Lovecraft Country </em>is slowly velopg; at the ncln of the episo's story arc, the ghosts of the people he tortured, all Black, team up wh Letia to exorcise and stroy his spir. In Ruff's book, basilly the oppose happens; rather than ung wh the other spirs, Letia beiends the spir hntg the hoe (there known as 'Hiram Wthrop'), and they eventually team up to take on bigger enemi. <em></em><br /></p><h2 data-no-id="71" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee Freeman<br /></h2><p data-no-id="72" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As played by Emmy-wner <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Courtney B. Vance" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Courtney B. Vance</a> <em>(Amerin Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson)</em>, Gee is one of the most entertag characters the show, an expert on travelg thanks to his work publishg <em>The Safe Negro Travel Gui. </em>While he's one of the bt and warmt characters throughout the book, the show actually fds him wh an creased role (and if you have Vance to play him, why wouldn't you?). Addnally, he's slightly more pacated—we see him tendg to his bted kne the show, a character tra that Green add on her own, apart om the source material. </p><p data-no-id="73" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Episo 2 brgs one of the biggt chang Uncle Gee's character—he gets a big speech at the dner wh Samuel Brahwhe and the Sons of Adam ( the book, Attic has this revelatn, keeps to himself, and livers the speech). </p><p data-no-id="74" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee also gets shot by Samuel Episo 2, and while Christa says they have magic to save him, that don't happen—he appears to die at the end of the episo. In the novel, Uncle Gee surviv the entire time; the vigte style of the book, he never has his own foced chapter/sectn, but he shows up jt about every sgle one. </p><p data-no-id="75" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In Episo 3, Attic, Diana, and Hippolyta al wh the fallout of <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Uncle Gee's ath" class="body-lk css-38knzi et3p2gv0">Uncle Gee's ath</a>, sayg that he had a funeral. However, when playg wh a ouija board, Diana gets a msage om somethg claimg to be 'G-E-O-R-G-E'. We'll see. </p><h2 data-no-id="76" class="body-h2 css-ibml19 et3p2gv0">Character Nam<br /></h2><p data-no-id="77" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Perhaps mor the grand scheme of thgs, but 's tertg to note how the characters adapted om the book to the HBO seri saw their nam adjted. Attic Turner the book is now Attic Freeman (Majors) the seri. 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