[s2e7] Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker -

: Reviewers at AIPT and Film Speak noted how this vignette serves as a stark commentary on real-world domestic radicalization and the danger of 24-hour news cycles. Legacy and Abusive Fathers

The title's nod to the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub" highlights the theme of formative influences—specifically the "makers" who built the monsters we see on screen. [S2E7] Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker

: Misinterpreting a "glimmer" in a local grocery clerk's eye as a sign of a "supe terrorist," Tommy shoots the innocent man point-blank. : Reviewers at AIPT and Film Speak noted

The episode's cold open is widely considered one of the most chilling sequences in the series. [S2E7] Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker

: It follows a seemingly ordinary man, Tommy Peterson, as he descends into a spiral of paranoia fueled by right-wing media and Stormfront's xenophobic rhetoric.