Don't get me wrong here, I still liked the episode and there were good things about it but it just seemed to me like any other episode.
Nothing huge happened and the conflict was conquered pretty easily. I suppose that's okay though, I don't think us listeners could handle another Old Oak Doors episode. I still would've liked more struggle. I wish that Cecil would've gotten more involved. Even when he turned to the weather, he didn't even get up from his booth. He didn't go into town to see the carnival himself, he didn't try to help his own people, his own town. Instead he just sat there, broadcasting to no one.
Perhaps Cecil didn't go to the carnival or help the town vanquish it because wanted to stay safe so Carlos would have someone to return home to. Ah, now that I've gotten myself sad and onto the topic of Carlos, I can talk about the other sad thing that happened in this episode.
Carlos might end up staying in the other desert world.
Remember how Carlos used to call Night Vale, "the most scientifically interesting community"? Well, with the discovery of the other desert world, Night Vale's acclaimed title has been beaten out. Carlos has seen towns that probably look like Night Vale before, it's the happenings that go in in Night Vale that stumped him. Carlos has never seen anything like the desert world or the giant beings that live there. And with the discovery of the pictures in the light house, do you think Carlos has much of a reason to come home now? He can already talk to Cecil whenever he needs to. He can already send him snapchats and like his wood carving sculptures on tumblr.The only thing he's really missing is seeing Cecil when he wants to; and now that he knows about the pictures, he can. He's only missing Cecil's physical touch.
Okay, let's all stop crying and turn to another thing: intern Maureen. I wish she would've spoken up a little more (but i guess maybe i've been too spolied with Night Vale's live shows with their multiple guest voices). She seemed to actually be normal. Maureen did her own research on what carnival's are and she seemed to have a normal idea of one we might see in our own towns. She became frustrated when Night Vale reacted to the carnival as if it were some horrible thing, when in fact it was just a normal carnival. I really hope to see more of her in coming episodes and i hope she doesn't share the same fate as all the other Night Vale Community Radio interns do.
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Anyways, I feel like this post was kind of stupid. I've never really done a review before but i decided to try it. So to any of you actually reading this, leave a comment to let me know what you think or if you have your own opinions on the episode. Thanks for reading!
-Rene
